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Originally Posted by LakeCleElum
Are deer a problem? Here, you would need an 8 ft fence to keep them away from the buffet...
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Oh yes! Deer, rabbits, voles, raccoons, 'possums, and assorted birds are all problems. It's a constant battle, but I like a challenge.
These cages are on the strawberries 365 days a year. Strawberries are like candy to deer. They dig through the snow to get to them in the winter. The upside down flower pot was a cover over a vole run access hole. I put rat poison next to the hole, put the flower pot over it, and weight it down so nothing can get to it from the top. Strawberry roots are apparently very tasty to voles.
When the apples are coming ripe I put bird net around the trees. Birds are a small problem, but deer will strip all the apples off a tree this size overnight.
This is the second planting of cucumbers. The dust is rabbit repellent. It may work on deer too, or maybe they just don't like cucumbers.