[CH] deer deterrant - whatever
Andie Paysinger (asenji@earthlink.net)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 15:13:16 +0000
I don't have a problem with deer where I live now (in the desert) but a
few years back I had an acre under cultivation in a deer-prone area.
I found that clumps of cotton (torn from a roll, not those little bitty
cotton balls) soaked in Vicks Vaporub and tied with strings in my trees
along the fences and in susceptible plants kept the deer away.
Occasionally at night I would hear my dogs alert and I would see deer
come up to the fence, and after a whiff of the Vicksshake their heads,
snort and turn away.
I also had hog wire fencing, laying FLAT on the ground around the
outside of my garden fences as the deer step on it and it feels to them
like it will catch their hooves so they back away and can't jump the
fences.
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patient, in the face of a basenji, be prudent, be canny, be on your
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