You’ve invested a lot of time, money, and energy in your garden, and the result is a gorgeous landscape you’re extremely proud of! Yet, you and your neighbors aren’t the only ones admiring your hard work – nighttime marauders are treating your prized perennials and favorite flowers like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Sound familiar?
Well, there is a solution: Wayside’s deer-resistant plants and all-natural deterrents discourage grazing, with unpleasant tastes, smells, or textures, leaving your garden intact and thriving, despite after-hour visits from unwanted guests. The key is to keep changing your approach so the deer don’t get used to whatever technique you’re using at the time. Keep reading for a few tips.
Deer Control Advice From Our Customers:
We recently held a contest to see who could come up with the best deer deterrents. Many people sent in really great submissions but one stood out and I’d like to share some winning tips with you:
Top Tips For Creating A Deer Free Garden.
Here are those tips we promiced you:
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The best approach is to simply choose plants that deer don’t like to eat. Some are perennials, clovers, shrubs, etc.
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Spread mothballs around the garden. Deer hate the smell of the mothballs
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Buy a dog. Any scent of an animal near by will stop any deer from coming near a graden.
Tags: clover, deer, garden, gardening, perennials, shrubs, tips
what type of plant will keep dogs out of my garden, the fence didn’t work I built a structure around my iris plants,and when they were resdy to bloom my dogs got in somehow and ate everything.even the bulb. they ate my vegetables, they have eaten everything. help!!!!!
Keeping dogs out of your garden-
As the owner of 6 dogs and a large garden, I’d suggest you fence your dogs. As long as they are running free, they look to your garden as their special playpen!