From nibbling on fruit bushes to destroying flower beds, unwanted deer pose a frustrating and challenging obstacle to even the most patient gardeners. Rhonda Massingham Hart provides insights into deer behavior and offers a variety of proven techniques to keep your deer problem under control. Learn how to choose the best fence types, landscape with plants deer detest, make effective homemade repellents, and much more. You’ll have all the information you need to maintain a pristine, deer-free landscape.
Rhonda Massingham Hart is a master gardener and the author of several books including Vertical Vegetables & Fruit, The Dirt-Cheap Green Thumb,andDeerproofing Your Yard & Garden.She has written articles for a variety of magazines, includingFlower & Garden, Woman’s Day, and Fine Gardening.She writes extensively on organic gardening techniques and lives in Washington State.
Dealing with unwanted deer is frustrating and challenging for even the most patient of gardeners and homeowners. Which repellents work, and which ones don't? How long do they last? Which plants are truly deerproof? What kinds of health risks do deer really pose? In this completely updated and revised edition of her popular book, Rhonda Massingham Hart shares the latest research on deer behavior and food preferences, as well as her hands-on experience in successfully combatting deer, from choosing the best fence to planting the most deer-detested plants.
1. Not Your Ordinary Problem
2. Getting to Know Deer
3. What Are the Damages?
4. Deer-o-Scaping
5. Deer Deterrents
6. The Deerproof Garden
7. Community Efforts
“…a practical…paperback that offers beleaguered homeowners advice on designing a garden that deer will find unappealing.” --Country Living
“This paperback book tells you…how to confuse deer and how tolÓÙ
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