Comments on: Keep Deer Out of the Garden | 5 Non-Toxic Gardening Tips

By: Bobbi Priddy Margolin

Bobbi Priddy Margolin — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 14:36:30 +0000

We live on the side of a Golf Course. We have spent a fortune trying to keep deer from eating our important foliage.
What has worked best for important bushes and foliage is “BIRD SCARE TAPE from Amazon = $13.95.
We tried everything on your list to no avail. Of course, we can’t put it near the bird feeders because it does scare away the birds ! Bobbi

By: Karen Kurth

Karen Kurth — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:39:54 +0000

Thanks for the information. Now, tell me how to keep raccoons away from my bird feeders. Karen

By: ELAINE HOWARD

ELAINE HOWARD — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:19:41 +0000

Tried all of these “solutions” or folk remedies- theyndo,not work. We have blinking,lights, radio playing, whirligigs and other noise makers, andmall,it seems to attract the deer. They get good music and entertainment while they dine. The deer even walk right through backyards with dogs in them. Tried the hair and urine too, didn’t work. Haven’t tried coyote scent though. They just eat around the yucky stuff too.

By: John M Stanley

John M Stanley — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:37:36 +0000

Another “Irish Spring” advocate, but with a soap-saving, single-application twist. You’ll need: a bar of Irish Spring, a knee-high nylon stocking, an 18-20-ounce plastic cup (we like dark green Solo brand for ease of handling and color blending), and a garden stake at least 12-inches long. Shave the soap bar into chunks to put into the knee-high, pushing them down into the toe. Cut an “X” in the bottom of the plastic cup. Invert the cup and pull the top of the knee-high up through the cup and out the top, pulling the soap-filled toe inside the cup. Tie or staple the top of the knee-high to the garden stake and insert the other end into your garden plantings. The cup hangs high enough off the ground for the soap scent to spread, but the cup-cover prevents rain from dissolving the soap (so no soapy film in the garden). In gardens like mature Hosta, the greenery grows up around the cup, making it virtually invisible. Three full summers with deer in the neighborhood but none in the garden, using just one fresh soap-cup each Spring.

By: Reader Last

Reader Last — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:53:14 +0000

I need to deter groundhogs!

By: Reader Last

Reader Last — Tue, 11 May 2021 15:51:50 +0000

I lay a three foot wide piece of chicken wire in front of my hostas and flower bed. It is not noticeable but the deer will not walk on it.

By: Donna P

Donna P — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:33:42 +0000

Deer have depth-of-field eyesight. I staggered lawn chairs in front of my daylillies while they were blooming and once in a while rearranged the chairs. Deer never touched them!

By: Mike Hartigan

Mike Hartigan — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:29:02 +0000

Any thought as to how a 30-06 would deter deer??

By: Elyse LaForest

Elyse LaForest — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:56:20 +0000

I have had good luck with Irish Spring soap. (knock wood) I buy large packages of ORIGINAL Irish Spring bars at BJs. Cut each bar into 10 to 12 chunks. (Do this outside the smell is overpowering.) Sprinkle chunks throughout flower beds. Any excess can be stored in double zip lock bags. Do this early! My yard is surrounded by woods and lots of deer. So far, my hosta and other deer delicacies have survived.

By: John Kissida

John Kissida — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:24:12 +0000

I utilize an antidessicant such as Wiltpruf that I mix with Tabasco or other hot sauce and spray on plants about every moth or two. This is environmentally sensitive and also just burns tongues of deer and teaches them that plants don’t taste good. Typically grazing deer are repeat offenders so over time they don’t return.

By: Nancy McLean

Nancy McLean — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:34:05 +0000

I’ve used Irish spring soap in socks tied to stakes

By: Reader Last

Reader Last — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:52:47 +0000

The deer really liked my okra last year and they asked if I might plant some more this year,