Timothy Lawton

     My update on battling the Deer is not a good one. I used Deer Scram and only around 36 hours later they returned with devastating effect. The casualty toll has now crossed 100. My sunflowers in the front gardens have been 80 to 90% destroyed. This is especially troubling due to the fact that they are my signature flower. Most years I have at least one that blooms its first flower at over ten feet. This year I’ll be lucky if any even approach that height. Anyway, when I found that the Deer Scram did nothing I decided I had to take more serious action. The first thing was to say scram to the Deer Scram.

     I then got a bottle of coyote urine and spread it along the perimeter of my gardens and placed three bottles of it to hang out. I also got one ultra-sonic motion detector activated Yard Gard. This morning I found the remainder of my sunflowers and a few other plants eaten by the evil Deer. I don’t think they ate anything near the Yard Gard, but I decided to get another because the area I’m trying to protect is greater than the area just one covers. So, now I will wait and see if THIS works. As of now I can safely say that soap, pepper, Deer Scram, and coyote urine do NOTHING to protect a garden from evil Deer. The only problem with the Yard Gard thus far has been that I, and several others, are able to hear the high pitched tone that it makes. If it works I’ll figure out a way to cope. I may just have to turn them over every morning and reset them in the afternoon. If they work I’ll deal with it. It’s better than losing all of my plants.