That’s good to know re the deer, because we have a ton. Our first morning in this house 12 wandered by in the adjacent lot. Our fence separates that lot from ours, but deer still can come up our driveway. And they also can reach across a split rail fence and chomp away.
Too bad, we were drooling over our beautiful future hydrangea patch!
Those rascally deer!! My grandmother had gorgeous, large, beautifully blooming blue-flowered hydrangeas on both sides of her kitchen door. The bushes covered that side of the house. Whenever I think of the grandparents’ farm, those hydrangeas are the first thing to come to mind - I loved them, so hydrangeas are a huge sentimental favorite of mine. I have yet to have a bush/blooms like she had which is disappointing ... and it’s not happening at the new house either, despite having a couple of places where I think they’d probably do well. My grandparents always had a farm/guard dog (German Shepherds) on the place so no problems with deer or other varmints, whether the 4-legged or 2-legged variety.
The small fruits trees on the place have Irish Spring soap bars dangling on strings from the branches, so the deer have been on the property & munching on them. I don’t know what fruit they are, but I doubt we’ll get very much - deer & squirrels will beat us to it. Fortunately, unlike our current abode, we are near orchards & can easily get fresh fruit :-)