We are experts in deer-proof gardening because they strip everything. Our only veggies are planted in a dog kennel. Sungold, German Johnson and Better Boy tomatoes along with cucumbers and hot banana peppers. I'm going to try cherry tomatoes and sweet banana peppers outside the kennel this year.
We have extensive gardens mostly mint, tansy, sage, irises (deer food) and some old heirlooms we hide behind the mint.
Good luck! Our dogs do a good job of keeping the deer out of our garden so I guess they earn their keep in that respect :)
We have a couple different varieties of Brandywines (my husband's favorite) along with Cherokee purple, early girls and a few other new types just to see how they taste. Pepper-wise, we have habaneros (orange and a new brown variety) and Caribbean heat. Hubby likes his salsa HOT!
LOL!!! That's an understatement! We picked corn one evening last summer - and went out to harvest the rest of it the next day.........not an ear left. And they absolutely LOVE teeny tiny immature cantelope :(
We have been able to pinpoint their dagonal path from the creek on the northside southwest to cross the other creek. We're going to try "deer fencing" to keep them on that track and not detouring into my veggies.........I've got far to much garden space to make dog kennel economical.
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We have at least two herds of deer that visit our yard, so we must choose our plants carefully. We found that they will eagerly consume hostas, rhododendrons, japanese maples, and rose of sharon. Fortunately, all have survived so far.
This year we planted sweet 100 tomatoes, lemon boy and brandywine. The deer haven't shown any interest in our vegetable garden, so far, at least. We also have broccoli, cucumbers, sage, rosemary, chives and dill.