My loving spouse refers to any new plants we set in the garden as "deer salad" for that very reason. We don't count on anything thriving outside a fence (even salvia, supposedly deer-proof) until it's grown tall enough to be out of reach.My loving spouse refers to any new plants we set in the garden as "deer salad" for that very reason. We don't count on anything thriving outside a fence (even salvia, supposedly deer-proof) until it's grown tall enough to be out of reach.the deer actually will lay down and nap within 25 yds of the house...
we can't grow anything.....they even walk up on the sidewalk and nibble at my potted plants...
roses?...gone...
rhodies?....gone..
even little trees my hubby plants, he has to put cages around...
now I ask you....is this why we moved to the country , so we can have every bush and tree and flower and veggie behind fences?.....lol
I actually like watching the deer....but boy, it does ruin any gardening instincts that one might have.....