Boni Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I have to stop and smell the roses, and pluck the weeds, and water the yard, and watch the deer. I caught you eating my raspberries this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore1223 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Beautiful yard and beautiful Deer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyrw Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 We built my studio right along the "trail" that animals use to cross our property so I have lots of little distractions too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appr216 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Guilty look if I have ever seen one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Judi, he does have that sort of "hang dog" expression, doesn't he. Or is he saying, "I'm sorry"--as he bolts away. Holly, Those Turkeys are great! I love distractions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I love those kind of distractions. I have a hawks nest just off my driveway with fledglings peeking over the edge in the morning. What fun! Love the deer and turkeys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I wish I could get them to come eat my weeds instead of my plants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Porch Quilting Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Oh...but look he needs your raspberries. He's so skinny and look at those sad eyes looking up at you.... How could you turn him away??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyrw Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Originally posted by hmerrill I wish I could get them to come eat my weeds instead of my plants! The deer are very picky eaters. Now the cows that break free from the pasture next to us, will eat the weeds. And as a bonus, they leave us nice piles of fertilizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I need some of that nice fertilizer for my rhubarb! I'm a little leery of the deer leaving ticks and fleas around here. I think I have enough vegetation for us both, but I don't really want them taking up residence in my front yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I just have to stop and watch. He came back for a snack--ate a bunch of those weeds down there. I guess I won't have to thin my raspberries after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy2018 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Dear ALL: I don't have a cute picture of "my guy". This year for the first time in 17 years of growing the same large (4 inch) pink tulips in the front yard of suburbia, a "____ deer " came in , in one night carefully bit off 18 flowers with a perfect bite. Knife edge perfect. But tulips gone. 2 weeks later "he" came back and got the late bloomers. No trampling, no nibbling, no mashed stems, no leaves, just the pink bloom...... I'd love to send him to any of you, free, now, please take him.... Signed, hopeful a hunter gets him this fall.... I really like tulips,,,, sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I feel the same way about my roses! He LOVES my Mr. Lincoln! Queer, huh? He won't touch the Black Magic or Scentamental. It's gotta be the Mr. Lincoln, the most beautiful fragrance I have. He strips the leaves off and nibbles the buds off. Arggggghhh:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Boni, You can try a couple of things to make him stay away from Mr. Lincoln. You can hang a bar of Irish Spring Soap nearby or try spraying with Listerine. They don't usually like either. It helps keep other animals away too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewcrazy4quilting Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I always take my trusty golden retriever out with me gardening. I think his scent keeps keeps the dear deer away, also I put his hair after burshing in the garden, the birds love it for making nests, and the deer must think he is just around the corner waiting to pounce them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWBowser Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I used to be a deer lover too. Then they ate my arborvite up high enough that I can drive on the tractor under the branches now. It used to be "run Bambi run!" But now I wish Bambi would move down the street to a neighbor's plants. Charlotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mswings Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 They really are beautiful creatures. We have so many in Kansas that they are a nuisance. I read we are supposed to have 3 deer per mile and we have 300! Every day someone hits one with their car. My poor daughter hit 2 and then when she bought a new car she stopped in the middle of the road to let 3 pass by. She said "Oh no you don't" and then a 4th ran straight into her. She hates Bambi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg_marsh Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 We just have lots of bunnies & lots of little ones this time of year. They drive my little dog crazy!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Boni, I would never get anything done if I had Deer come into my garden. i would spend all my time watching them. Thank you for sharing with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Gosh I don't get to see such beauties at my house, only possums and racoons. They eat our pond plants adn the squirrels eat my tulip and daffy bulbs every year. Boni it looks like you have a lovely place to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore1223 Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Is that what happened to my tulips, a deer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted June 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Coleen, I don't know about deer in the tulips, but like Bekah, we have ground squirrels, gray diggers, and moles that eat my tulips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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