Deer - Beautiful Vermin

They are beautiful, there's no denying it. But if you want to grow anything, and I mean ANYTHING in Connecticut, you will be subject to your hard work getting "stripped down" by wandering hungry vermin, I mean deer. They eat anything tenderly popping up in the spring. They eat the buds of samplings, strip the bark off ornamental bushes, eat every leaf of a newly planted rhododendron that is supposed to be Deer Proof. Hahaha, there's no such thing!

There are many articles online about how to keep deer from eating your hard work and many more products that you can buy to help you deter deer, but unfortunately none of them, and I really  mean NONE of them will work in the long run. I am usually a peaceful woman, but these vermin make me want to develop a taste for venison.

Here is some of the top advice for deterring deer:

• Ways to Keep Deer Out of Your Yard
• Deer proof gardens: 4 sure-fire ways to keep deer out of your garden
• 5 Ways to Keep Deer Out of Your Garden

I've given up on trying to grow vegetables. I buy mine from our local organic farm, in a Community Supported Agriculture system. I do still grow my own herbs, since the deer are slightly less likely to destroy them. I think the next thing I am going to try is to plant very prickly shrubs all around my property. I figure if I make this as inhospitable as place as possible, I might have a chance of keeping them from eating all my herbs.