Saturday, March 30, 2024

I Give Up

 

Every year I get fired up about planting stuff and every year it's a disaster. No matter what I do the deer keep pulling all my flowers right out of the pots. My pansies are goners. 




Look at my hostas. They've already eaten them to a nub. I'm sick over them. They were my grandmother's. I brought them with me when we moved here. I know they aren't dead but they will look terrible this year. They are usually safe until mid August but the deer got started on them early this year. The poor things are barely out of the ground. 





They haven't eaten my fancy new rhododendron-yet. Isn't it pretty? It looks like an azalea doesn't it? I have a new azalea too but it's not blooming yet. 





My new Alberta spruce looks happy. It's got a lot of new growth. I should have just bought a bunch of these and put them everywhere. The deer don't seem to bother the prickly things. 









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11 comments:

  1. BetsyMarch 30, 2024 at 12:07 AM

    I'm so sorry Debbie. I can sympathize with you. The deer liked to eat our garden at the lake too. And at the house we were in here in Omaha for two summers, I planted flowers and a garden and they ate it. Plus we had voles that actually pulled plants down into the ground by the roots. They got ALL of my green beans both years by using that method. Grrrrr.
    I hope they live things alone soon for you.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  2. VeraMarch 30, 2024 at 6:33 AM

    The deer ate our pansies too...and our deer munch on evergreens (even those with needles!!).

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  3. BonnyMarch 30, 2024 at 8:49 AM

    My pansies have also provided a snack for deer, and I've covered my hostas with bird netting to try and protect them from the marauders. We've planted a bunch of fruit trees over the years and the only thing that's protected them was an electric fence (until a buck got his antlers tangled in it). I think giving up is the best strategy. The rhododendron that looks like an azalea is quite pretty!

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  4. AnonymousMarch 30, 2024 at 12:22 PM

    Ugh, it’s so frustrating to lose plants to critters! I hope those hostas come back! What do they say about a gardeners..always hopeful? Have a great Easter weekend and stay hopeful! Best, Virginia

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  5. KSDMarch 30, 2024 at 1:40 PM

    I have absolutely no luck with trying to spruce up my yard. My husband enjoyed yardwork, and was good at it, but since he died, there's been lots of nothing. Even when I leave "alternative" food for the deer, possums, raccoon and, yes, armadillos,, I've had very little luck.

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  6. Kim in OregonMarch 30, 2024 at 5:09 PM

    The dear ate the daffodils and the grape hyacinths. Boo. I have the tulips in pots at the top of the fence around my raised beds and I think they'd have to get up on their back feet to get to those BUT I DO NOT PUT IT PAST THEM TO DO THAT.

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  7. DeniseMarch 30, 2024 at 5:19 PM

    Here it's wallabies! We have spent a fortune on tree guards, wire and so on. I got really cranky the day a wallaby are the bok choy I was going to harvest that very day! Grrrr!

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  8. DeniseMarch 30, 2024 at 5:20 PM

    Oops the wallaby ATE the bok choy!

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  9. Delighted HandsApril 1, 2024 at 9:10 AM

    It does get frustrating!!!!! Hoping that when the rest of the forest starts green up, maybe they will leave your yard alone!

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  10. Jeannie Gray KnitsApril 1, 2024 at 11:23 AM

    I'm so sorry for your plants. We are lucky where we are, wild animal wise. We are bordered by a swamp, a busy road and the railroad tracks which are bordered by a thick briar patch. The rabbits are the only thing that will brave the briars and we are more likely to see snakes (who don't eat plants,) frogs and turtles than deer. I thing the dogs' scents help keep the deer away too.

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  11. WanderingcatstudioApril 3, 2024 at 9:52 PM

    Rhododendrons and Azaleas are related! I have one (I can never remember if its a Rodo and and Aza) but it hasnt bloomed for me. I got it on clearance, so the first year I had it bloomed. And apparently I put it in a bad spot - it just barely survived winter, and only managed to put out a few leave all year. I moved it last fall to what I hope is a better spot... and it has tiny buds - so there's life there! Not sure if I'll get flowers and leave or just leaves - but I can't wait to see! (It's supposed to be a nice cheery yellow!)

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