Does my garden look tasty to does?
Does the aloe that’s flowering like a coral-colored candelabra look yummy?
Does that yucca bloom spike look tasty?
Does the yellow bulbine look succulicious?
Does the yellow puffball on the goldenball leadtree (Leucaena retusa) — the first time it’s ever bloomed! — look scrumptious? Probably not, actually.
Does she think she’d like to sample the garden? Probably.
And she’d bring the other does too. Stay outside the fence, deer.
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She has such an expressive face. No wonder we all fell under Bambi’s spell as children! But it’s undoubtedly better for inter-species coexistence if she and her friends say outside your fence.
Fences are essential for my garden happiness. I share with the deer in the front yard, and that is frustrating enough. But yes, she is certainly cute. —Pam
Yeah, my color guard yucca finally put up a bloom stalk for the first time, but there was nothing at the end of it. I got some “Brake Lights” but am now thinking they’ll go in the back yard. They never bothered the bulbine, though.
That’s good to know about the bulbine! —Pam
I noticed this morning that the deer nipped off every single bloom on my Geum. It was lovely yesterday afternoon…now it just looks silly.
Argh, so frustrating. I’m sure the deer are thanking you for a tasty snack. —Pam
What a fabulous buffet for a doe. No doubt she would and her herd would make your garden look like this barren area they have been noshing on. Fences are a gardeners best guard.
Fences do make good neighbors where deer are concerned. —Pam
No fence here in the suburbs, with small patches of woods about 1/4 away. I thought that distance would keep me protected, yet they found a way to eat some of my tulips. Grrrrr.