How to Protect Your Garden Harvest from Deer

Happy harvest season! Summer and early autumn bring in nature’s bounties for communities all over the world – including many peoples’ homes. As your garden matures and reaches prime picking-time, chances are good that many common pests will take an interest in the fruits and vegetables that you’ve spent countless hours growing. At the top of the list of pestilent garden-invaders for many people across the country are deer. While coveted as beautiful animals, deer can become incredibly damaging to your garden if they feel welcome to the space. Take a look at a few cost-effective options to preventing deer from helping themselves to your harvest:

Plant close to your home - Thankfully for garden-tenders, deer are generally skittish animals. They do not like getting too close to spaces that don’t feel safe and barring any extenuating circumstances, your home will not feel safe to them. The closer to your home you maintain your garden, the less likely you are to have a deer seek a meal from it.

Garden in terraces - While not always a viable strategy due to property types/potential Home-Owners Association restrictions, maintaining your garden in a terraced fashion helps to prevent deer from taking interest. Deer do not like to climb steep surfaces, as the terraces are challenging to escape from in case the animal detects danger. If you’re unable to terrace your yard, growing in pots and basins placed on a deck or raised entryway will also aid in keeping deer uninterested.

Plant pungent produce at the front - Planting strong scents towards the front of your gardening space has been shown to work with a moderate degree of success. The risk with this strategy is that you may end up planting something that the deer in your area end up enjoying. Typically alliums such as garlic and chives work best as deterrents that you can harvest and enjoy in your kitchen, but lavender and certain types of mint have also proven successful at disueding deer.

Create a physical border - Fences, hedges, and piles of chopped firewood all work as barriers that help prevent deer from encroaching on your garden. While fences and hedges may carry a higher price tag than other repelling options, they are one of the most assured ways to prevent deer from breaking into your garden. Similar to the pungent plants strategy, some types of shrubs and hedges will grow into tasty treats for deer, so be sure to choose your barrier hedges well!

Let the dogs out frequently - As far as deer know, your friendly family dog is a threat. The more your dog gets out and marks its territory, makes noise, and is visible to potential pests, the less a pest like a deer is going to feel welcome to the property. Your pup gets some fun in the sun, you get to keep deer out of your garden – everybody wins!

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