Natural Deer Repellent

[Circle W]

"Short of installing fences or moving the stuff back to where it was, what can I do to repel deer from the garden?"

Realistically?
(1) You spend all your time in the garden and sleep there. I have better things to do.
(2) Put a dog out by the garden. I like my dogs as pets and indoors, not an animated robot left outside all the time.
(3) Shoot the deer each time you see one in or near the garden. Fish and Game might get a bit persnickety over this, even if you have a nuisance animal permit.
(4) Bite the bullet and put up a fence. This is what I'll be doing this fall and using the tractor to level the perimeter for it. Just remember, a serious deer can jump a 12 foot fence. However, as long as I have a 5 to 6 foot one around the garden, that's enough due diligence to get a permit to shoot any of them that want to play illegal immigrant games in the garden.

I feel like I should be able to help since I raise deer but I honestly don't know how to keep them out short of putting up deer fence. They cannot clear 12' I promise you. Our deer fences are 8' and I've seen both my deer and wild native deer try to jump it with no success. Actual deer fence may be a little to expensive though for just gardening, runs $400 for 330'. Not to mention the t posts are about $9.50 a piece. I would think that the "watering" around the garden would help. What about a scarecrow?

 

[cqaigy2]

in Deutschland we grow much Kohl für Sauerkraut und use human Dünger aus fertilizer ist deer nicht longer prosper

I probably wouldn't either, even though i love home made Sauerkraut.