Deer proofing your yard & garden

Dealing with deer is a challenge for many gardeners and homeowners, but in __Deerproofing Your Yard & Garden,__ master gardener Rhonda Massingham Hart tells homeowners exactly what they need to know: which commercial repellents are most (and least) effective, how to make homemade deterrents, and how to create a landscape designed to repel deer. This book is your best defense against unwanted deer.

since It Was First Published In 1997, Homeowners, Serious Gardeners, And Professional Nursery Owners Have Responded Enthusiastically To deer Proofing Your Yard & Garden: 66,000 Copies Are In Print. In The Last Seven Years, As The Deer Problem In Towns And Suburbs Has Gotten Worse, New Solutions Have Presented Themselves. To Cope With The Situation And Keep Up With The Latest In Deer Control, Rhonda Hart Has Revised Her Original Book, Adding More Than 60 Pages Of New Material On How Anyone Can Protect Their Yard And Garden From Deer.

as In Her First Edition, Hart Takes A Straightforward, Just-the-facts Approach. She Tells Homeowners Exactly What They Want To Know: Which Commercial Repellents Are Effective, How To Make Homemade Deterrents, And How To Create A Landscape Designed To Repel Deer.

since The First Edition Was Published, Virtually Invisible Polyethylene Deer Netting Is Now Widely Available And Almost 100 Percent Effective In Keeping Deer Out Of The Yard. Hart Has Updated Her Chapter On Fencing To Include This And Other New Products.

hart Has Also Refined Her Plant Lists To Spotlight Those That Deer Rarely Touch And Also To Identify Those Plants That Are Less Likely To Be Tasty Targets, Depending On The Time Of Year And Where You Live.

the Chapter On Deer Repellents Has Also Been Revised To Rank Commercial And Homemade Products In Terms Of Their Effectiveness And How Often A New Application Is Necessary.

this New Edition Provides Anyone Who Gardens With A Wide Variety Of Deer-proofing Alternatives So That At The Edge Of Your Garden, You Really Can Say, The Buck Stops Here.

From nibbling on fruit bushes to destroying flower beds, unwanted deer pose a frustrating and challenging obstacle to even the most patient gardeners. Rhonda Massingham Hart provides insights into deer behavior and offers a variety of proven techniques to keep your deer problem under control. Learn how to choose the best fence types, landscape with plants deer detest, make effective homemade repellents, and much more. You'll have all the information you need to maintain a pristine, deer-free landscape. The ultimate primer on dealing with four-legged intruders returns, updated and redesigned, with an expanded list of the plants deer hate, the latest information on deer repellents both commercial and homemade, polyethylene netting, and much more. Original. To help homeowners cope with the growing deer population and keep up with the latest in deer control, Hart has revised her original book, adding more than 60 pages of new material on how anyone can protect their yard and garden from deer Describes techniques and strategies to prevent and deter deer from invading yards and gardens; and discusses plants that repel deer, the health risks that come with the presence of deer, and other related topics Not your ordinary problem Getting to know deer What are the damages? Deer-o-scaping Deer deterrents The deeproof garden Community efforts.