Garden Coach on Installing a Deer Scarer Waterfeature

nice article -informative and with a personal touch. Laughed at the squirrels :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I got the privilage of bidding on a project at a family cottage. The family is well known and has accumulated a fair wack of wealth thus why children had their own islands, with bunkies, kitchens, furnace and all the great luxuries of life. I might be wrong but if memory serves me right, the estate could sleep 300 guests and had “staff” to ensure all guests were comfortable and well fed.

I remember having the privilage to walk some of miles of sidewalks done in cut field stone in and through a forest, giant pots full of flowers along the way, gardens that were perfect. native plants abounded, must have been well watered. The walk in freezers and refirgerators and the decks with rain showers, the boats and the multiple boat house with big screen TVs.

It was a privilage to get to meet the chief gardener. He was indeed a person with a wealth of knowledge when it came to plants. That person captured my attention and was quite proud of (and so they should be) the Japanese maple garden addition. Nice trees, fair size trunk on them and freshly planted. I remember the “state of the art” deer control speech too…..........I was totally taken aback and impressed.

First thing I noticed when I returned a week later to present my bid, to which I didnt win (siiiiiiiiiigh) was that the japanese maple trees were nibled right down to the rootball.

My experience to date. The only thing that keeps deer out are really tall sturdy fences that come with “electrical shock on contact” and guns….........to think otherwise is foolish, ...................best just feed them.

-- Central northish Ontario

sounds like quite the “cabin” haha.
a whole different world.

I like the advice: don’t fight it – go with it.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)