When it comes to deer, there’s bad news and more-positive-but-not-exactly-good news. The bad news is, if they are hungry enough, there’s almost nothing deer won’t eat. The slightly better news, is that we’ve lived alongside deer long enough to do a lot of experimentation. Our friends at Rutgers University’s New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station put together a very helpful chart that rates plants by their likelihood for deer damage: . Here’s another from the Texas A&M Extension service: . Over time, some trial and error will lead you to the plants that your particular deer leave alone. Hopefully the suggestions on these lists are enough to get you started on that path.
When it comes to deer, there’s bad news and more-positive-but-not-exactly-good news. The bad news is, if they are hungry enough, there’s almost nothing deer won’t eat. The slightly better news, is that we’ve lived alongside deer long enough to do a lot of experimentation. Our friends at Rutgers University’s New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station put together a very helpful chart that rates plants by their likelihood for deer damage: . Here’s another from the Texas A&M Extension service: . Over time, some trial and error will lead you to the plants that your particular deer leave alone. Hopefully the suggestions on these lists are enough to get you started on that path.