Solving Deer Problems : How to Keep Them Out of Your Garden, Guaranteed

by Loewer, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781585746729
• ISBN10: 158574672X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Fear the deer! Nature has never invented a more efficient killing machine, at least from the point of view of most garden plants. Able to leap an eight-foot fence, sneak silently through the suburbs at night, and outrun a greyhound (not to mention a beagle or Labrador retriever), the deer is the number one enemy not only of the gardener but of anyone who wants to relax in the backyard without catching Lyme disease from deer ticks or drive safely down a highway without fear of collision. Solving Deer Problems is an invaluable manual that covers: How to build a fence that will deter and withstand a deer onslaught; the use of chemical weapons such as bottled deer repellent; how to choose plants deer will avoid (and also those that attract them); how to avoid deer on the road.

Author Biography

Peter Loewer has written for all the national gardening magazines, and is the author and illustrator of several gardening books, including The Wild Gardener, which was deemed one of the 75 Great Gardening Books by the American Horticultural Society. His radio show, The Wild Gardener, can be heard on National Public Radio in western North Carolina. He sits on the board of the JC Raulston Arboretum, and his work is in the permanent collection of Carnegie Mellon's Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
All About Deer	1	(12)
Thoughts About Deer	13	(32)
The Triple Threat	45	(32)
The Wonderful World of Fencing	77	(20)
Solutions on Your Own	97	(10)
A Product Roundup	107	(12)
Plants Unpopular With Deer	119	(84)
Lions and Tigers and Voles	203	(33)
Appendices
Appendix 1: Deer-Resistant Plants for California	219	(8)
Appendix 2: Wildlife and Conservation Agencies in the United States	227	(6)
Appendix 3: Deer Depredation Permits	233	(3)
Index	236