I brought up some ‘Lucifer’ Crocosmias to put in our mountain garden, because the deer never ate the blooms in our Zone 7 gardens.
The night before the planned photo shoot featuring a perfectly shaped stand, the deer here came through and beheaded most of the clump.
There is a new type of slug here. Great!
I will be switching to blogging about nature instead of battling it when I fully recover. I have been at war too long. I will always want nature to win, despite my dreams of gorgeous flowers and tasty herbs.
My family sent me photos from home of my flowers. Here are two plants thriving in my absence.
FLOW switching tactics
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“Lucifer” crocosmias are very popular with our local deer. This reminds me to make sure I spray them with repellant as they come into bloom.
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My home deer ate some Tiger lilies buds and pineapple lily leaves this year which usually does not happen. They must be fickle eaters.
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I have become a strong advocate of Repels-All spray, and slug traps. Both have cut my frustration level back considerably!
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Thank you Eliza. I will put forth some effort to protect my green babies
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Shoo deer. Shoo!
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Expensive snacking
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Yes, I guess deer think they’re still on the estates of kings. ; )
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I’m glad you’re recovering , Flow; it is exhausting when we battle; love these garden bugs: this one looks fat and jolly 🙂
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Yep. Eating my only basil plant.
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oh dear, sorry Flo ; I didn’t realize —
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It is big and has a strange color and texture. I willbe examining them…and killing them.
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love the idea of flow – yay you (boo slugs!), Linda xx
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Nature is fascinating amd requires no maintanence on my part.
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How wonderful!! xx
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A never ending contest
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