Q : Can you identify the enclosed picture (see reader's photo)? It looks like impatiens, but they are in full sun. I thought maybe vincas, but the leaves are pointed. A: The plant in question is an ...
So, you've planted a beautiful garden and the local deer saw it as their next feast. Now what? Nothing is more frustrating than seeing your carefully planted flowers and shrubs fall victim to hungry ...
Is it possible to grow a deer-proof vegetable garden? Without major fencing? These questions popped into my mind recently as I was cooking up a pot of curried cauliflower soup on one of those rainy, ...
This young fawn had its fill of edible eats from the garden and is waiting for its mom to finish eating. (Rick Wetherbee) There's no denying the adorable factor that deer possess. However, the damage ...
Baffled by four-legged neighbors making a meal out of your garden? White-tailed deer, one of New York's most common species of herbivore, can "play a role in shaping the landscape," the state ...
In May, the deer finally have something to eat in the forest, hopefully keeping them busy and out of the garden. Any gardener that lives in deer country, though, knows that the allure of hostas and ...
Readers have asked for advice on planting a deer-proof garden. And I can, indeed, suggest a range of plants that deer will never touch, that won't need water and will never outgrow their spot. In a ...
If you've followed along with Gandy's Garden in the past, you know Jim Gandy spent a lot of time creating barriers to keep deer from the garden. Deer are abundant around News 19 day and night, and ...
Butte County offers an abundance of beautiful places to live. Our urban areas are surrounded by farmland, open space, foothills and the Sierra Nevada and along with this wildland interface comes ...
Pretty soon, it'll be time to start planting in our gardens again, and every gardener has their fingers crossed for a ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Every gardener has that one problem that keeps them up at night. For me, the problem is deer. I noticed there are some plants the deer prefer not to touch, and I decided to dedicate a ...