What's your favorite kind of flower?

[Katzpur]

Yup, the rain is great for gardens. I really struggle trying to garden here in the high plains desert. Annuals, forget it, and if it's not the dryness the deer munch down everything else. I planted about 200 bulbs in the fall and the deer have so far eaten every sprout before it bloomed.

Well, as long as you got to see them enjoy it, maybe it was worth it. (I know, probably not. I just think deer are so beautiful. I would love to be able to figure out a way to watch them feed in the winter.)

 

[Katzpur]

I like them all, and I especially like tulips and glads, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be the flower of the mountain laurel:

Oh, man! That's gorgeous!!!!!! Where do they grow? I want some -- BAD!

 

[Valjean]

Well, as long as you got to see them enjoy it, maybe it was worth it. (I know, probably not. I just think deer are so beautiful. I would love to be able to figure out a way to watch them feed in the winter.)

Put up a salt lick.

 

[Katzpur]

Put up a salt lick.

Won't work. They wouldn't be able to get in the yard, and if they did, my dogs would scare them off.

 

[lunamoth]

Well, as long as you got to see them enjoy it, maybe it was worth it. (I know, probably not. I just think deer are so beautiful. I would love to be able to figure out a way to watch them feed in the winter.)

We have many many deer that make our neighborhood their permanent home, so wee see them all the time (and I mean many, every day). Many mornings I wake to find three to seven does in my yard, or a couple big bucks. Last spring one had her baby either right in my yard or in my neighbors. It is so cute to see the babies.

But, I miss having flowers and a veggie garden. I might try Rhonda's suggestion this year and see if it helps. I must admit I don't have a lot of confidence in deer repellants.

 

[Buttercup]

But, I miss having flowers and a veggie garden. I might try Rhonda's suggestion this year and see if it helps. I must admit I don't have a lot of confidence in deer repellants.

Do you have room for fencing around a veggie garden? At least six feet high?

 

[lunamoth]

Do you have room for fencing around a veggie garden? At least six feet high?

I've thought about that. We don't really have a lot of room for that, but we could put a cage around our small garden bed. I've thought about that...only good for the veggies though. Not much sense putting flowers behind an ugly fence!

 

[Buttercup]

I've thought about that. We don't really have a lot of room for that, but we could put a cage around our small garden bed. I've thought about that...only good for the veggies though. Not much sense putting flowers behind an ugly fence!

You could also try a green house and then have veggies all year around. I've thought of trying that myself because home grown tomatoes are infinitely better than tasteless store bought.

Have you tried looking up deer proof plants and flowers online?

 

[lunamoth]

You could also try a green house and then have veggies all year around. I've thought of trying that myself because home grown tomatoes are infinitely better than tasteless store bought.

Have you tried looking up deer proof plants and flowers online?

I would love to have a greenhouse! Maybe someday. The are expensive to build and keep up though, and in this yard we really don't have the room for it.

I have some perennials that the deer don't seem to bother too much, and I have planters on my front porch that they seem to leave alone until fall. It is worth looking into more. I plan to put in a few more perennials in my front garden bed this spring or summer. I've noticed that they don't seem to like lavendar or some mint varieties I have.

 

[Buttercup]

I would love to have a greenhouse! Maybe someday. The are expensive to build and keep up though, and in this yard we really don't have the room for it.

Greenhouses have really come down in price over the last few years...they're probably made in China.

From Costco:
Costco - Hot Buy Hobby Grower 6' x 10' Greenhouse

HomeDepot:

MasterGro by Palram 6 Ft. x 8 Ft. Apex Greenhouse Kit - 700531 at The Home Depot

Just in case you're interested.

 

[lunamoth]

Greenhouses have really come down in price over the last few years...they're probably made in China.

From Costco:
Costco - Hot Buy Hobby Grower 6' x 10' Greenhouse

HomeDepot:

MasterGro by Palram 6 Ft. x 8 Ft. Apex Greenhouse Kit - 700531 at The Home Depot

Just in case you're interested.

Thanks BC. Lol, we've been trying to figure out how to fit a tiny shed in our yard that won't be blocked by our HOA. Our yard is not very big.

 

[Katzpur]

We have many many deer that make our neighborhood their permanent home, so wee see them all the time (and I mean many, every day). Many mornings I wake to find three to seven does in my yard, or a couple big bucks. Last spring one had her baby either right in my yard or in my neighbors. It is so cute to see the babies.

If that happened to me, I'd think I'd died in the night and had gone to Heaven. We live right at the foothills of the Wasatch Range of the Rockies so I can sometimes drive for as little as five minutes or so and see some in the wild. I've never seen them come this far down out of the mountains, though. I just love dear to death. They are so gorgeous.

 

[lunamoth]

If that happened to me, I'd think I'd died in the night and had gone to Heaven. We live right at the foothills of the Wasatch Range of the Rockies so I can sometimes drive for as little as five minutes or so and see some in the wild. I've never seen them come this far down out of the mountains, though. I just love dear to death. They are so gorgeous.

Well come visit me then! I actually feel like my home is a slice of heaven, and I'd love to share it with you.

 

[Katzpur]

Well come visit me then! I actually feel like my home is a slice of heaven, and I'd love to share it with you.

You know, someday I'm going to take you up on that, Lauri.

 

[lunamoth]

You know, someday I'm going to take you up on that, Lauri.

Delightful! I am kind of shy about meeting people through the internet, but you are one person I would definitely like to meet.

 

[doppelganger]

Gardenias

Nothing smells better than gardenias in full bloom.

 

[Valjean]

I would love to have a greenhouse! Maybe someday. The are expensive to build and keep up though, and in this yard we really don't have the room for it.

I have some perennials that the deer don't seem to bother too much, and I have planters on my front porch that they seem to leave alone until fall. It is worth looking into more. I plan to put in a few more perennials in my front garden bed this spring or summer. I've noticed that they don't seem to like lavendar or some mint varieties I have.

Maybe something like this would work, Luna: Deer Repellent - Guardener&#8482 is an innovative deer repellent device to keep deer and animals away from your garden

 

[lunamoth]

Maybe something like this would work, Luna: Deer Repellent - Guardener&#8482 is an innovative deer repellent device to keep deer and animals away from your garden

Looks interesting Seyorni. Thank you! Have you tried this yourself?

 

[Draka]

For the pure smell of them...Hyacinth. Just LOVE their fragrance.

I also love daffodils.

 

[Valjean]

Looks interesting Seyorni. Thank you! Have you tried this yourself?

No, i just saw it on TV. Ask this old House has a section Called What is it? which features some strange tool or implement while everyone posits some ridiculous guess as to what it is.