Saturday, January 16, 2010

Tracks Around the Deer Fence

The snow cover provides ready evidence that the deer fence is working. The deer -- as well as other assorted creatures -- are walking up to the fence, milling about, then going around.

Besides deer tracks, we have raccoon:

and what may be a weasel:

and squirrels:
A post from the "In the Field" blog last year, before the fence was installed, showed a highway of deer and coyote going right through the garden.

2 comments:

  1. I'm loving your blog! I just did a search on "cinquefoil ground cover" and stumbled here. Nice to meet a fellow lover of natives! And I see you have also been to Garden in the Woods. I hope you will continue to update your blog. Cheers!

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  2. "I'm glad to see it's working. Have you ever used any repellents, such as deer off? I use this spray and it works by targeting the deer’s sense of smell and taste. Others only work on one sense and don’t work well.
    Here's the repellent I'm talking about:
    http://www.deeroff.com/advantage"

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