Deer Problems

My wife and I have been working at our jobs 12-15 hours a day so the garden has been neglected for 6 weeks. In that time, I have not sprayed the plants in our garden with Liquid Fence. It is the only way to keep the deer away. So last night, right at our front door they ate our Hostas!!!!!

I am not sure about other areas of the country but deer are a huge issue in New Jersey. They are everywhere! While they are cute, they can be a huge problem to anyone with a garden. We actually have a deer that has had twins in our yard each year for several years now.

But if you want them to not treat your yard as their personal salad bar, that is a trick. We have tried just about every product on the market in 15 years. From the bizzare, Wolf and Coyote urine, it did nothing to stop them but I suspect if there were wolves in New Jersey it may have attracted them. Other sprays have pepper of some type, trouble is that means the deer would have to eat the plant to learn their lesson. I don't want them to touch a leaf!

Many of these leave a horrible glaze on the plants. There are several out there that use basically rotten eggs with a combination of pepper. But seem to leave a mess on the leaves as well.

After all these years, we have found a product that has kept not only the deer but those ground hogs away as well. Liquid Fence for Deer. Now we have to warn you. The first time you spray this lovely concoction on your plants, do not do it on a windy day. Also do not panic as the smell is unbearable and your thinking now you don't want to get near these plants either let alone stand in the yard. It lasts about 24 hours, dries without any residue and lasts 30 days with normal rain.

But remember during the 30 days, your daily visitors to the yard and testing and smelling, waiting for the odor to go away. Because at 30 days, if you do not spray.....................well its supper time once again. Liquid Fence has its own website. We ordered the sprayer with the liquid fence. The sprayer is pretty good quality and does not clog like those you might by at your local home improvement center.

I am pretty upset with the deer today since they ate my hostas and its raining, again. And they ate the tops off of every flower stalk, I think they were sending a message. But I sprayed anyway. Hope this helps other persuade their deer to go elsewhere for dinner and breakfast.