We are blessed with fabulous wildlife here and although my ethos is to put wildlife first in the garden, when roe deer start stripping out the leaves and tiny fruit on the apples, pears and cherries up in the verger and eating all my young plants in the potager, drastic measures are required.
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Deer in the Garden
We are blessed with fabulous wildlife here and although my ethos is to put wildlife first in the garden, when roe deer start stripping out the leaves and tiny fruit on the apples, pears and cherries up in the verger and eating all my young plants in the potager, drastic measures are required.No Dig, Straw Mulch & Roe Deer
Good weather albeit still pretty cold for the time of year has kept me away from the laptop and very busy out in the garden. With warmer temperatures expected overnight after the weekend, this has been my last chance to get everything ready for the grand plantation. I love this time of the year and can't wait for that first fresh tomato!
At the latest count I have well over two hundred plants to go out in the next ten days or so - tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, chillies, melons, squashes & pumpkins, climbing and dwarf haricots, courgettes, tomatillos, okra and corn, not to mention the usual non-weather dependant beetroot, lettuce and turnip bonanza!
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