Just. One. Deer.
这就足以消除数小时辛辛苦苦的庭院劳作。一只鹿就能破坏一个美丽的花园。这些蔬菜吗?花吗?连根拔起。Well-raked种植园主吗?践踏。
幸运的是,有几种低冲击力的方法可以威慑和击退鹿。你不必求助于陶氏或康尼格拉等公司的有毒或令人讨厌的化学溶液。你可以使用久经考验的、有数百年历史的方法,不会破坏你的土壤或生物群落。
The Best All-Natural Deer Repellents
This pro/con chart can help you decide which tried-and-true method is best for your deer repellent needs.
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Biodegradable Soap |
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Traditional Fencing |
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Deer Fencing |
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Repellent Plants |
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How To Make Smelly Deer Repellent
Deer repellent that works by scent is easy to make, and there are dozens of recipes. Each of them has their merits. You should feel free to experiment with ours. Your local Cervidae might have a stronger reaction to a different formula.
What You Need To Make Deer Repellent
- Eggs
- Dairy (cream, milk, or yogurt all work)
- Biodegradable liquid soap
- Garlic
- Spice (pepper flakes, chili powder, etc.)
- Water
- A spray bottle
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Instructions For Making And Using Deer Repellent
- Mix all the ingredients in a blender with water. Add enough to make the solution sprayable. Go easy on water at first—you can always add more later, but you can’t take any out.
- Strain the final product into containers.
- Fill a dedicated spray bottle with the solution.
- Store the remainder of the repellent solution in an unrefrigerated area where you don’t linger. The goal is for the eggs, dairy, and garlic to rot and become smelly. The worse the solution smells, the better it will work. You won’t want to smell the results, even when you’re applying the solution.
- Spray the solution on your plants or pour a small amount over the beds and planters that deer favor.
- Reapply the solution every 6-10 days and immediately after rainfall or windstorms.
How To Use Soap To Repel Deer
Deer dislike the smell of soap. Dish soap can work as effectively as the blended repellant described above, and it will not disgust you every time you step into the garden.
- Buy asolidorpowderedbiodegradable soap. Dish soap works best, but any other will do in a pinch.
- If your soap is inbar-form, use a cheese grater to shred the soap into shavings.
- Sprinkle the shavings orpowderacross the affected garden beds.
- Reapply the soap every 6-10 days or immediately after rain or a windstorm.
How To Build A Deer Fence
Deer fencing is one of the more benign and unobtrusive ways to protect specific parts of a garden. It’s not as intrusive or intimidating as a full-on privacy fence—just as much light will get through, which is a plus for gardens—and deters most Cervidae.
- Dig holes for and set up fence posts that are approximately 4 feet tall and space them about 4 feet apart.
- Drill holes into the fence posts and install hooks that will support wire.
- String fishing wire through the hooks. Encircle the entire fence. Leave a gap to come and go or build a gate.
- Fishing wire should deter most deer, and it is nearly invisible, but stronger stuff might be necessary. If the fishing wire isn’t effective, use twine or, if necessary, rope or metal wire.
How To Repel Deer With Sight And Sound
Repel Deer With Sight
Finally, there’s a use for those old Dave Matthews Band CDs you have laying around your house!
- Rip the music on the old CD onto your computer if you haven’t already. The CD isn’t going to work after this.
- Tie twine or wire around the CD. Leave plenty of slack; the CD will need room to dangle and flap in the breeze.
- Hang the CD from branches, awnings, or fence posts near the affected area.
The refracted light from the CDs should startle any nearby grazing deer. They’ll become a bit more cautious and give the CDs—and your garden—a wide berth. You can also substitute strips of aluminum cans or foil for the CDs.
How To Repel Deer With Sound
A garden-varietywind chimecould actually be enough to deter a deer. Try hanging a chime farther away from your house. Install it near or above the garden bed. The wind-swept chimes might make deer nervous enough to keep them away from your garden.
You can also make your own DIY rattlers that could scare away deer—fill up an old metal or plastic container with dried beans and hang it above the affected area.
How To Repel Deer With Plants
有些植物的气味足以吓跑鹿。就像肥皂或上面的臭气熏天的溶液一样,鹿无法忍受以下植物的气味。这就像在一间屋子里吃腐烂的蔬菜一样。
- Poppies
- Bleeding hearts
- False indigo
- Spurges
- Daffodils
- Monkshood
Tall grasses, ferns, and plants with thick/furry/sticky leaves, like lamb’s ear, are also anathema to deer. Deer will struggle to digest any of those plants, and their foliage is unpleasant for them to walk through.
As a permaculturally-inclined gardener, you don’t want to harm your deer neighbors—but you sure would like them to go the heck away. With these methods, you’ll get both outcomes, and both you and the deer around your homestead will be happy.
Katrisays
You should never use any reppelent that has peppers, chili, vinegar or soap in garden that is horrible because animals and bugs cant wash away the irtitation easily.