They now ate my caladiums.. they haven't touched them all along .. ugh

Sorry to hear it, Allison. When I had caladiums, both in the front and the back, the deer shredded them. It's always a heartache to see their destruction. I have all winter to try and figure out protection for the daylilies, or eliminate them all.

I read somewhere hanging Irish Spring soap around deters them...don't know if it's true or not

Thanks, Ronnie. We've tried that, all kinds of sprays and stationery "deterrents" to no avail. Deer mesh does work for protecting gardens and so does my own invention of deer mesh backed up by trellises, with more trellises as entrances/exits to several paths, but I haven't yet solved the issue for the very long garden.

The gardeners on the weekly radio program from Hartford swear by coyote or fox urine.....never tried it, but if the deer don't stop eating my alstromeria, I will........

I've heard of it but cotton rags have to be soaked in the urine, then hung up all over the gardens. Not visually appealing and, after trying so many things, I'm still doubtful.

Not sure if you tried this but I know people that swear by putting hair cuttings from a salon around the garden. They told me it was the only thing that worked out of everything they had tried. Also having a man in the family "mark their territory" may help! lol I think this may help in my yard. I have seen deer out in the trail that abuts my property but for some reason they don't come in the yard. My husband does like to mark his territory! Lol.

Our neighbor's husband marked the territory well but now she has a 10' high border of wood at the top of her vegetable garden.

Tonight I saw the deer also ate all daylily buds in a small garden in front.

Randy won't do it.. kept telling him to mark the groundhog hole so no one else moves in

Daylily, Pardon Me has started to bloom. Many fewer stems on the DL. the irises did the same thing.

I'm surprised so much is blooming here......You would think the scent of my dog would discourage the deer....nope. They are awful pests....

Indeed.. they are miserable .. wish they atend that bittersweet vine that is all over the property

Right! I have bittersweet & poison ivy taking over, but I guess you need a goat to eat those .....

That balloon flower shines! Mine is quite short, but the white ones, just starting to bloom, are very tall......

Very nice Rob

Marilyn you can "rent" a goat to get rid of your PI and bittersweet

Folks who used to live next door had one....Nickel....she tried to eat the clothes off my clothesline! Pretty girl, cocoa- colored, but I wasn't happy to have her here.....their dog, Penny, a Weimerarmer, came into my kitchen & stole a loaf of zucchini bread off the counter....my dogs just watched.....

Daylily 'pumpkin time' has just started to bloom.

Oh...love that Stolen Treasure....such a nice pink....no yellow in it!