I met Dave a couple of years ago when he was speaking on this subject at Arbor Gate. I had researched redesigning my front yard for edible landscaping for much of the year before. I gleaned much from his wisdom in permaculture and edible landscaping. And I have to say that I have been very successful this year in the beginning of an edible landscape. The deer have found that just about everything I planted was edible!!
If I don't have a wire cage around it, the deer have kept it mowed. They haven't touched my Tansy, Marigolds, Hyssops, Mints, but have picked around those plants for the tomatoes, peas, peppers and even the comfrey! Oh and they really tore up my Lord Baltimore Hibiscus this year for the first time.
I am limited because we are unable to put fencing in our front yards. I am 100 feet inside the city limits so lead poisoning would get me in trouble.
Anyone have any wisdom or thoughts to share. I do own the 1.5 acre wooded lot across the road from me that backs up to another 25 acres of woods. I have thought of putting a corn feeder over there and try to get them to eat there rather than my yard.
