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Deer in Garden
Well, well. This will take care of the weeds in the garden. I came right up to the thing, about 3 feet away. It’s a young buck, can you see his stubby antlers? He kept rubbing them on his leg. When I tried to touch him, he jumped out of the garden and wandered around [...]
Continue reading...Evil Deer, the Continuing Saga
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
My arborvitae are dead, me thinks. The deer had them for dinner over the winter, all 8 of them. $200 down the drain. Speaking of deer, they are absolutely fearless. I saw them out in my backyard, munching grass. I was a little fearful that they’d devour my new little willow tree back there, so [...]
Continue reading...Deer Repellent
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Now that the snow is melting, I can walk to the backyard to access the winter damage done by the deer and snowmobilers. :-p My poor apple trees. My poor grape vine!! I could skin those varmints alive, I could. My grapevine didn’t get it as bad as the apple trees. The busted post is [...]
Continue reading...Oh Deer Oh Deer!
Monday, October 5, 2009
They’re back. Mama Deer brings her newborn babies to our gardens every year. *sigh* Deer are very cute, but they are eating machines on legs. They decimated my Rose of Sharon, Apple trees, Willow trees, well just about everything (!) a year ago. Their appetite is insatiable. An hour of no eating is like a [...]
Continue reading...I Really Think Spring is Here!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Here in Upstate New York, we remain rather skeptical of spring until at least Tax Day. I mean, snow in April is not a complete anomaly around here. And we really can’t set out any plants, safe from the threat of frost, until after Mother’s Day. Even so, last year in the first week of [...]
Continue reading...I HATE Deer
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I hate deer! I hate them with a burning white hot fiery inferno of liquid lava-boiling anger! YEAH, the nasty critters ate their winter through my trees and flower gardens again this year!! They ate my baby Weeping Willow tree down to a stub. I nurtured that thing for TWO years, and it’s gone. [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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Monday, June 27, 2011
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