Even if you live in a residential area, you may have problems with deer coming into your garden. Deer feed in gardens when there is a drought or food is otherwise scarce in their habitat, but once they discover your garden they may continue to come back.
Deer love most types of vegetables as well as fruit and nuts, soft needled pine trees, and roses.
They will eat entire plants, strip the bark off trees, and damage tree trunks by rubbing their antlers against them in the fall of the year. There are a variety of ways to protect your garden from deer, all with a variable degree of success. Probably the most effective, least labor-intensive way to cope with deer is by getting a dog that can be left outside at night. Deer will generally shy away from dogs, and a barking dog is a very effective deterrent. Another low maintenance method to keep the deer away is to plant flowers that they do not like.