We visit with OSU Extension wildlife biologist Dan Edge . Gardeners seem to have a love-hate relationship with deer. We love seeing these graceful animals, but we hate the havoc they cause in our gardens. OSU Extension wildlife biologist Dan Edge shares some hints for keeping deer from eating all your favorite garden plants. Fencing is the best way to keep out deer.
Netting also works around individual plants.
If you are planting new landscape plants, you might want to choose plants that deer don't relish. A hungry deer will eat anything, said Edge, but there are certain plants that deer don't devour as readily. Garden centers also sell several types of deer repellents that you spray on plants. Most work, for a while, says Edge. But they wash off and the plant grows and the repellent gets diluted.