Our local deer herds eat almost everything, except daffodils. Another plant they avoid is the prickly pear cactus, and we have let that spread as a ground cover in areas where other plants can't prosper or would be devoured. A bonus is that, in late spring, they bear the most beautiful yellow flowers, which usually peak around fathers' day. This is one of the flowers from this year's bumper crop: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/6/29/cactus K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm Macro F 2.8 Limited Comments, criticisms, suggestions, and questions are all invited and welcome. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*

I wonder if you could plant prickly pear and daffodils to form kind of a moat around the other plants to keep the deer from being able to reach them? I don't know anything about gardening except that several of my neighbors have nice ones that I don't have to do any of the work, but can still enjoy viewing them, so take that suggestion for whatever it's worth. On 6/29/2021 15:48:30, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Our local deer herds eat almost everything, except daffodils. Another > plant they avoid is the prickly pear cactus, and we have let that spread as > a ground cover in areas where other plants can't prosper or would be > devoured. A bonus is that, in late spring, they bear the most beautiful > yellow flowers, which usually peak around fathers' day. > > This is one of the flowers from this year's bumper crop: > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/6/29/cactus > > K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm Macro F 2.8 Limited > Comments, criticisms, suggestions, and questions are all invited and > welcome. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question.

The deer don't eat daffodils, but they aren't repelled by them either. Prickly pears, o the other hand, are difficult to cross over, even for deer. They have large, hard spines that can pierce deeply and small, hairlike prickles that readily adhere to skin. They are common in drier areas of Hawaii, especially on Maui and The Big Island, and Hawaiians call them panini. *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 6:06 PM John <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I wonder if you could plant prickly pear and daffodils to form kind of a > moat > around the other plants to keep the deer from being able to reach them? > > I don't know anything about gardening except that several of my neighbors > have > nice ones that I don't have to do any of the work, but can still enjoy > viewing > them, so take that suggestion for whatever it's worth. > > On 6/29/2021 15:48:30, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Our local deer herds eat almost everything, except daffodils. Another > > plant they avoid is the prickly pear cactus, and we have let that spread > as > > a ground cover in areas where other plants can't prosper or would be > > devoured. A bonus is that, in late spring, they bear the most beautiful > > yellow flowers, which usually peak around fathers' day. > > > > This is one of the flowers from this year's bumper crop: > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/6/29/cactus > > > > K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm Macro F 2.8 Limited > > Comments, criticisms, suggestions, and questions are all invited and > > welcome. > > > > Dan Matyola > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >

I know a little bit about prickly pear. The neighbor down at the corner has some in his garden. I guess deer would just walk through a "moat" of daffodils to get to the tasty goodies within. On 6/29/2021 22:29:15, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > The deer don't eat daffodils, but they aren't repelled by them either. > Prickly pears, o the other hand, are difficult to cross over, even for > deer. They have large, hard spines that can pierce deeply and small, > hairlike prickles that readily adhere to skin. They are common in drier > areas of Hawaii, especially on Maui and The Big Island, and Hawaiians call > them panini. > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 6:06 PM John <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com> wrote: > >> I wonder if you could plant prickly pear and daffodils to form kind of a >> moat >> around the other plants to keep the deer from being able to reach them? >> >> I don't know anything about gardening except that several of my neighbors >> have >> nice ones that I don't have to do any of the work, but can still enjoy >> viewing >> them, so take that suggestion for whatever it's worth. >> >> On 6/29/2021 15:48:30, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>> Our local deer herds eat almost everything, except daffodils. Another >>> plant they avoid is the prickly pear cactus, and we have let that spread >> as >>> a ground cover in areas where other plants can't prosper or would be >>> devoured. A bonus is that, in late spring, they bear the most beautiful >>> yellow flowers, which usually peak around fathers' day. >>> >>> This is one of the flowers from this year's bumper crop: >>> >>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/6/29/cactus >>> >>> K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm Macro F 2.8 Limited >>> Comments, criticisms, suggestions, and questions are all invited and >>> welcome. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery >>> <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* >>> -- -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question.