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   Message 39,370 of 40,484   
   Pavel314 to songbird   
   Re: garlic question   
   02 Nov 20 19:11:22   
   
   From: pintiha@jhmi.edu   
      
   On Monday, November 2, 2020 at 6:51:20 PM UTC-5, songbird wrote:   
   > Frank wrote:   
   > ...   
   > > Area I put the holly might get only few hours of sun every day but I   
   > > think it may thrive there.   
   > i hope so! :)   
   > > We have a shade and deer problem but seeing good results wife had this   
   > > year and reading deer do not like garlic I think I will plant some next   
   > > year close to the house.   
   > it won't keep deer from finding and eating other   
   > plants. it doesn't deter them. some young deer will   
   > still sample onions and garlic or any other plant we   
   > grow here even if it is reputedly deer repellent or   
   > resistant or not attractive to deer. the young ones   
   > don't know better...   
   > > My neighbors got stuck in India last spring and most of the summer and I   
   > > planted his garden with tomatoes, squash, green beans and carrots and   
   > > deer ate everything to the ground.   
   > fences help us here, but not everything is fenced so   
   > we do get deer going through here at times and eating   
   > anything they can find that they like. until i can get   
   > a full enclosed fence put up they'll be around. i just   
   > try to make it not so easy for them...   
   >   
   >   
   > songbird   
      
   We were having trouble with deer until we got a motion sensor activated   
   squirter for the garden. That kept them away.   
      
   Paul   
      
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