Landscaping with Bulbs: Pest control
Hamish Sloan (Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:37:17 PDT)

Hello All,

Judy mentioned a pest that has had a mention before:

"I have almost 9 acres. It slopes, we're on a well, there are deer and
woodchucks and other critters - naturalistic is the only way that really
works for me."

Some of the gardens plagued with deer hereabouts (mainly the introduced
Chinese water deer or Muntjac) keep them away from their gardens by hanging
bars of soap among the plant beds. Tie to a cane so the bars are about 3
feet off the ground. Spacing that I saw was often over 25 yards. Some of
the bars I saw had clearly dried out a great deal and must have been
hanging in place for several months.

Any of you tried this for your local forms of deer? I don't know if highly
scented soap works better, i.e., is it the soapy smell or the added scents?
It would be interesting to see if it worked with other wildlife. I had no
mention of effects on squirrels or wood pigeons.

Regards Hamish
Wettish (usually!!!) zone 9, South central UK.