Hi Dave, While I was at the Oregon Garden, we tried various spray on concoctions to keep the hoofed maggots off the plants. Needless to say, none of them worked very well and some of the dried blood products left an unsightly brown film on the foliage. The one thing that seemed to do the best job were the motion activated sprinkler 'Scarecrows'. I'd like to try one of them here in California on the squirrels, but there is too much traffic in the Garden to make it feasible (unless I inadvertently squirt our visitors!) I always said that venison jerky would be a great gift shop item, but had a hard time convincing folks of that... Merrill in Palo Alto, where it is raining in June (?!?)... -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of DaveKarn@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:14 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [pbs] colchicum leaves for dinner In a message dated 6/8/05 6:48:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, janemcgary@earthlink.net writes: > Also, they seem to have an aversion to LILIES WITH RED STEMS, a > characteristic > that I'll look for the next time I order lilies. > Jane ~ I grow a number of martagon hybrid lilies and many of them have dark stems -- reddish brown-red -- I guess one could call the coloring. Some are so dark that black is not out of the question! One of the first years I grew them, the deer discovered them in late summer and virtually ate them to the ground -- the stems must have tasted particularly good! Since then, the patch has been fenced and no problem. Aside from something like saddle of venison, fencing is the only permanent solution to the problem for the average gardener. Have you had any experience with the various sprays to deter browsing by deer? Dave Karnstedt _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php