You can make a fountain with a bamboo tipper. Each time the bamboo tips, it makes a clicking sound that frightens deer away.
It is called the "Deer Scarer" or "shishi odoshi"
You can make a fountain with a bamboo tipper. Each time the bamboo tips, it makes a clicking sound that frightens deer away.
It is called the "Deer Scarer" or "shishi odoshi"
I have never seen those before. Thanks for sharing that product. I will have to pass this along to my mother in law who has problems with deer on her property.
I have always wondered if the deer eventually figure out that the clicking sound of the fountain, will cause them no harm!
You know they might but deer are pretty skittish creatures as it is so maybe it would always make them take off?
I never checked out this product before SageMother, thats a great idea. Try to construct a strong fence which wouldn't allow them to enter in.
I'd say that your best defense would be good strong fencing!
If you don't want to keep them out of the garden you could try just covering things that you think will be particularly attractive to them.
Thanks for the help, everyone! The fencing I'd like to do eventually but it's a big property and that's simply cost prohibitive right now. I'd be cheaper replacing the plants.
SageMother, I love that fountain. Even if I didn't have deer running amok, I'd still like one of those. Beautiful.
I hear you on the fencing. It is quite expensive and you would need to have a pretty high fence. Can't deer jump pretty high?
the bamboo water thing was in the movie Kill Bill, vol 1., during the fight scene between Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu