A few weeks ago I posted a recipe for a concoction called Deer Guard. It is sprayed on your flowers and the theory is the deer don’t like the taste/smell of it and won’t eat your plants.
How did it work? See for yourself…
This plant (above) is called BeeBalm, I’ve had it for 3 or 4 years and this is the first time I ever saw it bloom!!
I have been extremely happy with the results, however, I slacked off a bit on spraying the yellow flowers pictured above because I thought the deer didn’t like them. Lesson learned…they made a midnight snack of several of these plants, so never underestimate what the deer may eat.
Oh , I will definitely be mixing up some of that.
I’ve been gardening for 50+ years and I found that deer will eat anything. They don’t know they don’t like the taste until they’ve eaten it. Deer have never eaten my Monarda (Bee Balm) but will eat the yellow flowers, any yellow flowers. They’ve even eaten my spirea, lilacs, rhododendron which deer are not supposed to eat! PFFT.
I usually buy a costly spray that does work and lasts a month but sometimes getting to the store in time has been an issue. I will try your recipe and add some chopped garlic.
So true about yellow flowers! The deer used to clean out my Pink Bee Balm, had it for four years before using this recipe and never saw one flower. Like the addition of garlic…will add that to my next batch, thanks!