Please enjoy our first “Guest” Blogger, Carolyn Singer…………………….

Oh those pesky deer!

Just when you felt confident, “deer-resistant” list in hand, the plant you so carefully selected and planted from your highly reliable local nursery is almost gone the following morning! What?! But they SAID it was “deer-resistant”.

Well, it may very well be! But the nitrogen fertilizer used to grow that healthy plant may in fact be just that extra flavoring (salt?) the browsing deer desire to devour a plant they would otherwise ignore.

So…when you bring the “deer-resistant” plant home from the nursery, don’t serve to the pesky deer as an “all-you-can-eat” smorgasboard. Protect the plant with netting until the effects of the nitrogen fertilizer wear off. Allow several weeks for new growth to establish before removing the netting.

Carolyn Singer, author
“Deer in My Garden”
http://www.carolynsingergardens.com

Carolyns books are both available at Yamasaki Nursery………………………

Looking for a great gift for that garden enthusiast or are the deer destroying your garden? How about one of these great books from local and award winning author Carolyn Singer. Deer in my Garden, Volumes 1 & 2 address the issue we all have here in the foothills, DEER!!!

These are informative books written by an experienced gardener for gardeners with varying levels of expertise. Even gardeners who do not garden with the challenge of deer will find lots of good information.With 28 years’ experience teaching and consulting, author and photographer Carolyn Singer includes description, cultural requirements, bloom, companion plants and landscape use, seasonal interest, maintenance, and propagation for more than 100 species of “deer-resistant” plants in each volume.