Apple trees in the garden - nice and trailed so they will, eventually, offer some protection and act as a wind break, as well as producing some lovely tasty apples. What a lovely thought.
Now the problem. Last year some deer got into the garden and gave the poor apple trees a damn good munching. Result? Hardly any leaves, and 1 apple - which didn't do particularly well as the tree was putting all it's energy into getting some leaves back on it!
To stop this happening again I've attached some old, crappy, freebie CD's to bit of string and have them dangling from the area surrounding the tree. I've also put some solar powered garden lamps around the bottom to try and increase the chances of getting some reflection off the CD's on dark cloudy nights.
A friend said that tieing human hair (with or without the human attached) to the branches may also work - although last year this resulted in some well insultated birds nests and no deer scaring.
Does anybody else have any suggestion without resorting to firearms (given that the deer are now out of season!)?
Now the problem. Last year some deer got into the garden and gave the poor apple trees a damn good munching. Result? Hardly any leaves, and 1 apple - which didn't do particularly well as the tree was putting all it's energy into getting some leaves back on it!
To stop this happening again I've attached some old, crappy, freebie CD's to bit of string and have them dangling from the area surrounding the tree. I've also put some solar powered garden lamps around the bottom to try and increase the chances of getting some reflection off the CD's on dark cloudy nights.
A friend said that tieing human hair (with or without the human attached) to the branches may also work - although last year this resulted in some well insultated birds nests and no deer scaring.
Does anybody else have any suggestion without resorting to firearms (given that the deer are now out of season!)?