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- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:24:11 -0400
Also, with the same population level, pressure on a given field depends on how much they can find to eat elsewhere. If there's something good to eat in the vicinity that's not protected by any repellent strategy, all sorts of things will work. If what you have is the only thing around that's deer-edible at the moment, almost nothing will work. I find that when there's a green growing clover cover crop, there's often less pressure on the produce fields. I don't care if they eat the cover crop; they'll replace any green manure nutrients taken with brown manure in the process. Of course that technique's not much help in a drought, as I haven't enough water to spare for the cover crops; and some protection is still needed for things particularly attractive to deer. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly Fresh-market organic produce, small scale On Sep 15, 2011, at 9:17 AM, William H Shoemaker wrote: That is consistent with my experience with deer. Light populations are |
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Re: [Market-farming] First frost date--He showed up....
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Re: [Market-farming] First frost date--He showed up....,
Richard Robinson, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] First frost date--He showed up...., Mike Rock, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] First frost date--He showed up...., William H Shoemaker, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] First frost date--He showed up...., Vern and Amy, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] First frost date--He showed up...., Todd Lister, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] First frost date--He showed up...., Sue Wells, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
Vern and Amy, 09/14/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
William H Shoemaker, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
Mike Brabo, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
William H Shoemaker, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
Road's End Farm, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?, Vern and Amy, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?, Vern and Amy, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
Road's End Farm, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?, Vern and Amy, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
William H Shoemaker, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
Mike Brabo, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
Barking Cat Farm, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
John Pike, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?, Vern and Amy, 09/15/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?, Barking Cat Farm, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
John Pike, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] deer repellent?,
William H Shoemaker, 09/15/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] First frost date--He showed up....,
Richard Robinson, 09/15/2011
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