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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

My deer aren't super-hungry.  They eat the tomatoes but not the tomato 
plants.  They've never bothered my currants, including cove currant, none 
of which are thorny.  Nor do the bother my raspberries or blackberries.  
They do eat appple trees, apples, witch hazel, and young red bud.
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Ginda
eastern MA, zone 6

...... Original Message .......
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:35:12 -0800 (PST) Melissa Kacalanos 
<mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>I'm making my garden plan now, and hoping I won't have
>to hide all the good plants behind the deer fence. Can
>I get some advice on whether or not these plants are
>reasonably deer-proof?
>
>Thorny plants:
>raspberries
>blackberries
>clove currant
>black currant
>
>Non-thorny plants:
>maypop (which I've never seen, but the catalogs claim
>it's hardy here.)
>pawpaw
>
>Last year, I was surprised that the deer loved eating
>my tomato plants, but left my basil, rosemary, thyme,
>and various alliums alone, so there's no accounting
>for taste.
>
>Melissa
>zone 5, central NY suburbia
>
>
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