To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Damaged trees
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 16:14:25 -0400
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:43:35 -0700, you wrote:
>Deer don't eat grass. They browse on plants, but their preferred food
>is shoots of bushes and trees, like your fruit trees. Add in fruit,
>and unless you have a tall enough fence, they WILL jump it for the
>goodies inside. It takes a TEN foot fence to really stop them.
The deer here (northern Pennsylvania) eat grass. I see them
eat grass almost every day in a field (a mowed field) across
the street from our house.
Pat
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