We have motion detector lights on the back of the house that constantly go off. It really does not even light up much of the yard, especially when your back yard is over an acre. It only lights up about 20 feet. It was making me pretty freaked out having those lights flick on and off while I'm trying to sleep, so I decided to turn them off. I figured, "Stupid feral cats keep making that thing go off." Well, tonight as Chris was getting ready for bed he heard something outside his window. All I hear is, "Holly Crap!" and my son comes running out of his room yelling for us to come look. He saw two deer eating the grass right outside his window, one he said had huge antlers. Of course, by the time we come to look, the deer are long gone. I guess it is not just "stupid cats" setting off the motion lights.Here is what that part of the backyard looks like in the daytime, after we removed all the brush anyway. Picture deer eating that patchy grass...I hope my garden survives the deer, rabbits, gophers, prairie dogs....
Do you have fencing around your garden? If not it probably won't survive. In Utah, the deer come all the way down the mountains and eat their flowers and garden. They eventually had to put up fencing for their garden. Good luck. I wish I had that problem. :)
ReplyDeleteOK - We went out this morning to see if our garden survived...lo and behold...the hoof prints made it clear that it was not deer, but ELK that were in the yard eating the grass and the new plants in the garden. Mike took the camera to fathers-and-sons this morning so I'll take pictures later and post them.
ReplyDeleteThey jumped the 4 foot high fencing and got into the yard. I don't know how we can keep them out. They can jump really high. I've been told we need to build a higher fence and electrify it...I guess I can do that for a garden area. It is just MORE money to spend. **sigh**
Ya they can be pests sometimes :)
ReplyDeleteHow about making an enclosure type thing for your garden.. sort of like a pen with chicken wire... then they couldnt get in and your garden could still grow.... PLus it prob cost a lot less...
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