DO DEER EAT BIRD OF PARADISE?
Donald Campbell
like to plant a bird of paradise but don't want the deer to
laugh too much while I'm doing it. Don Campbell
J...@delphi.com
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> I am learning to plant things that the deer won't eat. I would
> like to plant a bird of paradise but don't want the deer to
> laugh too much while I'm doing it. Don Campbell
Your posting conjures-up a FAR SIDE sort of scenario!
What we need is scarecrows which would frighten the deer. I'm
thinking of large hollow-plastic dolls, made like those cheap
pink flamingoes, in the shape of Typical-Deer-Hunters-From-
Unnamed-States-Which-Are-Known-For-Cheese-Or-Maple-Syrup.
Shotgun in one hand, six-pack in the other, pants sliding
down to reveal that gruesome vertical smile in the rear.
A few of these lurking about our gardens should give the
deer some second thoughts (as if deer had FIRST thoughts, eh?)
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Dennis Mathiasen
> > I am learning to plant things that the deer won't eat. I would
> > like to plant a bird of paradise but don't want the deer to
> > laugh too much while I'm doing it. Don Campbell
>Your posting conjures-up a FAR SIDE sort of scenario!
>What we need is scarecrows which would frighten the deer. I'm
>thinking of large hollow-plastic dolls, made like those cheap
>pink flamingoes, in the shape of Typical-Deer-Hunters-From-
>Unnamed-States-Which-Are-Known-For-Cheese-Or-Maple-Syrup.
>Shotgun in one hand, six-pack in the other, pants sliding
>down to reveal that gruesome vertical smile in the rear.
>A few of these lurking about our gardens should give the
>deer some second thoughts (as if deer had FIRST thoughts, eh?)
Yes, but then there is also the scenario of the deer standing over the
fallen hunter going tru his pockets for something MORE to eat!
And they will do it! (not so dumb after all). They will eat anything
if hungry enough. Goats really.
DM
L. Craig Daniels
>I am learning to plant things that the deer won't eat. I would
>like to plant a bird of paradise but don't want the deer to
>laugh too much while I'm doing it. Don Campbell
It's highly unlikely that a deer will find your bird of paradise a
tempting meal.