Investing your time and effort into a home garden or a well-manicured lawn and landscaping can be well worth it. However, it can also feel disheartening when wildlife, such as deer, undo all your hard ...

The most obvious issue is that the deer eat many of the plants that we would like to grow in our gardens and landscape. Among the plants that deer usually don’t eat are Texas mountain laurel, viburnum ...

Nibbled day lilies, stomped out azaleas, a bitten off plantain lily — gardeners know the signs of a visit from a deer. They can spell disaster for backyard plants. But there are things you can do to ...

Who isn’t in awe of the sight of a herd of graceful whitetail deer bounding across a meadow or along the edge of a forest in a Metro Park? With their signature white tails waving, they are truly a ...

If you plant it, they will come. They being deer, of course, the scourge of anyone who has ever had the audacity to invest in perennials for their yard. “Just one deer can eat up to 12 pounds worth of ...

A common saying among gardeners is “right plant, right place.” The same philosophy applies to protecting plants from deer: “right fence, right features.” The plant value, age, location, and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." What are some signs that you have deer in your garden? Wondering if deer are visiting your garden? Here ...

For some gardeners, the answer to keeping deer out of the garden is a fence. "I don't think you can have a garden in Duluth anymore without a fence," said Mary Helf, whose intricate gardens wow those ...

Of all the garden pests, deer can be some of the most frustrating. They don’t care if you’re sprinkling coffee grounds between your rows of tomatoes, or hanging shiny strips of tape around the ...

The deer at Squam Lakes Science Center beside a big fence. If you’ve toiled over your garden all summer, the last thing you want to see is plants, shrubs and trees destroyed by deer. Deer like many of ...

For starters, fences and hedges can direct deer traffic away from your property. Dense evergreen shrubs can be helpful but hedges don’t grow up overnight. Fences work right away as long as they’re ...

Find the right style to suit your outdoor space. Photography Ralph Anderson Southerners love a beautiful garden. And while plants will always be the spotlight, your garden fence deserves some love too ...