Oh deer!

Yes, those pesky marauders will be foraging in your garden again this  year.  Whenever someone asks me what to do about a nasty deer problem in their landscape, I usually reply with the cryptic "Get an outside dog, a 12-foot fence or a gun."  I know those aren't the easiest solutions for most people, but every type of deer repellent that I've tried works maybe for the first few times and then the four-legged eating machines figure it out and browse away again.  We humans have caused this problem by eliminating all of the deer's natural predators from our regions.  The deer multiply to excess and then can starve from overgrazing and other issues if the herds are not culled.  We have to intervene because of our initial interference;