John Deere Troubleshooting

Knowing which plants are irresistible to deer can help you properly useto deter deer from their favorites. However, if your garden contains fruits and vegetables favored by deer, they just may go the extra mile.

The animal will be stung and, hopefully, learn to stay away.One of the more common deer fencing designs is to use deer netting. If your deer are especially sneaky, use 2 electric fences.

With this type of electric fencing, peanut butter is placed along the top of the fence in an effort to lure deer. Not only do they feast on garden veggies, shrubs and trees, but deer also cause damage by trampling plants and rubbingTrying to keep deer...

Super Thrive is not a fertilizer; it is a product that provides essential nutrients to the bushes at a time of great need. Deer will eat the buds, blooms, foliage and even the thorny canes of rose bushes.

The problem is that what works in one region may not work in another. However, those of us in more rural or under developed areas are quite familiar with the issue. Then there are other perennials that seem to be impervious to deer browses such as:are...

To create a completely deer resistant garden is never 100 percent guaranteed, but the key to keeping Bambi and his clan at a distance lies in understanding which plants deer prefer and which they usually pass over.Although the type of vegetation that...

The same goes for plants with hairy leaves. Any gardener who finds deer in the neighborhood will never look at Bambi the same way again. If it's painful to eat, it's safer than food that's not.

Once the rub has gotten through the cork layer, the delicate cambium is at risk. These materials protect the tree from deer damage without causing damage of their own when force is applied to their surfaces.

A serious problem for fruit tree growers may be keeping deer away from the fruit trees. Some use five lines of high tensile steel wire, in-line wire strainers and high voltage which are very effective.

Here are a few cultivars you might want to try:‘Tricolor' – This cultivar is noted for its variegated foliage with a rainbow of color that includes red, pink, cream and green.‘Sunburst' – This is one of the cultivars that can take winter temperatures...

You must take this timing into account as you decide when to cut back St. John's wort. That bushy plant in your garden bearing yellow flowers summer through fall, the one known as“Hidcote”) may be considered low-maintenance, but it flowers more prolifically...

Effective St John's wort control with this method comes from removing all the roots and getting rid of St. John's wort before it produces seeds.It may take weeks or even months of pulling or digging to get rid of St. John's wort.

The plant is fast growing and can even be sheared severely, giving it a refreshed look in spring. You can find it growing wild in damp woods and hedges, rambling around trees and other taller bushes.

Site the plant in partial sunlight and nearly any type of well-drained soil.St. Andrew's cross plants can be propagated by seeds directly in the garden any time after danger of frost has passed.

On a humorous note, I was recently walking through the back woods on our farm, exploring one of the large rock piles left behind from clearing the fields many years ago, and I stumbled across a large pile of broken rake tines for the 594.

Silver Sage is often listed in catalogs as a "short-lived perennial" or even a biennial for this very reason.As far as companion planting, nothing beats the look of silver plants cuddled up to those with dark foliage; the contrast is striking and will...

But here's a long list of plants to consider if wildlife is a problem in your garden.NOTE: Zones were taken from national nursery catalogs and various state extension fact sheets, and may differ slightly from other data resources, depending on plant variety.

The hope is that the deer will stop to feed on the mineral blocks rather than your gardens. And my altheas are thriving once more.Do the research. Thank you, mrmac04. After trial and error, I found the best deer deterrent is a good dog.

Interestingly, the the $4.00 bulb (when purchasing 5 bulbs) is offered bysource. Any disturbance of the leaves will release the odor. Blooming in mid- to late-spring, its tall, ramrod-straight royal bearing, colorful flowers, and leafy tuft for a crown...

Their key recommendations were to ban the non-therapeutic use of antimicrobials in food animal production to reduce the risk of antimicrobial resistance to medically important antibiotics and other antimicrobials define non-therapeutic use of antimicrobials...

Take along a trustworthy plant-identification book and see what goodies you can find—making sure, of course, that you properly identify a plant before consuming it. Your options are only limited by your imagination and the craft project at hand.

Some of those antibodies also reacted to the disease pathogen responsible for bovine tuberculosis and caused false-positive results. The contagious Johne's disease, also known as Paratuberculosis, is estimated to cost the U.S. dairy industry more than...

Still, you can successfully develop a deer-resistant landscape by growing plants they don't like. They avoid plants with sharp thorns and spines or prickly, fuzzy or woolly leaves.

Enjoy the following pictures of some of his work.people wonder how the birdhouses are mounted. These threads are open to visitors.Dave's Garden has hundreds of other talented members that love gardens, nature and animals.

They even dug up some of my bearded iris rhizomes and nibbled them into bits! I usually don't have much trouble from them during the spring and summer months, at least nothing that a few sprays of deer repellant won't fix, but I have a feeling this year...

Late August in western North Carolina is beautiful to see, but miserable to feel: sweltering heat and high humidity. All eight members of the class headed up the steep hill behind Davidson to the Folk School's greenhouse, where we were given our supplies...

Most were pretty good—but some are not! Our instructor loved teaching as much as we enjoyed being taught, which made me eager to get back to the farm to make homemade goodies for the holidays! That evening there was a drum gathering and all of us were...