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Those b....y muntjac again

nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,974
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They've eaten the heads of loads of hellebores. Muntjacs seem the most likely culprit. Snow is a good time to see what wanders though the garden no rabbits, one hare and the muntjac.



In the sticks near Peterborough

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  • Bunny ...Bunny ... Posts: 3,471
    Oh dear ...deer.... Hehe sorry . We have a lot of deer here but not those , we don't have rabbits much either thankfully.
  • chilli loverchilli lover Posts: 290

    Hey nutcutlet - sorry you still got snow where you are, I know what you mean! We used to have loads of problems with deer and all we could do was fence, fence , fence! image I don't like it cos' I prefer everything to be more 'natural' looking. We didn't fence in the 'wild bit' so they still roam freely there. The hedge planting we did donwn the lane is now probably sufficiently high/thick to remove the fencing soon so that will be good. They are a pain but I do like to watch them when I canimage

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,974

    Sorry,chilli, misleading statement on my part. When we had snow I went round to see who'd left tracks. It's all gone now. Very nice today, out for a bit of minor tree surgery and still trying to get the old leaves off the hellebores. Whoever it is eating the flowers, they don't want any other part. 

    Thanks for the sympathy bunny. We don't have rabbits at the moment but I'm sure they'll come again. There was a warren when we came here.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Bunny ...Bunny ... Posts: 3,471
    The deer stay in forest and back field mostly havnt seen one in garden as yet ... Think they know the gamekeeper lives up the road !
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,974

    I think ours know we like them really. If there were too many we might change our view. 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Bunny ...Bunny ... Posts: 3,471
    Hehe they are lovely to see , our dog chases them in forest but sits until they run hehe, she likes to play.

    There was a baby one day (wish id had camera) same size as lab olive , they stood noses were touching just smelling looking a each other. Both just young playing... OH fell in the beck trying to get olive incase mum deer was about and baby got worried.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,974

    image

     Not brilliant photo, taken through the window



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 20,922

    I've had big problems with deer too. Last year we fenced the veg garden and part of the flower garden and it's worked. It's so depressing when everything gets eaten, but they didn't eat hellebores here. The roses were massacred in 2011, so was the veg garden.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Sue HSue H Posts: 415
    Looks like it would be good in a sandwich! Bet you wish it was. image
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,974

    So far not a major problem here. Fencing for deer won't be an option so I hope they're not breeding too quickly



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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