Deer damage I have got used to living with. All woody shrubs and the younger trees have protection from debarking by netting of some sort. We only have the short Muntjac at present here, and they take tulip foliage. Squirrells, I think, eat some crocus flowers. I net Pasque flowers too; not sure what is taking them. Maybe pheasants. It is the Badgers I am not used to dealing with. Brian ------ Original Message ------ From: "Arnold Trachtenberg via pbs" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: "Arnold Trachtenberg" <arnold140@verizon.net> Sent: Saturday, 11 Mar, 23 At 19:22 Subject: Re: [pbs] Wildlife damage recovery Where I live. Just outside of NYC we’ve not had deer predators for at least 75 years. When I moved here 35 years ago you never saw a deer. Now they are spotted almost daily Arnold Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2:10 PM, Cody H via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: I think high deer numbers often have less to do with overdevelopment and more to do with predator suppression. On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:19 AM Arnold Trachtenberg via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: Brian I’ve had to deer fencing completely surrounding the rear garden. Deer were coming in couple of time a week and eating everything. Fruit trees. Potted ghost peppers. I think as we overdevelop properties they become more comfortable around humans. We have Lyme disease here which they carry on ticks that feed on them Arnold Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, March 11, 2023, 1:04 PM, Brian Whyer via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: Hi For 10+ years I have grown Camassia leichtlinii subsp. suksdorfii 'Electra' to the extent I was worried about the numbers. It doesn't seed but is a vigorous grower and my original single bulb from Avon Bulbs is now 2+ square meters of dense growth, after separating out a few years back and replanting. Last year I had a little spring damage on the new growth but hardly noticeable when they were in flower, this year nearly all the early growth has been eaten down to the ground/mulch. Deer (which we have) are not supposed to eat Camassia but a few nights back I happened to see a security light had been triggered during the night. I now know we have visits from Badgers too; nice to watch, BUT!. There is a well worn track along the hedge on the road side of our garden, outside the chain link fencing. Now i know why; but it is turning the corner we live on and coming in the open gateway presumably. Can't see any tunnels; yet. My question is will they recover enough to flower this year, assuming no more grazing? I have put plastic imitation chain link over them at present held up a bit by empty pots. Don't really want to fence that bed; but I could. Another plant in the same bed loses its flowers each year to grazing. (forget name; like evergreen grape hyacinth) Time to think about a secure garden ?? Brian, SE UK Chilterns _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum latest: https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… <https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum latest: https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… <https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://… <https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://… <https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…