Wildlife damage recovery

Arnold Trachtenberg via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:18:44 PST
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 


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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

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