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/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > 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 latest: > 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://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…