Deer Out! Indeed!

I may have found it--El Dorado, the lost city of gold!

Well, okay...no gold. But something just as precious to this frustrated gardener: a naturally formulated spray that repels dear from using my gardens like a smorgasbord. It's called "Deer Out" and can be purchased via the Internet. After a month where all of my hostas, phlox, violets, begonias and roses have been decimated, I asked my neighbor how his garden had managed to fair so well. And he introduced me to this product.

It has a menthol, pepper-minty smell and is absorbed into the leaves where it claims to protect the plant from consumption for up to 3 months. Here’s hoping!