Beautiful Easy Organic Gardens contains information on how to have a beautiful organic vegetable garden, perennial garden and herb garden, how to have a natural organic lawn, how to water, fertilize, control deer, insects and diseases organically. Beautiful Easy Organic Gardens is written by Laurence Sombke the author of Beautiful Easy Flower Gardens and Beautiful Easy Lawns and Landscapes, the garden blogger for the Times Union, a garden and landscape consultant and speaker and radio host.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Deer Stopper
I've come across a new organic deer repellent that seems to be working quite well. Deer Stopper from Messina Wildlife, www.messinawildlife.com, is a spray made from putrescent whole egg solids, rosemary oil and mint oil. So not only does it keep deer away, it smells nice, too. According to the manufacturer, Deer Stopper was tested by Cornell, Auburn University and by the USDA. Maybe it is a coincidence, but since I sprayed Deer Stopper, my tulips look great and they haven't been eaten by deer. The product materials I have say the company makes repellent for moles, voles, groundhogs, rabbits, chipmunks and other critters. Their Web site indicates there are quite a few retail stores in the Northeast that carry Deer Stopper, but you can also buy the product online.