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Deer-free garden

If your garden is adjacent to a wild area where deer live and roam, then you know how damaging they can be to a garden when they stop by to browse. Since it’s likely that deer are going to sample everything in your garden once, it’s a good idea to skip the plants that will keep them coming back night after night. In general, they opt for anything that’s tender and tasty, such as gardenhybrids), garden phlox () and daylilies (spp. and hybrids). But there are still lots of other options that make them turn away.

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