Growing up in a small town on the Hudson River allowed me to see quite a bit of nature. Still, the deer were only present at dusk and not often. Some mornings we would see evidence of their presence by a nibbled tulip bud.
These days, the deer are doing very well. Their numbers seem to multiply by the minute. Just last week as I was driving my son to a friend's house, we passed seven deer -- three of them strolling down the middle of the road! While on Long Island this past weekend, more evidence of the exploding deer population was present. Obviously we saw deer, but there were also an awful lot of deer fencing around properties that I'd not seen several years ago. But the biggest problem is right at home. When we got back from our weekend adventure, we came home to a devastated garden -- the clematis, honeysuckle and rose of sharon are all chewed to bits.
It's a all out war here. We will begin erecting the deer fence today. We have plans for deer fencing the property. It's an expense we could do without, but desperate times are calling.
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