Archive for January, 2011

There are few more disappointing moments, for gardeners, than walking out onto your porch to drink that morning cup of coffee, and gazing out on your garden to see that all your hard work has been destroyed overnight by the local wildlife. Fortunately that fate can be prevented; DeerBusters.com has several solutions to end your wildlife problems.

The first step in effectively preventing local wildlife from destroying your yard or garden is identifying what type of wildlife you are dealing with. Look for tracks, droppings, nests, and burrows to help you determine what species of pest is taking liberties with your property.  Once you identify your pest, learn a little bit about its habits to help you best understand what you’re dealing with. After identify and learning about the pest you can choose the best control method for that species.

The installation of a deer fence, when installed properly can successfully prevent deer from destroying shrubs and trees. Deer Busters polypropylene deer fencing is virtually invisible, easy to install, and affordable. Keeping deer out can have more benefits to you than just saving your plants. Deer carry ticks and ticks can carry Lyme disease, which means the few deer in your yard also lowers your chance of getting bitten by a Lyme disease carrying tick. In fact, the National Institute of Health believes that deer fencing can reduce the risk of Lyme disease by up to 97%

Animal control fencing is a great option for keeping small animals such as rabbits, armadillos, and groundhogs from entering your garden or yard. Small chewing animals can do damage even in the winter especially under the cover of snow. These chew proof rodent barriers can be used alone or in combination with your deer fence to prevent small animals from crawling under or chewing through your deer fence. The animal control fencing is also great at keeping your pets from entering the garden or restricted areas.

If you would like a less invasive method of controlling the local wildlife, scaring devices such as the Ultrasonic Motion Activated Deer and Animal Repeller, can be highly effective. The Ultrasonic Motion Activated Deer and Animal Repeller emits an ultrasonic blast, above the frequency of human hearing to startle pests from your yard or garden. This humanely hi-tech motion activated device covers 4000 square feet and can be manually tuned to deter rodents, opossums, raccoons, deer and more.

Whether your property is a small residential yard or a large-acre farm DeerBusters.com has a pest control solution for your problems. To learn more visit DeerBusters.com or call 888.422.3337.

Winter is here in full force, bringing with it cold weather, snowfall, warm fires, and grazing deer. For many there is a fascination with seeing deer in a snow covered field or even your yard. Unfortunately, for a gardener it can be a dreaded sight. 

Since a deer’s food source is much scarcer in the winter, deer become less discerning. The woodland crops, such as beechnuts, acorns and sumac peas, which are in abundance in the fall become in short supply, hidden beneath snowfall and matted leaves.  Deer depend on the crowns of mature conifers and cedar for survival in the winter season. The loss of adequate wintering habitat due to development and deforestation is a serious threat to the deer population. As a result, the deer turn to your ornamental shrubs, evergreens and grain fields for their food source.

Deer' food shortages are most likely to occur in the winter months.

The list of plants that deer will not eat is extremely short. It is better to come to terms with the fact that when a deer is hungry it will eat anything, including bark off trees. The only sure fire method of protecting your yard or garden during the winter months from foraging is deer fencing. 

Deer are creatures of habit. Their habits are controlled by their needs; food, shelter, and procreation. If left alone, a deer will follow the same routine every day, shifting their pattern only because of weather conditions or the availability of food. They do not migrate and does are known to stay within the same 4 mile radius for their entire lives. This means the deer you saw last year will most likely be back this year and the year after. Over time a feeding site will attract increasingly more deer, wrecking havoc on homeowner’ plantings.

You will save yourself a lot of anguish by making the investment in a proper deer fence around your yard or garden, if you have a serious deer problem. Deer can leap very high and at a distance of up to thirty feet. An effective fence needs to be at least 7.5 feet tall. Deer have poor depth perception limiting their ability to determine where the deer fence ends and the sky begins, making the deer hesitant to jump the fence. Deer may also try to go under or through a deer fence; be sure the deer fence is securely staked and goes all the way to the ground. Polypropylene deer fencing is virtually invisible from a distance and is more cost effective than conventional metal deer fencing, making it a great option.

With preventative measures, you have a good chance of protecting your treasured shrubs, trees and gardens this winter from foraging deer.