OH dear...
Oh deary deary dear...
Oh.... deer?
That's better.
MOUSES!
You can thank me later, Peepers!
When you find my bill in the mail.
MOUSES!
So anyway...
So anyway, some of you out there might remember the problems ol' Peepers had, last winter, with the deer.
What? What's that? You mean I forgot to tell you all about the deer?
Oh dear...
MOUSES!
WELL, last winter, there was a whole whackin' herd...
Or I suppose it might have been just one family...
Perhaps just a couple of pals. Who happened to be deer. And who happened to use Peepers' garden as some sorta highway.
They must have been comin' from the road, cuttin' through the trees, then walkin' through the garden to get to the compost bins and stuff. And anythin' lyin' in the path of those deer, got trod on along the way.
BUT DON'T WORRY! Don't you be worryin' about my catnip. My nip plants were safe 'cause they weren't planted 'round there.
But as for Peepers' Iceland Poppies...
Well they didn't fare quite so well.
MOUSES!
That's right, come springtime last year, there were deer hoof prints ALL OVER the place. Those prints were here and there and pretty much everywhere, INCLUDIN' the raised bed with all Peepers' poppies.
A lot of 'em got all mushed.
The poppies, I mean.
MOUSES!
Now let me tell you somethin', my friends: deer might not wanna EAT Iceland Poppies, but they sure don't mind mushing 'em right into the ground.
MOUSES!
BUT THANKS TO MY GENIUS-LIKE THINKIN', Peepers put those greenhouse frames up last September. There are no plastic coverings, or anythin'. Only the frames. But JUST AS I THOUGHT would happen, the deer are now walkin' AROUND the raised beds, instead of straight through 'em.
Like I KNEW that they would.
So even though there may be a whole mess of hoof prints out there, there're not nearly as MESSY as one might expect.
Mess of... Messy... Get it?
Heeheeheeheehee...
MOUSES!
But anyway, those deer are followin' the paths between the flower beds in nice, straight, neat lines, and by gosh and by golly...
By gosh and by golly...
By gosh and by golly, there are NO MUSHED UP PLANTS to be found.
Turns out I, Seville the Cat, am a deer-wrangler at heart.
MOUSES!
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Remember to mask up, too.
Wow Seville glad you've got those deer 🦌 under control.😽
ReplyDeleteFor now, anyway...
DeleteMOUSES!
Gosh Seville all those deer 🦌 glad you got them under control 😽
ReplyDeletePURRS
DeleteYou are very clever. My hubby is trying to get them away from Mountain Laurel bushes. He tied Irish Spring on them, the bushes, not the deer. :)
ReplyDeletePeepers tried the Irish Spring last summer with her roses. Ended up with a bunch of rose bushes that smelled like soap and STILL had no flowers. MOUSES!
DeleteThat's super cool that we know a famous deer wrangler!
ReplyDeleteYup, 'cause you know ME. MOUSES!
DeleteWill the deer scare off the mouses?
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I don't think so. I don't think I've ever seen a mouse runnin' from a deer. MOUSES!
DeleteIt's like we always knew, Sivvers. You're brilliant! When those poppies come up in the spring, we sure how Peepers sings your praises! XO
ReplyDeleteI will be sure to remind her this spring, 'bout how she has ME to thank, when the poppies are all bloomin' instead of bein'...
DeleteWell, you know...
Mushed.
PURRS
Seville saves the day...again.
ReplyDeleteIt's kinda what I do. PURRS
DeleteYou know, I may make Mom keep that in mind. They ravage everything we have here. Had to quit feeding the outside birds. If it wasn't vishus deer, it is the squirrels.
ReplyDeleteOh my mouses, we've got squirrels here, too. Squirrels, deer, rocky raccoons... It's a regular zoo. MOUSES!
DeleteThat was one Savvy move, Seville. I wonder if that trick works for other critters, like bears and slugs?
ReplyDeleteToodle pips and purrs
ERin
Seville, you are BRILLIANT!
ReplyDeleteSeville, you do have the smarts!! Imagine if a deer tried to walk through those frames and fell down...then the whole set up would bew mushed as well as the poppies...yikes! So them deer are smart in a way, too...except when it comes to traffic on roads...sigh...
ReplyDeleteMouses...with those amazing skills, we think you could hire out and rake in some big bucks. Good job, Seville! XOCK, angels Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta & Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer, Kizmet, Audrey & Raleigh
ReplyDeleteYou are obviously an excellent gardener, Seville! You must have green fingers - er, paws - er, toes. Whatever...
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