Well, we were attacked at home last night! It was a quiet evening at home. They arrived silently before dawn..sneeking right up to my front door! My 3 dogs never heard them..they slept right through the attack! It was the White Tail Gang of Raccoon Ridge. It is a small gang..only 3 members, but it is amazing how much damage they could do in one evening. It started in my driveway. The trail of destruction included a peach tree, an apple tree, a rose bush and all my lilly plants. They then moved on to my planter next to my front door, where they ate all the oriental lillies and anything that resembled food to them.
Of course I am talking about the neighborhood deer! We love to watch them, just like everyone else, but being pretty new to mountain life, we didn't know that some plants were like ice cream to the deer! None of the things they sell in the store helps to stop them..we have tried sprays, repellant sticks that you put in the ground, even human hair, like some of the locals told us....nothing worked. We now have decided to look up every plant that we buy in the future to determine if they are deer resistant!
So just a note to all of the new residents of Blue Ridge, GA, beware of this gang! Be careful when you choose your landscaping! Or keep up a "food allowance" for your own "Neighborhood Gang"!
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