We gave Sally Peterson a stack of garden-related books and asked ... Here is one of her reviews: “Deer-Resistant Design: Fence-free Gardens that Thrive Despite the Deer” by Karen Chapman ...

Deer can jump over standard fences with ease ... will avoid raised areas or coming too close to the house. Plant a raised garden bed to keep plants out of easy reach. The closer the plants ...

Folks, you need a fence. If you only need to protect a small garden bed, you can keep the deer out by giving your fence a ceiling. Run a three-foot fence around the bed (or whatever height is ...

benches or a bird bath can help prevent deer from jumping into the fenced-in area. In the vegetable garden you can place tall raised beds close together in a pattern that does not allow deer to ...

Unless you take an active approach to warding them off, animals like deer ... wire fence is at least 4 feet tall, buried 6 inches deep to deter burrowing, and bent away from the garden to prevent ...

This simple garden bed can even work on a sunny ... Most of the reader photos also feature fences and other defensive measures against deer and rodents, like we discussed in an earlier column.