Homemade Deer Deterrent Recipe
This is something I'll be using next spring in the garden in an effort to hold back the predation of my tulips from the deer herd that seems to use this property as a walkway along the shore.
So take a gallon of water and two spoons full of latex white paint.
The use of latex white paint is to use the spreader/sticker in the paint so you want to add only a bit to the water. We want it to be a very, very pale water - not a very thin paint.
Add several eggs to the mix - up to a half dozen should be fine.
Blend.
Apply to the plants to be protected as well as around the boundaries of the property.
The egg mix will go rancid - which is what you want but you won't smell it.
The deer will.
They'll avoid the area while the "fragrance" is new and fresh. So do plan on renewing this every week or two or after heavy rains.
Buy a new blender and keep the old one for the deer deterrent recipe-making.
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