Posted on June 16, 2009

The Deer Didn’t Get The Memo

I had a bunch of strawberry plants in a bed in the front yard a while ago. It wasn’t really something I had planned—I just had some extras and there was an open space for them. The deer found them to be more of a plaything than food. They would simply pull them up and drop them back in the dirt again, leaving them intact for the most part. As long as I replanted them before their roots dried out the next day, all was fine.

When space opened up in the back yard for the strawberries, I moved them and planted succulents in the front bed (and in a few planters). I was told deer didn’t like sedum and would prefer to snack on other things. Well, apparently the deer didn’t get the memo because I came out today to find this:

For reference, this what that planter looked like after it was freshly repotted:

The funny part is that they skipped by a bunch of more tender perennials, a planter full of basil, and all sorts of other things to settle on eating this pile of stonecrop. I don’t mind too much, but I may move some of these planters to the back so that they don’t get knocked over and broken by the deer.