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  • Curent listings for available garden space range from a balcony in Queen Anne with “fantastic morning sun,” to a ready-to-plant raised bed in Ballard, to a west-facing terraced lot in West Seattle, to a 5-acre horse farm on the Eastside with a deer-proof garden space and room for an orchard.

    Matchmaking gardeners with gardens 2009

  • Curent listings for available garden space range from a balcony in Queen Anne with “fantastic morning sun,” to a ready-to-plant raised bed in Ballard, to a west-facing terraced lot in West Seattle, to a 5-acre horse farm on the Eastside with a deer-proof garden space and room for an orchard.

    Matchmaking gardeners with gardens 2009

  • This is one of my favorites too, the deer-proof paperweight.

    CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2002 2002

  • WEDNESDAY Down at the library, Mom made up a list of "deer-proof" plants for Ethan.

    Microserfs Coupland, Douglas 1995

  • According to a recent report from the Capital Regional District, foraging deer cost local farmers about $300,000 in 2009, not including the thousands of dollars each year Mr. Ponchet and other farmers spend on deer-proof fences.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRENNAN CLARKE 2011

  • No plant is deer-proof, Ms. Clausen said, but the animals are selective feeders and will ignore certain plants if offered alternatives.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Dean Fosdick 2011

  • That's why deer-resistant plants aren't listed as deer-proof.

    Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009

  • "Twenty-five of the 50 are drought tolerant." †"Find plants that are deer-proof and resist insects and disease â€" natives that have adapted to local conditions.

    AugustaChronicle.com: Top News and Blogs 2009

  • Tree plantings are easy to spot, because the young seedlings are encased in deer-proof plastic tubes.

    The Frederick News-Post : Local News 2009

  • And with its deer-proof fence, the preserve, a member of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and accredited by the American Association of Museums, is the equivalent of a Hope Diamond behind burglar-proof glass.

    unknown title 2009

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