Not long ago we had a great weekend visiting our kids in Reston. We managed to spend a very enjoyable afternoon in the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum at Dulles. It was a real treat.
We had not been up to visit since last year when my daughter had just finished landscaping around her townhouse.
She had gone to a lot of trouble to pick deer resistant plants. She even paid extra to get one plant that was poisonous to deer.
While I was hopeful that her efforts would be successful, I was not surprised to see that the deer have eaten much of her landscaping including the poisonous plant.
The deer vanquished us in southwest Virginia.
We actually gave up growing tomatoes at our Roanoke, Va home. The deer would come by and bite the tomatoes and drop them on the ground. It looked like a bear had been rolling around in the vines. We never had the problem while our Lab, Chester, was alive. Once he was gone, I tried everything but it the deer seemed to have won.
We are removing the remnants of three azaleas that have graced our Roanoke home for twenty years. The deer have killed them.
My daughter and I went out on Sunday to pick up sandwiches for lunch from Potbelly. When we came back there was a deer grazing in one of her neighbors yards. The deer was not even afraid of us and continued grazing while we were getting out of the car just yards away.
My daughter is now thinking of putting up a fence.
I wish there was a better solution, but deer are becoming just as much an urban pest as they are on the mountainsides in southwest Virginia.
On another note-
My apologies for the few posts. I have been exceptionally busy writing for the blog where I actually get paid, Crystal Coast Living. If you are interested in beach living drop by and see why North Carolina's Southern Outer Banks are such a special spot.
If you are really interested, check out the nice water view cottage that I just listed on the White Oak River or the reasonably priced home just minutes from the Emerald Isle beaches.
