Deer-Resistant Landscaping: Proven Advice and Strategies for Outwitting Deer and 20 Other Pesky MammalsEvery year, before they decide to take defensive action, vulnerable homeowners throughout North America suffer expensive damage as deer and various other pesky mammals devour their gardens and landscape plants. Deer-Resistant Landscaping by Neil Soderstrom arms homeowners with the proven strategies they need to repel and combat deer and 21 other troubling pests, from armadillos, chipmunks, and gophers to rabbits, raccoons, skunks, and squirrels. Outstanding features include: • strategies for every season and every size pest—from simple, low-cost home remedies, scare tactics, and deterrents to live trapping, barriers, and community action procedures suitable for more intense problems • interviews with and tips from regional gardening and wildlife control experts from coast to coast • encyclopedic coverage of more than 1,000 resistant plants—especially those least likely to be grazed upon or destroyed by deer, based on scientific studies and a consensus of gardening authorities throughout the continent • stunning full-color wildlife photography featuring deer and pest behaviors as well as solutions and deterrents With more than 400 of the author's own gorgeous wildlife photos as well as ones by the legendary naturalist Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III, the most published wildlife photographer in North America, Deer-Resistant Landscaping provides the most wide-ranging, authoritative, and helpful information on this topic ever assembled in one volume. |
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... Opossums Peccaries Porcupines Rabbits & Hares - Raccoons Rats & Mice Skunks Tree Squirrels □ □ Voles Woodchucks NEIL SODERSTROM Deer-Resistant LANDSCAPING Deer - Resistant LANDSCAPING PROVEN ADVICE AND STRATEGIES. Includes Front Cover.
... Opossums Peccaries Porcupines Rabbits & Hares - Raccoons Rats & Mice Skunks Tree Squirrels □ □ Voles Woodchucks NEIL SODERSTROM Deer-Resistant LANDSCAPING Deer - Resistant LANDSCAPING PROVEN ADVICE AND STRATEGIES. Includes Front Cover.
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... .........223 Chapter 23: Profiles of 104 Deer-Resistant Plants ................260 Chapter 9: Opossums (Virginia) ....................114 Sources ..........................................................................
... .........223 Chapter 23: Profiles of 104 Deer-Resistant Plants ................260 Chapter 9: Opossums (Virginia) ....................114 Sources ..........................................................................
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... opossums , porcupines , rats , and skunks , as well as tree squirrels and ground squirrels -- in all , representing hundreds of species that are often unique to tiny regions . My research included consultations with experts ...
... opossums , porcupines , rats , and skunks , as well as tree squirrels and ground squirrels -- in all , representing hundreds of species that are often unique to tiny regions . My research included consultations with experts ...
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Contents
OUTWITTING OTHER | 57 |
Rabbits and Hares | 124 |
x | 131 |
Woodchucks and Marmots | 201 |
Communicable Diseases | 209 |
Moles | 217 |
Collared Peccaries Javelinas 118 | 329 |
Porcupines | 335 |
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