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• Method 1 of 4: Making human hair deterrent
• Method 2 of 4: Scare deer with plants
• Method 3 of 4: Apply other deer repellants
• Method 4 of 4: Building sound and light barriers
• Tips
• Warnings
• Necessities

While beautiful to look at, deer can wreak havoc, and they certainly don't belong in your yard. They really eat almost anything, except grass, so you can't even use them as a lawn mower. In this article, you'll find some of the easiest, cheapest, and most environmentally friendly ways to keep deer (and other troublesome creatures) out of your yard.

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Method 1 of 4: Making human hair deterrent

1. Use human hair as a deterrent. With human hair you can chase away deer, so ask the hairdresser if you can bring some (usually this is free).
2. Spread the hair in your flower beds. The smell of human hair deters deer.
3. Tuck some hair into a sock or tights. Hang it in your vegetable garden for the same effect. Especially hang a lot on the edges of the vegetable beds and along the outer paths.
   • Make sure the stockings or tights look nice. Not only do you want to chase away the deer, but your garden must also look beautiful and stylish! If you hang a frayed old sock in an ugly color, your garden will look less fun and your neighbors will think you have no taste.

Method 2 of 4: Scare deer with plants

1. Put plants in your garden that deer don't like. We have to make a side note here: deer, especially hungry or curious ones, pretty much eat everything. Therefore, it is not certain that you can get rid of them with one of these plants, but you can probably try.Some plants that deer don't seem to like are ornamental grasses, irises, foxglove, yucca, herbs and plants with a strong scent, such as sage, spring onion, lemon balm, etc. They also don't like plants with thorns, such as purple echinacea, but roses. they seem to love it again!
   • Also be careful with plants that attract deer to your garden. Deer love plants and flowers such as tulips, chrysanthemums, hyacinths, roses, apple trees, bean plants, pea plants, raspberries, strawberries, corn, heart lilies, dogwood, fruit trees, maple, yew and azaleas. Some people plant these species far away from where they want to keep the deer away; this is a risky strategy because once you have them in your garden they will explore the rest as well.
2. Make a spray of hot peppers. Spray plants you don't want the deer to eat with a spray of chili peppers.

Method 3 of 4: Apply other deer repellants

1. Buy a deer repellent. There are all kinds of means to deter deer. You can find them at the garden center or hardware store. If you have bought something, follow the directions for use on the packaging. You can also use mothballs (in bags on low branches at the height of the deer), barbed wire, rotting fish heads, blood or bone meal, garlic, or fabric softener. Not all of these options are environmentally friendly - mothballs are very chemical, and commercially available, especially, can contain substances you don't want to use. And then you also have the smell; if something stinks too much, you don't feel like sitting in your garden anymore!
   • Many store-bought deer deterrent products contain things like fox or wolf urine. What these agents have in common is that they are made from the urine of animals that eat deer. Which brings us to new ideas for repelling deer:
2. Get a dog. Deer do not like dogs because the dog is a natural enemy of the deer. Your dog must be able to walk freely in the garden, because if he is in a kennel or in the house it is of little use. Also, it is probably best to have a medium to large sized dog for this purpose.
3. Let your dog mark his territory in the yard by urinating everywhere. This should be done every few days, especially if it has rained.
4. If you live in a remote place, pee in the garden yourself regularly. If that is too much for you, consider peeing in a bucket. Fill an old plant sprayer with your urine from the bucket and spray it here and there in the garden. Use a special plant spray for this that you no longer need for anything else. Clearly write what's inside on the plant sprayer!
5. Make soap flakes and place them here and there in your plant beds to keep deer away.

Method 4 of 4: Building sound and light barriers

1. Scare deer away with sound or light. There are several deterrents you can try, and if you put in some effort, they can work quite well. Place motion sensors that turn on the light when a deer (or burglar) enters your garden. During the day you can chase away deer by hanging shiny objects such as CDs or silver papers that are set in motion by the wind. You can make sound with paper bags, an air gun, a radio (hang it up somewhere and let it go on, just like the light by means of a motion sensor), whistles and fireworks.
2. Use barriers. These can be fences, invisible fishing line or garden sprinklers that turn on when the deer walk over them. Unfortunately for your wallet, the fences have to be at least 2.5 meters high, otherwise the deer will jump over them without any problems. To save money, you can fence small plants that you want to protect with a fence. Electric fencing can also help, if you don't mind putting it in your garden and maintaining it.
   • Put some plants in a greenhouse if the deer are not allowed to touch them. Make sure that you always keep the door of the greenhouse closed.
   • Ask the hardware store for mesh that you can stretch over your plants.
3. Put a fence around your garden. A good fence is the only really effective way to keep deer out of the yard.
   • Install a fence of at least 2.5 meters. Deer can easily jump over a fence less than five feet, and if you put up a fence about six feet high, there is a chance that a deer will become entangled in it and injured (and an injured deer will eventually become a dead deer).
   • Place a 1.20 high fence with chicken wire (2.5 cm holes) angled outwards. You can also put it facing inwards; both seem to work. But the fence should be placed at an angle of about 45 degrees. Deer, cats, squirrels and other animals try not to get over it. Don't make the fence too big and put it close to the house.

Tips

• If deer are hungry, the deterrents probably won't work.
• All deterrents should be replaced with others every now and then so that they continue to surprise the deer.
• Like the deer very being hungry probably totally works nothing.
• You can use an empty detergent spray bottle if you want to save money. Make sure there are no chemical residues left in it that you can spray on your plants.
• Deer have an excellent sense of smell, so you don't need to spray a lot to chase them away.
• You can use an empty yogurt or cottage cheese jar to fill the plant sprayer.
• Strips of fabric or plastic that you let flutter in the wind can also work.

Warnings

• Don't spray anything poisonous on plants you plan to eat.
• Do not use buckets or plant sprayers that have contained urine for anything else. And wash your hands really well if you've used it!
• Wash your hands and clean all containers if you used an animal deterrent.
• Don't feed the deer. If you feed deer, they will start to view your yard as a food supply and that will not endear you to your neighbors. It also puts them too close to the road where cars are driving, and there is a risk that they will be hit.

Necessities

• Her
• Sock or panty
• Soap flakes, chili pepper spray or urine
• Shiny things
• Stuff to make a fence
• Things that make sound or light