Here is the ingredients in deer and rabbit liquid fence. "Liquid Fence brand produces some of the best-selling and most effective animal repellent products on the market. The Liquid Fence Deer and Rabbit Repellent RTU is America's #1 selling deer and rabbit repellent and provides a ready-to-use, environmentally-safe, biodegradable solution that provides long lasting control of deer and rabbit problems. Deer and Rabbit Repellent RTU Gallon can be safely used on edible crops and around gardens, flowers, people and pets with no harm to wildlife or vegetation. Long lasting and rain resistant. Just spray the product and watch nuisance animal problems go away. Prevents deer and rabbits from eating flowers, shrubs, vegetable plants, trees and vines. Backed by the Liquid Fence 100% satisfaction guarantee. Recommended by the National Home Gardening Club. Active Ingredient: contains: PUTRESCENT EGG SOLIDS, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE, WATER Target pests: Deer and Rabbits For use in: Outdoor use only. Pet safe: Yes. Yield: Treats approx. 2,000 square feet. Manufactured By: Liquid Fence (UPC: 651124001093) Product Documents Liquid Fence Deer Rabbit Repellent RTU 109 - Gallon MSDS Liquid Fence brand produces some of the best-selling and most effective animal repellent products on the market. The Liquid Fence Deer and Rabbit Repellent RTU is America's #1 selling deer and rabbit repellent and provides a ready-to-use, environmentally-safe, biodegradable solution that provides long lasting control of deer and rabbit problems. Deer and Rabbit Repellent RTU Gallon size can be safely used on edible crops and around gardens, flowers, people and pets with no harm to wildlife or vegetation. Long lasting and rain resistant. Just spray the product and watch nuisance animal problems go away. Prevents deer and rabbits from eating flowers, shrubs, vegetable plants, trees and vines. Backed by the Liquid Fence 100% satisfaction guarantee. Recommended by the National Home Gardening Club. How to use: Apply Liquid Fence Deer and Rabbit RTU liberally to plants and their perimeter during a dry period. Repeat process 1 week later and then approximately once per month thereafter. Areas where feeding pressure from deer and rabbits is intense, spray Liquid Fence Deer & Rabbit Repellent once a week for 3 weeks and then approximately once per month thereafter." I bought some from Home Depot and it works well for me. I may try to make my own batch to test it out this spring. In addition, Jerry Lehman showed me an easy way to get of deer by placing a laundry bounce strip on the lower branch of your fruit tree, Deer hates the smell of it. Tony This post was edited by tonytran on Sun, Nov 23, 14 at 9:30

Oh, boy! When I worked at a garden center, questions about deer were so frequent. It seems that deer will eat almost anything when hungry, and if I were you, I'd go with something cheap... just in case. So I guess not Monkshood (too tall for you). Maybe you'd just want lots of mulch because, truly, our biggest "repeat" customers were those people buying replacement plants. And the more you plant, the more the deer will come. Afterall, why eat bark off of trees when people are setting out tasty "buffets" along migratory routes? I once lived near woods and would have them come into my yard. They would graze on absolutely everything. One or two would even SIT DOWN! for a rest on my flowers between courses. I'd have to go outside and chase them off my lawn. So good luck. Molie

I don't have a problem with deer but I have a rose friend who tried this soap thing and it does work. BUT for some reason the racoons took a liking to the soap and started chewing it up!! I don't know if they actually ATE it but it did make a mess of the soap. Doesn't seem like it would be good for the ole digestion track...hehe

So far they don't eat my Lychnis coronaria, marigolds, Corydalis lutea, hellebores, Caryopteris, Amsonia, Eupatorium 'Chocolate', Epimedium, Irises, Weigelia, Salvia coccinea and S. greggii..... I assume you only mean flowering plants and shrubs. I don't do many annuals so can't comment much on them. The deer left my self-seeded larkspurs alone. They really are hoofed locusts!