My DEER CONTROL thread came up with several suggestions.

Peeler poles + 10' deer netting.

Netting plus asafetida powder (an Indian culinary spice - deer are repelled by the scent)

For my arborvitaes I make a fence of chicken wire around them for the winter. For my tulips when they start coming up I rotate moth balls and dog hair, every 2 weeks. Deer gets use to a constant smell.

How tall is the chicken wire functionthenlook? I don't really have the ability to fence off the entire yard at this point, and I'll have to do net, cages or something around each plant. What do you use as posts?

SO FAR, milorganite has protect our camellia and azaleas.

Hopefully it will protect them until my second line of defense takes effect. My theory is that if I plant enough plants and they get large enough, then the deer can eat what ever they want and it will not harm my plants. In theory ;-)

Trying something new. I have two smaller Red Oak trees that are just about the right height for deer to come along this spring and clean off all the new growth, including the main leader. If I can protect them for another season or two, the trees should be tall enough I won't have to worry about them.

Mesh cylinders used for rabbit protection last winter. Put them on 5ft garden poles so they surround the leafy tops of the trees. Worth a try imo.

Bill I don't see why that wouldn't work as long as they cant get the chicken wire off or knock the posts over.

I got 5 free white oak seedlings from arbor day on earth day this year. I planted them spaced 10ft apart in a 50ftx10ft area where I dumped fresh woodchips last fall to smother the weeds. Then I drove 7ft T posts at each corner (4 total) and ran 30lb fishing line between the posts. I saw this idea on youtube https://youtu.be/nKWsyn9TgHE and https://youtu.be/qPbwJeDnjQI It's worth a try and didnt cost much.

It's probably over kill but I used soft steel wire to wire the mesh to the stakes. The stakes are flexible, unbreakable plastic and in the ground over a foot (I think now they were 6 footers). If you look at the bottom of the mesh, I tied/stretched a soft nylon from the post, over to the tree trunk and on to the post on the other side to stabilize things.

Deer aren't likely to work very hard for food. They're browsers. They'll reach over/through obstacles but generally if it makes noise, isn't soft to the nose, or just plain difficult, they'll look for easier prey. But hey, anything's possible with deer, right?

The fishing line idea is interesting. I don't see why it won't work. Please let us know how it all works out.

to protect against plants being "eaten" i use a product i've only found at tractor supply called Liquid Fence it smells really really bad for the first hour or so after i spray it then no odor at all then it's good for a couple of weeks if i spray lightly and longer if i give things a good spray i only spray roses and daylilies and angel trumpet, the rest of the plants are chosen specifically to be deer resistant herbs, salvia etc for the "trees" and other large shrubs we use the same wire cages shown earlier we lose more trees to new antlers rubbing against bark and peeling it off than to any other condition in the garden for a vegetable garden i would choose a fence

Zippity1 I am going to look for that product at tractor supply for my ninebarks this year. They are planted where a wire fence would be unsightly and the deer love to eat them in the summer