Summer Yard Vistors

 Town Deer...that's a term many communities are familiar with:  deer that live their entire lives inside city limits.  Most people dread having deer on their property; they are death on many plants, flowers, and veggies.  It's not unusual to see gardens fenced with 6 ft. high fencing.  

As for me, I can usually deter deer damage by spraying a solution called Deer Out.  It's a minty-smelling liquid that deer don't like.  However, it has to be used early in the growing season, before the deer develop a taste for "town food."  During winter, the deer visit our large yard during the night; they don't do any damage.  In spring, they can be destructive.  I grow plants that deer don't particularly care for:  peonies, coneflowers, poppies, black-eyed Susans. Sunflowers need to be watched until they bloom; when tender, the deer love the buds!  Fawns haven't developed an "educated palate" so will munch on about everything green.  

My yard is now in summer bloom...coneflowers and black-eyed Susans with a few sunflowers.  Recently, we had a doe who took a nap outside our kitchen window in the shade of a large old maple tree; a few days later, a doe (maybe the same one) showed up with twin fawns.  It was almost 90 degrees, so the deer bedded down in the shade. One fawn used the downspout for a pillow.