Emilie was excited because she saw a deer in the neighbor's back yard the other day and she got to watch it for a little while before it wandered off. We've seen many, many deer in both the neighbors yard as well as ours but typically it's in the fall and winter. Seldom do we see them in the summer. Of course just because we don't see them doesn't mean they're not there.
Only when I was out in the back yard later that same day did I notice and come to realize that the deer had been in our back yard too and not just passing by but dining on our strawberry plants - not the berries but the leafs! You can see the damage that was done in the above picture. This is one of our raised strawberry beds with the front half of the plants completely eaten. This just adds to our strawberry battles; we have chipmunks and Grey Cat bird dining on the plump red berries and now deer eating the foliage, alas…
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