h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I realize that deer are really lovely creatures, but when I think of my poor garden I unfortunely consider them to be be nasty juvenile deliquents. That they tend to pull plants when we are tucked in for the night doesn't help these negative thoughts of mine.

Hi Elektra! They just appreciate all the nice food you provide for them! If you want a bit more for yourself, can't you get a big and sturdy fence around the plants?

Nah it would be crazily expensive to get one high enough and then we wouldn't like it blocking the sun to the rest of the flowers.

Not to mention that it would annoy the neighbours.

Deer repellent sells very well around here.

And it was heartbreaking this year - they got our lilies. Again. Apparently, they taste as good as they look.

Other deer repellant measures, commercial agriculturalists often hang long streamers of brightly reflective plastic tinsel around their plantings to frighten deer away.

Narrow strips of white muslin along fence lines and hedgerows are traditional for the same purpose and plastic engineering tape, especially if very light in color, also will do.