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Thanks to everyone for the suggestions, ideas and commiserations! VP, I've been using the Deer Off, but I notice that the directions say that rain will wash it off. What about the Liquid Fence? Oh and my sunflowers were only about 6-8 inches tall, I planted them late this year.

When I went outside this morning, all the tops of my sunflowers were gone. All of my stella d'oro flowers were chomped off and spit out! I'm assuming deer, and they didn't like the taste of the lilys? I spray with Deer Off, what the heck! I'm ashamed to say that a couple of expletives were said. Does anyone else have this problem? Could it be another critter besides deer? And does anyone know if the sunflowers will come back. Only the tops were eaten, the rest of the plants are still there. Everything was looking so beautiful, I could cry! :'(

Thanks, Bon!

Thanks, I'll stop to see you at the Farmer's Market.

The one at Lowe's has two shelves, one on each side. Hubby says there is a Harbor Freight in Altoona, I'd like to take a trip down to see one.

Lavender, do you have any creeping phlox? By our barn, we have a small bank that I'd like to try phlox on. I'll definitely stop at the Farmer's Market to see what you have in other perennials, too. Thanks!

Petee, does this one come with the shelving like the one at Lowe's?

Thank you, that's what I want! Petee, is this the same one you have? Hubby wants to order one through Lowes for 1000.00! I said, "No way!"

I'm trying these tonight, sounds yummy, thanks!

There's nothing better than home grown veggies! There are costs, but it's sooo worth it all. We had an Amish gentleman build us a garden shed, I love it. We have to have an electric fence (solar powered) because of the critters. Hubby is going to build me a greenhouse add-on to the shed next year. That way I can go back to planting my own seeds, I can't wait!

I always have good luck with peppers. If it's a very dry year the skins are tough, though. I plant 8 kinds.

Darn, I missed your sale! We just made another flower bed 8' x 4' and I planted a few perennials, but I'm looking for some more. Later this year, we're going to finish the other half in the back of the house landscaping. I'll have another bed about 12' x 6'. A friend of mine is going to get me some perennials from her cousin, so I hope to finish the small bed over the next two weeks. Thanks for all of the advice, I truly do appreciate all of your help!

Has anyone seen any yellow cherry tomato plants? The grandsons love them, and I haven't found any yet this year.

Lavender, do you think that it's too cold to plant the peppers and tomatoes? I planted my green and wax beans, cukes and some more beets over the weekend, was it too cold the last two nights for them? God, I hope not! Back to the peppers and tomatoes...I went looking for some over the weekend, and they were all sooo small. I've been panicking a little thinking that I won't get any to plant! Is your group having a sale this year? If so, when and where? Sorry again for the misjointed typing, darn keyboard!

Ahhh, gooseberries, I love them! I grew up on a farm and we had the red ones. I want to plant some, I think I asked on another thread about having to plant more than one for pollination. I'm just not sure where to put them yet.

How would you feel about sharing the recipe? I'm a recipe hound, always looking for new ones and we love fresh veggies!

Are there any available locally? I used to always plant Big Boy and Better Boy. but last year I tried some Celebrity, they are much better tomatoes, yum! I love to try a few varieties each year. Those different colored ones sound great, I'll have to do some shopping!

We're still doing landscaping, so I'm still planting flowers and everything looks beautiful! But, I have a question about planting grapes, blueberries, gooseberries, red raspberries... Do I have to plant two of each? I know when we planted our fruit trees, way back, I was told that I had to plant at least two of each for pollination. Thanks in advance. And don't mind my misjointed typing. My wireless keyboard has decided to double and triple space everything and I can't seem to fix it!!!

Thank you for the article, I really enjoyed it, nice job!

Well, I'm definitely going to give soap a try and cross my fingers that it works. If not, I'll look into the sprinkler.

It was a great article and a great picture. Way to go!

Tracy, thanks for the tip on the soap. I'll give it a try this year. I'm wondering if it'll work around my hostas? Weird, I've had my hostas for probably 10 years now. They were planted on just one side of my house and the deer never touched them. Over the last two years we've been working on landscaping. We dug up the hostas and replanted them along the front of our house along with some other plants. Now, the deer are eating them to the ground! They also chomped down my Russian Sage. Little buggers!

They're beautiful! I have to get some...I just told hubby and he groaned, imagine that?!?

Oooh, I'll have to look those up, they sound perfect for the front of our house, thanks!