Bad week here too. Your prayers for my son would be gratefully appreciated.
I go out to the garden to find peace. Of course the deer chomped all the native columbines - the ones I planted for the hummingbirds - the native ones must be a whole lot sweeter than the vulgaris which are not touched. Then the deer weasled onto my patio between all the plants waiting to go into the ground, past the roses, past the impatiens, past the hosta, tomatoes and other deer candy, to munch up a single white euphorbia of all things.
My homemade spray clogged two sprayers in a row - egg yolks are too gucky. So I shook up some cayenne, turmeric, mint oil and managed to spray everything before dark.
Do any of y’all know how to use eggs in a spray without clogging things? The eggs make it stick better and persist through some rain.
I've tried the homemade "Deer Away" brew, but have also found it to be a pain in the rear. Have you ever tried human hair or Irish Spring Soap bar in an old pantyhose? People tell me that it's effective.
I can’t help you with the egg problem, but you absolutely have my prayers for your son.
If you’ve got a deer problem DO NOT plant cantelope - tiny cantelopes are apparently the equivalent to Snickers bars to the deer.
egg yolks
I don’t spray, but most of the ones I’ve seen call for egg whites.
The best remedy is a bit of lead poisoning and then put the deer in your freezer! :)
Prayers up for you and your son!
My mom had something gnawing on the garden (aphids? Small beetles? I don't know). It worked, but the onion attracted slugs. After stepping on a few and getting ooked out, we put down salt to stop the slugs. But the salt attracted ants, so we used diluted white vinegar to disrupt their scent trails.
The good thing about that approach is that if you're growing green leafies, they've already got half the salad dressing on them when they come out of the ground.
Sending up my prayers.
Sending you a hug.