It sometimes works to distract slugs/snails but not deer. When i had a deer issue i planted 3 times what i wanted especially of the things they liked most. I had a fenced garden area and an unfenced deer area. Wasn't perfect but helped.
Broody Rosie having a good stretch
Mine prefer me to pull off the seeds 😛 i love watching them jump for the tall ones. We had a hen get a different kind of grass seed bit stuck in her eye last summer, it was a scary moment! I was able to grab her and Bill pulled it out.
We have snow today, which is a fairly rare sight in our neck of the woods. The ladies came out of the coop and headed straight for the garage. The garage connects to the house and leads to the front door. They like to sneak in and eat whatever wet cat food might be around on their way go the...
For those interested I did a bit of research into mealworms vs black soldier fly larvae this morning. As far as protein and fat they are fairly similar, a lot depends on what the bsfl are being fed. They are apparently an amazing clean up crew, I will let people look into that on their own. The...
I haven't done a ton of research, but we feed black soldier fly larvae (grubs) instead of meal worms because they are supposed to be at least as high in protein, but lower in fat.