deer and badgers - how to deter them from my garden?

[dreamingofsun]

Just gone into the garden and discovered the deer have been munching away happily at my plants. Any good ideas on how to deter them? i also have an ongoing problem with badgers - so tips here very welcome too

Some sonic thingy?

Very high fences - deer can jump!

Badgers: electric fences are the only option, I think!

Get a tame lion?

Or failing that, some lion poo from the zoo. I kid you not!

not much help but it sounds lovely to have wildlife like that in your garden better than beer and cadgers< groan

vintage - sounds lovely, but they dig your lawn up and eat your plants. its our front garden so the lion/fence suggestions are slightly impractical i'm afraid. the dog has deterred them from the back

get your dog to wee out the front. this usually deters badgers. I believe mens wee works too, so maybe send dh out in the dead of night to 'water' the garden

justblame - will try that - have just noticed a load more plants that have been decimated - right by the front door as well!

My scare crow cat deterent I mentioned on the cat rant thread also has settings for larger animals up to and including deer.

Google scarecrow motion activated sprinkler

gilly - does it not get the postman and anyone else coming up to the front door? Sounds really good for a laugh (though guess postman might not be so keen!)?

Yes it does get anyone and everyone in it's path, but you can position to detect motion in a certain direction depending on set it up.

Mine lets me walk to the outside tap to turn it off but gets any cats heading up my lawn as it's facing down teh garden. Saying that I've gone to hang our washing before and forgotten to turn it off first...