Deer eating my day lilies
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Martha
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I have a large flowerbed in my back yard and in it I have around twelve different day lilies. Since the beginning we’ve had this problem with the deer, we bought so many products even made my own some worked for awhile. Now I have a young buck that during night is eating my lilies down to the soil. There isn’t a green shoot/sprout at all. I need helpful suggestions, Please
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