Currently, the Cornell University Cooperative Extension Service is conducting a demonstration with the organic fertilizer Milorganite as a deer repellent.

Mr. Ruggiero thinks someone should figure out how to make a deer repellent from the stuff.

Exhibits will feature bonsai, orchids, deer repellents and plants that attract butterflies.

They can be drought tolerant - water conserving, often deer repellent, with long bloom periods from late spring to autumn.

In late fall, apply deer repellents and repeat applications in late winter when deer are most hungry.

Such measures are a pain in the neck, as are the deer repellents that are necessary when the buds appear.

Human hair was supposed to be a deer repellent, and Sally's lily beds were under siege, especially on the wooded side of her property.

Another way to keep deer at bay, Mr. Gegner said, is to use an electronic deer repellent.

There are several effective deer repellents available.

But gradually, I learned how to build a winter fence around the shrubs, and I resigned myself to having a small garden, which I sprayed weekly with deer repellent.