Deer repellent spray:

1 gallon boiling water
1 dozen or more dried habanero peppers
4 oz vegetable oil
1 oz dishwashing liquid

In a large jar with a lid soak the peppers in the water for several days , put on rubber gloves , then strain out the husks through coffee filters . Add the oil and dishwashing liquid and pour into a sprayer . Shake vigorously before applying and occasionally during spraying to maintain the emulsion . Reapply as needed during the year .

Deer won't touch plants sprayed with this . Well , not twice anyway ...

I grew up in Marlboro NY which is loaded with apple orchards. The farmers have since slaughtered almost every deer in the county. Then complain when there is nothing to hunt.. go figure.

I used to be able to walk out of the house and pick any kind of apple I wanted. Now all we have is a view of Mc.Mansions everywhere which is why I live in Hurley now. God bless state land!

Hehehe , I call them "yuppie barns" .
Most seem to have been purchased with those insane "interest only" loans , I can't wait for the crash that's going tocome so that they'll outlaw those kind of loans and stall the spread of those gd eyesores .

I build log homes and the only "interest only" loans I am aware of are construction loans which turn 30 yr fixed after 12 months. I have 2 out right now. One is about to be listed at 729k. Want to buy it? I will be able to afford that new bow I always wanted LOL.....

Interesting post blindbowmen.

You apparently haven't watched a lot of tv lately , Ditech and several of the other net loan companies , along with a number of B&M banks are offering them , you can pay your principal or just the interest . They're pushing them heavily and the suckers that take them are frequently alsopushed to buy more house than they can actually afford by these same lenders .There are entire developments where Ilive filled with couples barely making their monthly interest payment because of this .

FH, what apple species in particular are the deer not eating? I want to plant a few apple trees back in the field in the spring and would like to avoid these.

I have about 10 acres of seedling apple trees. The deer pick and choose which trees they hit. I planted a dozen named varieties (MacIntosh, Spy Delicious, Idared, etc.) The darned deerwent 1/2 a mile out of their way to completely clean up every apple from those trees. It looks like if they taste good to us the deer don't mind them either. I would try to plant some later varieties so they're still a draw during hunting season (Mutsu, Spy).

Dan O.

jhalfhill-

I wish I could tell you for sure - but most of out apples are "crosses" and wild seedlings -

The ones that hang on the trees a long time ar Spie Like Apples - (winter apples) and the areHard through October. Still they are sweet - and the ones that do drop are quickly ate.

The Macintosh type apples drop early and the bees really key in on in October as they decay - The deer like these type - it seems - but by hunting season - most are rotted or gone.

Others are Hard littlegreen little buggers - that Draw no attention from anything.

The Yellow apples - some with blush - really seem to be the sweet draw in October for us - I know this is vague - but I don't know how to ID all the apple varieties.

FH

The "hard little green buggers" are probably Granny Smith , too tart for their taste , and the yellow variety is probably a cross pollinated Golden Delicious or similar .