– I came out, and suddenly I discovered some designer trees that I hadn’t had before. All the twelve tall thujas that Eli Renate Lillebuen Kvarme and his family had planted as a frame around the garden, one morning a couple of weeks ago looked more like large mushrooms than thujas. – It is clearly deer that have been on the move. They are very funny, laughs Eli Renate when she looks at the redesigned hedge. The tuja hedge got a completely new design after the deer had fed on them. Photo: Caroline Utti / news After the deer have eaten the tujas, they look like tall, slender bushes that resemble mushrooms Photo: Caroline Utti / news Everything was eaten right up to the trunk, but only up to a certain height. Photo: Caroline Utti / news The garden owner says the tujas should remain. Photo: Caroline Utti / news Hungry deer try almost everything Kvarme is probably not alone in experiencing that flowers and bushes you have planted in the garden are eaten by animals. And the biggest culprit is often the deer. That’s what Marianne Utengen, who is a gardener and works as a specialist in Det norske hageselskap, says. Marianne Utengen is a gardener and works as a specialist in Det norske hageselskap. Photo: Colin Eick – If there is little food to be found, they try more or less everything, says the gardener. – But if there is good food in the forest, they are not in the gardens. And tujas are quite common that they eat. Lots of deer advice There is lots of deer advice, but it turns out that it is difficult to keep the deer away from the gardens. – They are smart and they learn from each other, says Utengen, who is himself a keen garden enthusiast. Advice against deer There is a wealth of advice to protect yourself from four-legged garden designers. Here are some of them: Fill blood meal in a bag of gauze, and attach it to a stick by the bed. Chili or garlic Hang old CDs on a string Deterrent sounds If the garden is to be completely deer-proof, a high fence is the only solution. The deer are smart and quickly learn what is dangerous and what is not – before they continue to eat undisturbed. Source: hageselskapet.no – Perhaps the only safe thing is fences, but not everyone thinks they are pretty. There is not much else that is certain. But one plant can be left alone: - They don’t eat daffodils and other yellow daffodil relatives, says Utengen. The tujas will be allowed to stand The garden owner in Skotselv will keep the tujas. She posted a photo of the bushes in a gardening group on Facebook. And there she received many funny comments and good advice. – Something will spring up again, and then we’ll just have to see if we can do something. I am not going to raise these here. Eli Renate Lillebuen Kvarme has learned something new, namely that tujas also feed hungry deer. Photo: Caroline Utti / news
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Eli Renate was visited by hungry deer in the garden – half the tuja hedge was gone – news Oslo og Viken – Local news, TV and radio
