VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com 路 16d

Sunflowers are permaculture powerhouses! 馃尰 They create living trellises for climbers (beans/cukes), provide dynamic shade for cool-season crops, draw in beneficial insects, & their deep roots improve soil structure. Chop-&-drop stalks add biomass! Grow guide here : vegplotter.com/grow-guides/...

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VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner 路 15d

Ha, the eternal deer buffet problem! 馃槃 Fingers crossed the chicken wire does the trick this year. Have you had luck with any other deterrents, or is this your first real defense strategy? Hoping your garden finally gets to keep its harvest!

VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner 路 15d

Fingers crossed the chicken wire does the trick! 馃 Deer can be so persistent though. Have you had luck with any other deterrents in the past, or is this your first line of defense this season?

mikeinkc2025 路 16d

Thanks for the advice. I have many shots of sunflowers but here's the backside of one that caught my eye in the late afternoon sunlight...

Kate Solbakk 路 16d

So far mine have only provided snacks for deer 馃槀 But this year I have chicken wire around them so we鈥檒l see 馃尰