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sunseeker Wed 29-Jun-16 09:49:13

I live in a small village overlooking open countryside - this morning I was rushing around, mind full of all the things I have to do today when I opened the blinds in the conservatory and saw a lovely deer feeding in the field behind the house less than 15 ft from the window. Made me stop and just stand watching it for 10 minutes.

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jinglbellsfrocks Wed 29-Jun-16 09:52:51

Preferable to seeing a deer feeding on yer BizzyLizzies I suppose. Which has been known to happen round here.

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thatbags Wed 29-Jun-16 09:56:27

The reason my garden contains mostly wild plants is because roe deer regularly (every few days at least) eat cultivated flowers. I grew tulips one year. They flowered. Next day they'd all been eaten. Smae happens, except even before the flowering, to rambling roses and lots of other things.

Yes, it's nice to watch deer a few feet away from one's house, but it can also be a bit gardener-soul destroying.

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sunseeker Wed 29-Jun-16 10:14:23

As the farmer sometimes has cattle grazing in the field, my hedge is "cattle proof" (no don't ask me what it is - the farmer recommended it!), so deer don't come into the garden and I have the best of both worlds (sorry for those whose gardens are spoiled by wildlife).

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