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Deer Pressure on Alberta Food Forests
If the aspen edge is browsed to a line, your apples will be dessert. Deer pressure is an edge problem: cover plus groceries.
What to look for
- Browse line on shrubs
- Trails between bush and alfalfa
- Droppings on the south face you wanted for peaches
- Neighbour stories that match the trails
Design responses
Fence the garden you actually care about. Use unpalatable shelterbelt species on the outside. Do not plant a buffet on the deer highway and call it a guild.