Deer Treat

Since we are going to be away a good part of the summer, I decided not to try to plant any vegetable garden this year.

 Instead, I thought some bulbs would be nice....yes, some tulips!!   Beautiful tulips had fat blooms just about to open---and then, this morning---all is lost!

I can only assume that tulip buds make delicious treats for deer!   Good for the deer.  So sad for the flowers and for me!

All gone, all in a row!

It is hard for me to give up the idea of tulips,  but I suppose I might as well.   The funny thing is, I've never even seen a deer in our neighborhood.  But Gerry says that's what is causing the damage, and I've seen the footprints in the garden.

So my question is----do I keep trying to plant flowers?  If so, what kind do deer detest?  Maybe marigolds?  No respectable critter would be caught eating marigolds, right?

There is an abundance of trees and grass and bushes and dandelions as far as the eye can see.  Why my flowers?

At this point, I cannot be too sure of anything, and have to be emotionally prepared for every green thing I love to  be destroyed!

I've always loved spring.  At the moment, I'm not so sure.  ):