Deer in my garden

I went out to do my morning garden walk-through and saw these DEER footprints down my newly sown bean bed. I think Florida Cracker at Pure Florida sent these beasts to visit me under cover of darkest night.

I wish I could report that the beans are the bright beautiful green things on either side of the bed but alas those are weeds. The beans are barely sprouted and show way at the other end of the bed.

I know they are deer prints because there were some clear prints in the more solid mud between the beds.


This is looking sort of across a bed instead of down teh bed. They stepped on a teeny corn plant. I'm really lucky that nothing got eaten (that I've found). I think they got freaked out when they sank so deeply into the beds, and ran off. Or maybe the dogs scared them away.

The garden is fenced on three sides and we let other projects take precedence once all sides were completed except for the side nearest the house. That side is getting fenced TODAY if I can possibly manage it. I can't believe my lovely garden escaped being eaten to the ground. I am so lucky!