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Deer-Resistant Landscaping: Proven Advice and Strategies for Outwitting Deer and 20 Other Pesky Mammals
 
 
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Deer-Resistant Landscaping: Proven Advice and Strategies for Outwitting Deer and 20 Other Pesky Mammals [Paperback]

Neil Soderstrom (Author)
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February 3, 2009
Every year, before they decide to take defensive action, vulnerable homeowners throughout North America suffer expensive damage as deer and various other pesky mammals devour their gardens and landscape plants. Deer-Resistant Landscaping arms homeowners with the proven strategies they need to repel and combat deer and 21 other troubling pests, from armadillos, chipmunks, and gophers to rabbits, raccoons, skunks, and squirrels.
Outstanding features include:
strategies for every season and every size pest— from simple, low-cost home remedies, scare tactics, and deterrents to live trapping, barriers, and community action procedures suitable for more intense problems
interviews with and tips from regional gardening and wildlife control experts from coast to coast
encyclopedic coverage of more than 1,000 resistant plants—especially those least likely to be grazed upon or destroyed by deer, based on scientific studies and a consensus of gardening authorities throughout the continent
stunning full-color wildlife photography featuring deer and pest behaviors as well as solutions and deterrents
With more than 400 of the author’s own gorgeous wildlife photos as well as ones by the legendary naturalist Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III, the most published wildlife photographer in North America, Deer-Resistant Landscaping provides the most wide-ranging, authoritative, and helpful information on this topic ever assembled in one volume.

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About the Author

NEIL SODERSTROM is a freelance author, editor, photographer, book producer, and author agent specializing in photo-illustrated articles and books for adults and kids. He has published countless articles in national magazines and his gardening photos regularly appear in books and magazines such as Horticulture, Fine Gardening, Country Living, Family Circle, and Mother Earth News. He lives in Wingdale, New York.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Rodale Books; Original edition (February 3, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 159486909X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594869099
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #394,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 21 animal pests - thorough on habits and management options, May 9, 2010
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The title of this book understates what it provides. It is about much more than deer -- rats, voles, woodchucks, and many other animals are covered. Usually when I research a problem varmint, I find either natural history (animal habit info) or pest control information. I rarely find the two integrated together as they are in this book. I own an Audubon Society book on mammals, which is good to understand how they live in the wild, but not so good when figuring out my control options. Usually I bypass deer control books (nothing new under the sun) but this book - containing so much more info - caught my eye.

Neil Soderstrom provides facts and insights for understanding the history and habits of the animal one is dealing with, and provides control and management options for real-world situations.

I think highly enough of this book that I gave it as a gift to a wildlife control professional I know.

It is a thorough effort and well worth owning. It is not a superficial treatment that you can pick up in a quick scan while standing in a book store -- much more effort and substance has gone into this book. I heard Soderstrom speak and clearly he was completely immersed in understanding his subject matter. I do recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Useful and Interesting Read, March 22, 2009
This review is from: Deer-Resistant Landscaping: Proven Advice and Strategies for Outwitting Deer and 20 Other Pesky Mammals (Paperback)
In _Deer-Resistant Landscaping_, Neil Soderstrom has written much more than a how-to book about "Proven Advice and Strategies for Outwitting Deer and 20 Other Pesky Mammals," as his subtitle would suggest. He has provided a readable narrative spiced with over 400 of his photographs plus a great many more taken by his friends Lennie and Ushi Rue and others. The result is a feast for the eyes as well as a source of information for those seeking to protect their yards and gardens. Personal and other anecdotes enliven the antidotes against mammals ranging from armadillos and peccaries to voles and woodchucks. Chapter 23, really an appendix, not only profiles but also portrays 197 of the more than 1,000 deer-resistant plants discussed in the book, all in beautiful, living color. A multitude of maps shows which parts of the United States are home to the various varmints discussed in the narrative. Anyone the least bit disturbed by (or simply interested in) the animals discussed in this book will find it a great bargain at $23.95 US as well as a valuable source of information. (In the interest of self-disclosure, I should point out that I have called Neil a friend for more than 35 years and had a minuscule role in helping him with his research on pocket gophers, which he overgenerously recognized on pp. xi, 95, and 100, even going so far as to include a photograph of me and my wife on p. xii.)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Encourage deer to dine elsewhere, April 24, 2010
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Spring brought unwelcome vistas of straggly yews around the foundation of our house for several years. Each time I replaced a badly damaged yew, the deer only ate the replacement with renewed relish. Nibbling yews can kill cattle and sheep, but not white-tailed deer who chomp on them with immunity and impunity.
What to do? Why not replace the wretched-looking yews with native species that have had centuries to develop tastes and odors that deer loathe. This book provided a gallery of unpalatable but lovely choices that had been researched by gardeners throughout the United States. After careful reading, I consulted a local horticulturist who specializes in propagating native species and am now anticipating planting a deer-proof yard.
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