So, it's been about 10 days since the deer last "trimmed" my pole beans where they grow through the fence.

I picked up a couple springs and hooks just now while I was out, with the intention after work this evening I'll put up some "deer scares" -- pieces of fishing line that will spook them, but I can unhook the spring to take down to work in the garden. It's worth a few bucks of parts

Any bets the doe and her two fawns will therefore come through this afternoon before I get back outside?

Are those the deer with the binoculars I saw, spying to see when you would leave for work?

Managed to get them up before the deer trimmed the beans

Looking at the number of flowers, I should have a bumper crop coming in a week or so!

Bunch of pics, including the deer scare wire experiment, up at: http://ohjustducky.blogspot.co...orty-first-year.html

Matt I too grew red runner beans on a. Vinyl deer fence and they ate the stems, just enough to kill the vine...little suckers..and they look so pretty in full bloom too.