Deer Be Gone

Every year when things start growing in the garden I put up my "deer cd's".  We have a wire that goes all around the gardens and I hang old cd's on twine or yarn from this wire.   They spin and twirl and catch the sunlight during the day and the yard light in the evenings and become like little strobe lights that scare the deer!   It's like big eyeballs flashing at night.   I hang these about every 6 to 10 feet apart all around the garden.   The deer cannot escape these twirling lights!  And for the most part, they leave those tender peas and green beans and lettuces alone.  The occasional deer gets brave and tries to go under the wire and eat, but not very often.   The only problem is that during a really windy day the cd's get all twisted up in the wire and/or the twine breaks.  So it's a constant maintenance thing.  I thought about wire and drilling a hole in the cd so it would spin better, but wire is expensive and I'm cheap!  Yarn and twine are readily available and easily replaced.   The cd's only last a season or two, then the silvery stuff on the back wears off and doesn't reflect anymore.   If any of you have some old cd's you don't want, could you send them to me?   Or save them and next time you see me, could you give them to me for the garden?  I would really appreciate that.   These days cd's aren't as popular as they used to be for computer stuff, so it's getting harder to find.   Notice in the photo that I also hang plastic white grocery bags on sticks in the garden.   These help also to deter deer, as they sway and rustle and the motion scares deer.   It all helps!  Those deer will NOT get my veggies!

My "Deer cd's" hanging around the garden 

Even blue-backed cd's will reflect the light