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Old August 14, 2009   #12
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Greg, my sister has just written to me about deer. She uses ivory soap.

Here's what she said:
I couldn't find any specifics, so this is what I did: about every 8 feet, all around the perimeter, I put half a bar of soap on the end of a stick about 4 feet high, or about nose height if you are a deer. Robert actually drilled holes in the half bars and tied them on to the sticks with twine. I think you could also just chip some of the soap out with an ice pick and pierce it with the stick.
I've bought the soap, but haven't set it out yet, so I don't know if it will work for me. But she sent me a copy of a study, and my Latvian neighbor at the community plots says they use soap in the old country.

Christine
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