Over the years I've used different things to keep the deer out of the garden. Just leaving a radio on all night was enough through many summers to keep them away. The deer are now unafraid of us humans, eating hosta right outside the living room window while we watched tv I've resorted to a stronger deterrent. I now use cheap motion sensors attached to posts or trees that have a ringer in the house. These stay on all night and when one goes off I go out and chase the deer out, we have 5ft fencing all around the property which they happily jump over. It's a pain to get woke up during the night but if it saves my bloom season it's worth it. I also purchased two Orbitz 62100 Yard Enforcers motion activated sprayers two years ago that back me up if I don't get up fast enough. They work extremely well!!! As the plants grow I fill large pots with dirt and move them up above the foliage so they still motion sense. There is one in the front garden and one in the sdlg area. The deer don't like getting sprayed by them any more than I do when I forget to shut them off in the morning as I rush by to see the sdlgs.
Believe me by the time you hear it trigger it's to late, you've already been hit.
