Comments on: #83 Shadbush, Serviceberry, and Sarvis http://www.cvillepublicmedia.org/rambler/2008/04/10/83-shadbush-serviceberry-and-sarvis/ stories of landscapes, conservation, and people in and beyond the Rivanna Watershed Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:28:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: David Collins http://www.cvillepublicmedia.org/rambler/2008/04/10/83-shadbush-serviceberry-and-sarvis/#comment-124 David Collins Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:05:26 +0000 http://www.cvillepublicmedia.org/rambler/2008/04/10/83-shadbush-serviceberry-and-sarvis/#comment-124 I just heard the program about deer and the archery programs to take [harvest] deer in the urban areas. I live in a very rural area in Nelson County and am over-run with deer. They eat almost everything that we garden. We are finding sprays or fences to help discourage them, but still realize that"last night they ate the Hostas". What is beginning to trouble me more are the ticks that seem to be in direct proportion and timing to the increase in deer population. The ticks are not only a scourge, but I see them as a direct health hazard. I just heard the program about deer and the archery programs to take [harvest] deer in the urban areas. I live in a very rural area in Nelson County and am over-run with deer. They eat almost everything that we garden. We are finding sprays or fences to help discourage them, but still realize that”last night they ate the Hostas”.

What is beginning to trouble me more are the ticks that seem to be in direct proportion and timing to the increase in deer population. The ticks are not only a scourge, but I see them as a direct health hazard.

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