I have been covering the tomatoes with netting at night to prevent the deer eating them. I have, however, been taking the nets off in the morning to allow the plants to grow. This has been working so far, and we are eating some cherry tomatoes as we wait for the others to start ripening.

Yesterday, I was working with Coral in her room to sort and pack for her transition to dorm life. Kevin arrived home from work at 5:30 pm to see a deer LAYING DOWN in the middle of my cucumbers apparently digesting all the lovely tops of my tomato plants!

When it noticed it was being watched, and perhaps heard everyone racing to the window yelling, it stood up and stared at us for a while before Leith rushed outside to scare it off.