How do you keep bugs and deer from eating my herbs and orange tree from my patio?

I have a small herb garden and a dwarf orange tree and I want to know if there are any organic methods for keeping the bugs and deer away. Also, I bought a miracle fruit tree which is an indoor tree and I don't know how to keep it from dying completely. Right now it only has half the tree with dry leaves. I water once to twice a week depending on weather, but try to keep it moist without causing root rot. It has not grown since I bought it 2 months ago.





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How do you keep bugs and deer from eating my herbs and orange tree from my patio?
Regarding your miracle fruit tree. Read the following care instructions and compare against what you are doing:





http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/miraclefruit...





Regarding keeping deer and bugs away from your garden. The only surefire way to keep deer out is a fence of 6 feet. Garden centers sell lots of things to keep them out. The only thing I heard that actually worked was a motion activated sprinkler that sprays the deer with water when motion is detected at night. They also sell fox or coyote urine, but I have not heard good nor bad about their success.
Reply:I don't know about the bugs, but my family adopted a dog a few months back, and my mom says the deer haven't set foot in her yard since. her porchilacka (i'm sure i butchered the spelling) has never looked so good! the dog is mostly inside, too. I actually witnessed the deer take a complete left turn to avoid going through moms yard and into the woods.


Pretty neat...


Good luck with your garden
Reply:If I were in your shoes I would check with the botany department at your local college or at some college close to you. Also, for relief for your small tree, you might want to have a conversation with someone who owns a small nursery. Large nurseries or chain nurseries usually do not have people that know to much about different plants. So go with someone who owns a nursery that is well-established and has been in that business for some time. I hope everything works out well for your plants and trees.
Reply:OK, I don't know about bugs - especially deer ticks, cause the bring Lime Disease - but urine is the key.





Coyote urine is very good - luckily you don't have to collect it yourself, the guy at the store does it. Try any Feed %26amp; Grain, they will likely carry it.





It is expensive, however. You can 'cut' it with water, or your dog's urine, but I just use my own. It goes farther. The first pee of the day is strongest. I'd mix 50/50 with Coyote urine.





Now put it in a pump sprayer and spray all the bushes.





Yews, Arborvaeties, broad leafed evergreens are what deers like best, so give those a good soaking.





If you don't have neighbors, try to 'go outside' near the bushes as often as possible because deer hate that. Feces also helps - I think it scares the deer. Scares me to think about it, but is *does* work.





What size are your deer? Try putting cans on strings with small stones inside, they rattle and scare deer away when the buggers start munching.





God I hate deer!
Reply:i forget what these bugs r called, but u put them on Ur plants, and they eat all the bug and make other animals go away. and the plant inside, just make sure its in ALOT of sun.
Reply:i have heard that urine will keep deer away.... you could pour some onto the ground around your plant/tree... they do have organic pesticides at home stores like home depot, tru value, lowes, etc....