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Garden Detective

Jessica Damiano's award-winning garden blog gets to the root of things.

Are deer decimating your garden?

A deer stands in the yard of a

Photo credit: Randee Daddona

This week's column looks at the growing deer population and what it means for gardeners (destroyed plants) and residents in general (lots of ticks, Lyme and other disease risks).

I'm very well aware of the issues and challenges created by deer in not-too-distant lands, but (and I would never gloat -- just stating a fact), my neighbors and I are completely unaffected, as I live in western Nassau....

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