Fresh excavations in the yard—a puzzle. Have the deer developed a taste for myrtle, the green of its leathery leaves under all that snow?
Daily short takes from an Appalachian hollow
Fresh excavations in the yard—a puzzle. Have the deer developed a taste for myrtle, the green of its leathery leaves under all that snow?
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Yes, the deer HAVE developed a taste for myrtle, A.K.A. periwinkle. Just videoed a doe digging it up and eating it. Well, they’re welcome to it — it’s a non-native invasive, descendents of cuttings my grandma tossed out there back in the 70s.