Joan Mathias, Hellertown A: Joan’s home mixture focuses on deers’ extremely sensitive sense of smell. Many commercial deer repellents use the same tactics. In Joan’s mixture, it is the eggs ...

Walter patrols his yard during the day and sleeps on the porch at night. If deer enter the yard, regardless of the time, he gives chase with a basset-hound howl. Walter is a certified hunt hound ...

I have been trying for 10 years to plant flowers and such on the ground level of my home, without success ... a recipe that was given to me to make a deer repellent and it has been effective.

Light-colored clothes make the bugs easier to spot if they’re crawling on you. Tuck your shirt into your pants and your pants into your socks. Apply insect repellent to your clothes and exposed ...