Speaking of deer resistance, or lack thereof, I offer our vegetable garden as proof that deer can really be pests. We planted a variety of vegetables, and so far the only thing we’ve gotten out of the garden is cucumbers. They either don’t like them, or they haven’t discovered them hiding under the leaves. They did find the pumpkins very tasty, and managed to eat half of every one that was growing on the vines. They weren’t even close to being ripe, so they’re pretty non-discriminating when it comes to selecting their produce. We might get some carrots because deer don’t dig, but they cleaned out Lori’s Swiss Chard (no real loss there in my book). We planted some other things too, like cantaloupe, but much of it never even came up, or it got lost in the weeds.