SORRY DEER! Seven foot fence was installed around the St. Mary's Organic Farm garden

Tom Hawley, The Monroe News
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The many deer will wonder what happened after this past weekend behind the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) as a seven foot fence was installed around the St. Mary's Organic Farm garden.

IHM St. Mary's Organic Farm garden coordinator Bob Dluzen (straw hat center left) along with "JAWS" Jail Alternative Work Service members Nick Vanwasshenova, Zach Messer, Anthony Tunison and volunteers Dan Poirier, Dave Gelwicks, Paul Simonton, and Bob Peven worked on placing a seven foot 70 X 250 foot fence around the garden this past weekend above behind the IHM. The reason, deer were eating the 30 gardeners produce, as some gardeners were going to give up on the plots.

“For some of our gardeners, the garden is used primarily for organic food production; for others, it offers a peaceful place away from the cares of the outside world where they meditate, pray, enjoy each other’s company or just enjoy the sounds of nature,” said Bob Dluzen garden coordinator of the St. Mary's Organic Farm.

Bob Dluzen and seven others placed a 70x200 foot fence around the garden this past weekend due to the local deer have been eating the produce.

Carrie Gelwicks works on her garden, pulling a few weeds as a seven foot fence was installed around St. Mary's Organic Farm garden.
Carrie Gelwicks works on her garden, pulling a few weeds as a seven foot fence was installed around St. Mary's Organic Farm garden.

“Our local deer herd has grown to the point where they have been eating more and more of the produce growing in the garden altering the garden from a place of tranquility to another source of frustration for the gardeners,” said Dluzen.

“The new fence will humanely exclude our four-legged neighbors. Since vegetables grown in the garden are not part of a deer’s diet found in nature, they will not suffer from lack of nutrition,” said Bob Dluzen.

A seven foot fence was installed around St. Mary's Organic Farm garden behind the IHM this past weekend.
A seven foot fence was installed around St. Mary's Organic Farm garden behind the IHM this past weekend.
Volunteer Bob Peven strapping the fence onto the post as a seven foot fence was installed around St. Mary's Organic Farm garden behind the IHM this past weekend.
Volunteer Bob Peven strapping the fence onto the post as a seven foot fence was installed around St. Mary's Organic Farm garden behind the IHM this past weekend.
A seven foot fence was installed around St. Mary's Organic Farm garden.
A seven foot fence was installed around St. Mary's Organic Farm garden.

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This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Organic Farm Garden at IHM