Your local feed store probably carries pellets that are specifically designed with deer nutritional needs in mind. You can buy these pellets in bulk and leave them out for the deer. The deer may not recognize the pellets as food at first.
After Bob's taken his biggest Berthas to the local grain and feed store for weighing on a certified scale, and after he's donated the 190-pounders to various charities, it's time for fun.
Rye seed is available from feed stores and can be mail-ordered from farm- and garden-supply companies. The seed is inexpensive, usually under $1.00 per pound, and a pound of seed goes a long way.
Cut the stump back as far as you can, and cover it with a black plastic feed store bucket. You will need to put something on top of the bucket to keep it from blowing off.
A galvanized metal horse trough purchased at a feed store filled with water and a submerged pump with a continuous spray fountainhead does the job nicely. This can be incorporated into the garden and hidden by shrubs or placed on a patio.
Plant cover crops and green manures like winter wheat, rye grass, vetch or clover (available as bulk seed in feed stores and catalogs) to protect gardens from erosion and nutrient loss in winter.
You can find bags of wood chips at your local home-improvement store. They can also be found at pet supply and feed stores, where they're sold as bedding materials. (They come in convenient, compressed bales wrapped in plastic.)
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Another visitor uses pre-numbered "cow tags" from a feed store -- probably easier to come by in Manhattan, Kansas, than in that other Manhattan.
Clean up the garden to prepare for spring planting and add the green waste to your compost pile. To balance the green waste, look for straw, hay, or other dry matter. Most feed stores are happy to let you rake up the straw and hay that is loose on ...
bags at any feed store) and fill to top with water. In one day this will form a green mush that is rich in nutrients. Pour this mush on top of the pile. Now go shovel up some existing soil somewhere in your yard.
A mixture of fescue and crested wheat has proven successful in stopping erosion. In addition, seed companies, nurseries and feed stores sell grass seed mixtures especially developed for erosion control.
 See also: Plant, Soil, Flower, Spring, Water
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