I have 2 What I call greens beds in my run (Wooden frame, planted, with hardware cloth over the top). One I put in this past fall because the first was grazed heavily. They are planted with a fall deer plot mix. Clover, rye, oats and winter peas. The winter peas do not withstand the grazing and die early. They grazed them both heavily over the winter in spite of the native grasses/weeds still green. My situation is, they seem to have stopped grazing the beds. The vegetation is now 6 inches above the hardware cloth. This has never happened before. Seems as if they have lost interest in it. They do "free range" for several hours a day but this has never stopped them before as they are still in the run for several hours each day. Was I overeager in putting in the second bed? Should I try killing the beds and putting in another crop?
