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Old 19-03-2018, 12:15 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Foiling Bugs and Bambi

On 3/18/2018 6:44 PM, Ecnerwal wrote:
In article ,
Terry Coombs wrote:

The "new" fence is 2" chicken wire at the bottom
, 18" high across the front ant one side , 24" for the rest . That
leaves 6" laying flat on the ground to the outside to discourage digging
under . That's topped by 3 strands of electric fencing , at 2" , 12" and
24" above the top edge of the chicken wire . If the dog's reaction (last
fall , t'was accidental) is any guide , Bambi won't want a second taste
of the fence .


Electric tops out 42-48" from the ground? Bambi won't even slow down
while sailing right over it. No reason to touch it. Grab some plastic
deer mesh (cheap, works) and run it up to 7 or 8 feet high. If you want
to do electric fence for deer there's a design that angles out which
supposedly causes them to try to crawl through and get zapped, but I
think even that is up 6 feet or more and is kinda annoying to build with
the angled bit. 7-8 feet of black plastic mesh is a bit hard to see and
they tend to bounce off rather than make it over. I have seen orchards
go to 12 feet of 6 inch wire mesh, but that's a whole other kettle of
money.

What's done should be adequate. Sounds like what a friend did for his
garden. Deer don't normally go out of their way unless there is
something they really like such as apples. They just browse around as
if whole world is their salad bar and will eat vegetable plants even
before vegetables appear.