On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:10:52 -0500, brian wrote:

For the sake of potentially sounding crazy.........

Bought an older house. The previous owner (who I never met/talked to)
stuck one-foot sections of rebar (like they use to reinforce concrete)
into the soil around the garden. The rebar is "planted" vertically (with
about six inches protruding from the soil) and is spaced about six feet
apart and is connected together with thin , bare wire.

Anyone have a clue as to what the purpose of this is??????

My uneducated guesses are.....

- adds iron to the soil? (does not explain why connected with thin wire)
- keeps varmints away? (how?)
- some kind of electrolysis action going on?

Any wacky replies are welcome.

Brian


I could see how one could hook the power leads of an electric fence
transformer to the rebar/wire to discourage rabbits and other small
animals. Other than that...? Hard to say what some people are thinking
sometimes. Sounds like you have a bit of rebar and with to yank up eh?
Good luck.