On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 16:03:13 +0000, prologica
wrote:


Hi everyone,
We’re looking at planting a Hornbeam hedge really soon but I need some
advice about an accompanying fence. Ideally I’d have no fence at all
but a high local rabbit population rules that out! So the next best
thing would be to have an inconspicuous fence that the hedge covers to
give the beauty of the hedge with the additional security of the
concealed fence.
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Never done what you're proposing, but farmers in these parts (west
Cornwall) sometimes ring their fields with chicken wire supported on
bamboo canes as a temporary measure to keep rabbits off their young
brassica crops (spring greens, cauliflower etc.). Fence is 3 - 4 ft
high, but not buried, just weighted down at intervals with stones. But
it only has to be there a couple of months or so before the crop is
harvested. Rather more than 45 metres long though! What you're
proposing sounds pretty similar except that you're going to bury the
bottom edge and intend a more permanent structure. But remember that
chicken wire, even galvanised, doesn't last for ever.

I presume the rabbits can't get into the garden around the end of the
fence, through the gate or through another hedge, for example. If they
can, your efforts will be in vain.



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Chris

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