"Steve" wrote in message
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simy1 wrote:

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You could have a 4 feet tall chainlink with one strand of wire on top
(six inches above or so),................
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I would be afraid the deer might just jump over the fence and never notice
the electric wire. Deer in many areas are used to fences and just jump
over.
I've had both deer and bear get into my garden but I'm in town where it
doesn't happen often enough to justify a fence.
One solution might be to use a fence tall enough to keep out the deer and
one strand of electric fence wire at (maybe) 5 feet high. The bear might
reach up to test the strength of the fence and get shocked. Kind of
expensive so I would actually try just the electric fence first. High
enough to be out of reach of any child too young to understand.

Steve

We just had netting around ours at a height of about 5 feet last year and
the deer avoided jumping over - maybe because my garden is in raised
boxes??? Anyway, that worked well until September rolled around and
the bears were out in search of food! It tore a hole in one side of the
garden netting, walked right through and tore a hole in the opposite side to
get out. Now the deer just freely walk right through both of the holes.
Good
thing nothing other than garlic is growing now.

Brenda