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Old 18-05-2006, 08:02 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden,alt.building.landscape
Darryl
 
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Default How Can I Keep Dogs Away from my Lawn and Other Plants?


Mike wrote:
I'm planting new plants and want to keep dogs away from them.
Is there anything short of a fence that'll keep them away?

Thanks,

Mike


No.

However, the fence need only be those green light-duty U-posts & thin
bird/deer netting (the kind you drape over trees & shrubs, with bright
strings or ribbons at dog-eye level to make it visible). Secure the
bottom of the fence netting with rocks, & tie the netting to each post.

For individual shrubs, I use 3' galvanized fencing, looped into in a 2'
diameter cylinder, with the snipped fence ends twisted around the other
side to hold it in cylinder shape. I've also learned to drive a 4'
U-post into the ground next to the loop, & fasten it to the fence loop
with plastic ties: ground stakes will not permit a 3' fence loop to
withstand a solid hit from a playful Labrador. When the shrubs are
large enough, I reuse the fence loops for new shrubs.