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Old 30-07-2006, 12:14 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default How do farmers do it?

In article ,
Jim Carter wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:09:15 GMT, "Joseph A. Zupko"
wrote:

Hoe do farmers tolerate this?
They must lose tons of plants. Do they have some kind of defense mechanism
besides a gun?


Electric fences are also used by farmers. Neither the dog nor the fence
are practical for a large community garden.


Why not? We run electric around 15 acres with a solar charger.

Jan

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