On Jul 14, 9:24?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Sheldon" wrote in message

oups.com...





On Jul 14, 8:44?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Sheldon" wrote in message

oups.com...

I have this one:http://www.composters.com/docs/bins_p4.html#sm

Yep. That's the one I have. It's excellent. With the right mix of dried
leaves and layers of green stuff, it sometimes keeps composting right
into
late December.

Sits in full sun right next to my vegetable garden:
http://i17.tinypic.com/663is0j.jpg

Has that fence been enough to keep deer out? Some shmexperts say deer
will
jump fences as high as 6 feet when tempted by the appropriate snack.

So far no deer have jumped in, and this is the fifth year since I
fenced that garden. The deer have plenty to eat around here in the
fields, even in winter because the farmers leave plenty of hay in
those huge round bales. And deer are not so dumb to jump into small
enclosed areas, they seem to know if they need a running start to jump
in they'll measure to see if they can get the same running start to
jump out. I actually see them checking out my garden, they go all
around surveying but decide it's not worth the risk.

I may try it, then. I'm tired of caging individual stuff, although it does
keep the rabbits away. I was concerned that if they jumped in, they'd do
more damage by trampling small stuff. This week, it's the daylillies they're
interested in. I just caged them so at least I get to enjoy a few flowers
this year. Last year, they munched all the buds. I have a couple of plants
that are like the common roadside ones, so I'm going to un-cage it today and
hose it down with the foulest smelling onion-garlic stuff in the universe.

Meanwhile, there's a rabbit which I thought was cooking up a way to get
under the cages. But, observation revealed that it's eating one of the
weeds. Lots of them. So for now, the bunny has escaped the stove. For now.

All of my foundation plantings are fenced with 4' turkey wire... I
learned the hard way the first year that left unfenced during winter
the deer munched most of my shrubs down to nubs... some came back but
some needed replacing. All those very expensive smelly deer repellant
sprays, fox ****, bars of soap, human hair, all are myth... only thing
works is a fence... a strand or two of electrified wire won't keep
deer out either, you'd need to elecrify an entire wire fence, so if
you need to install a fence they won't jump over anyway you don't need
to electrify. I fence all my young trees too, some with turkey wire,
others with chicken wire. The rabbits can't get past my turkey wire
but the moles just dig under (for some strange reason they don't go
through the fence holes, turkey wire holes are certainly large enough,
perhaps they don't like surfacing any more then is necessary. They
eat some but I can't be bothered trying to keep everything out or I'll
go nuts, it's the country... as long as they leave enough for me I'm
happy. And then there're the birds, I can't net everything... who
cares if they peck a few holes in a cuke. I'm sure the hawks are
controlling the mole population all day, and the owls all night. The
birds are good, as long as they leave me a crap-free zone in my barn
to park my tractor.