11-08-2007, 02:59 PM
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Deer fence?
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Paul E. Lehmann" wrote
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"William Wagner"
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Ok, I gave up on tomatoes this year because
the deer ate them, but now they are eating
my squash plants. In the Winter they eat my
pine trees.
We have tomatoes that look like small pine
trees. Deer coupled with ground hogs and we
have the worse garden results in over 40
years.
My brother has been trapping the ground hogs
which moved into our area
last year. A new neighbor says his dad is
good with a crossbow. This guy has moose and
deer heads up on the wall.
The deer eat our phlox which I can live with
but they are also grazing
our Japanese maples we been propagating for
over 30 years
Bill
They got my "Hyperion" daylillies, trampled
some gorgeous glads, impatiens and browallia,
nibbled the green beans (through the ****ing
cage!), green pepper leaves, tomato leaves,
swiss chard etc etc. I'm putting up an 8 foot
mesh fence this weekend. I don't care how ugly
it is. This is war.
You might consider an electric wire(s). Some
of the vineyards around here use this approach;
One strand about 3 feet above ground level and
one
strand about a foot above ground level. The
high one will get the deer and the low one will
get the ground hogs and racoons. Smear both
strands with peanut butter. The deer love
peanut butter and a lick or two and they won't
be back.
I don't want to run AC to the garden, and I've
heard mixed reviews about solar. The fence is
what's going to happen, and that's that.
Fine by me, just trying to help. Hopefully the
suggestion might be considered helpful to others
reading the posts.
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