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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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Well, the s.o. and I walked the grounds today.... everything looks
fairly good, except
something destroyed half the tulip bed yesterday night.

She decided my next project is to build a deer protection fence to
protect a line of
shrubs from the critters.

About 20 - 25 feet long, 4 feet wide 4 feet high type of cage
(rectangle)
Needs to be about 6" off the ground to allow space for cutting small
areas of grass,
clippers or string trimmer... doesn't matter which.
Temporary- will only be there for 2 - 3 years to allow plants to
establish themselves.
Discreet - something the neighbors will not notice ( ha - if THATS
possible).
Inexpensive -

A fence which is not a fence to protect a line of shrubs from persistent
deer. The
homeowners association goes into a frenzied panic with even a garden
plot... they'll
go totally beserk with any type of permanent structure.

I'm thinking those green posts with chicken wire. Perhaps even the
green plastic fencing
with the more solid mesh.

Any other fencing material that might be considered. Its gotta be a
physical barrier...
all the other stuff has been tried.

Thanks !!

Peter


By the way, keeping deer away from tulips is about as easy as keeping
teenagers away from pizza. I gave up. They won't touch daffodils, though,
based on my experience.

I have all the beds around my house protected from deer with 5' turkey
wire. At first the galvanize is shiny so it's noticeable but after a few
months it turns dull grey and blends right in to the landscape. From
inside my house it's just low enough that I don't see it through my
windows unless I get up close.

Here you can see how neatly the deer edge my blue rug juniper, one less
chore for me:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2jequqs.jpg

Deer won't leap into an enclosed space, they ain't stupid, they know they
need plenty of space to get up to speed before they can jump very high...
deer are much better at leaping long distances than they are at reaching
great heights... deer are built for covering distance quickly, not for
leaping heights. Folks who claim they've seen deer leap over eight foot
tall barriers are confusing deer with horses. My vegetable garden fence
is six feet, no deer has been in there in six years I have that fence...
they nibble whatever pokes out through the fence but they haven't gotten
inside.


Two of them jumped into mine, and the top of the fence is exactly 6 feet
high.