Advice for garden fencing needed

wyeguy · Jul 21, 2013

Don't know what I'm doing right. Deer as thick as rabbits here, too, and I've not had deer in a 100' x 100' garden in the 7 years I've been here. Tracks all around the place; never in the garden.

4' fence is more of a marker than a border. I hang plastic bottles on the posts to sound in the breeze. I hang pungent soap pieces in a few places on each side (had to make small wire cages for them so the raccoons & possums won't eat the soap). And I pee on the wood corner posts on a regular basis.

I had something eat a couple cantelopes one year (heard coyotes like them, and they're as thick as the deer around here) but that's it in the garden, except insect damage. Something with VERY sharp teeth punctured a rubber hose I had laying outside the garden last year. Didn't chew it up, just a bunch of small punctures in one spot. Very strange.

jinman · Jul 21, 2013

wyeguy said:
Something with VERY sharp teeth punctured a rubber hose I had laying outside the garden last year. Didn't chew it up, just a bunch of small punctures in one spot. Very strange.

Maybe a snake lookin' for LUV!

:laughing:

Western · Jul 22, 2013

jinman said:
Maybe a snake lookin' for LUV!:laughing:

Jim, I think maybe somth'n was making a soak'r hose!

You "DO" know a little about those I think:laughing:

RalphVa · Jul 22, 2013

I've had a 4 foot high fence around my 50x75 foot garden, now abandoned, for 12 years. No problems with varmits once I got an electronic fence charger. Now have the same fence around 4 raised beds. Bait the fence with tin foil and peanut butter to train the deer.

RalphVa · Jul 22, 2013

Had the 50x75 foot garden for 12 years. Had to abandon it due to my heart condition. Rabbits can get underneath if bottom wire goes too high at points. If you have rabbit problems, you can put up a little 6 inch high fence around the bottom and start the electric above that. Had to put little fences like these around my blueberries.