[Market-farming] Deer Fencing experiences
Lynn Hudson
a_mountain_traveler at yahoo.com
Tue May 13 11:33:40 EDT 2008
I'm just getting into gardening/market gardening, and I have read of people putting up 2 fences about 5 feet apart, and 5 foot tall. The deer won't jump a double fence. Then as a plus running chickens between the two fences. Cuts down on bugs entering the garden area.
Anybody tried this?
Allan Balliett <aballiett at frontiernet.net> wrote:
>I've used a double electric fence to very good effect for several
>years. About 48" tall, about 36" apart. About a year ago, a flood
>took out sections of it and it was several months before I got it back
>up. Last year, I endured minor deer depredation; I suspect a single
>deer learned to jump the fence or was trapped within the fenced area.
>I have about two acres enclosed that is heavily vegetated and gullied.
Willie - Single wires? -Allan
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