[Market-farming] Deer Fencing
Robert Farr
rbfarr at erols.com
Wed May 27 18:54:33 EDT 2009
Thanks to everybody for their suggestions! I like the idea of the
double-fence the best - and will let you all know how it works out.
Thanks again -
Robert Farr
The Chile Man
http://www.thechileman.com
rbfarr at erols.com * (540) 668-7160 (w) * (703) 431-6734
"Work is love made visible." - Kahlil Gibran
Willie McKemie wrote:
>On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 04:00:38PM -0400, Robert Farr - The Chile Man wrote:
>
>You'll find some photos of my double electric deer fence here:
>http://austinfarm.org/homegrown/images/images3/index.html
>also, here:
>http://austinfarm.org/homegrown/images/images5/index.html
>
>The fence was converted to double in 2003 and has worked well for me
>since then. Cost to convert a barbed wire fence was a bit less than
>$1/foot, as I recall. That includes labor; I had a contractor put it
>up.
>
>There is significance to the photos of the pea crop. Without the fence
>there would be NO pea crop. In 2002, I had a very good looking pea
>crop and did not pick a single pea; deer ate then all. Since 2003,
>I've had annual pea crops with little to no deer depredation.
>
>
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