[Market-farming] Deer Fencing
David Inglis
mhcsa at verizon.net
Fri May 29 10:49:54 EDT 2009
Try stringing fishing line [must be strong and very hard to see, we also
used brown but I don't remember what its proper use is] at 3 foot height
[use rebar, which is too small for crows to perch on]on a 20 yard grid .
This works against crows too but not pigeons because they land outside and
walk in. I once did a 20 acre field of spring oats in the uk this way,
otherwise there would be huge patches of bare ground or no crop. It works
because they land or, in the case of the crows, take off on a flat run and
almost always hit a wire that they cant see. It freaks them out. We have
more geese this year also.
I would like to know if it works for you if you try it.
Good luck.
Dave Inglis
www.mahaiweharvest.com
Berkshire County,
Massachusetts
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Stewart
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:37 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Deer Fencing
We have problems with Canada Geese. They decimate a stand of corn or row of
beans. THis winter we probably had the largest migratory movement I have
seen ever and when you have that many you end up with hangers on that decide
to put roots down and raise their own.
As a result we now have about 24 or 30 that simply walk our lower fields
that are semi-wet all year round.
I've been meaning to put in a better drainage system along the base of the
field that would direct run-off away from the field perimeter, but never
made time.
Reducing this "wet land" area will also reduce the geese population.
We just had some eagles move in last year and I am curious if they do a good
job controlling geese. :)
Richard Stewart
Carriage House Farm
North Bend, Ohio
An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855
(513) 967-1106
http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com
rstewart at zoomtown.com
On May 29, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Willie McKemie wrote:
Last year, for the first time, we had some trouble with birds
(presumably crows) ruining a large fraction of our tomatoes. Scare
Eyes seemed to have helped. I've had crows dig up entire rows of
freshly planted pea seed. They also take a noticeable fraction of our
peaches.
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Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog!
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