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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Feb 10, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> I've almost got the 'Doughnut of Death' finished and will soon be  
> setting out
> plants,  Fava beans and peas will be up before long and will provide  
> a test.

An electrified dog moat. I like it. Send reports. I presume the wires  
are where the dog won't get zapped.

Many people try to stop deer with very tall fences. It is more  
effective to do as James has done here, make two fences some distance  
apart, so marauding deer must be both high jumpers and long jumpers.  
Rarely does one see champion individual skills in both of these deer  
olympic events.

Fences go up faster and cheaper than walls, but a shorter wall will  
also deter deer. They are afraid to jump over a barrier when the other  
side condition is unknown. They will, however, sometimes stand on  
their back legs to take a peek, like when they eat your apples.

I am again contemplating my rusty idea of metal fence posts supporting  
several layers of poultry mesh, then plastered to become ferrocement.  
Two such walls with cross wires could then be filled with rocks, soil,  
beer bottles and other disposables to eventually become a foot-thick  
wall, which when capped with more wire and mortar would become a  
monolithic structure that would hold daytime heat to support season- 
end growing conditions in south-side raised growing beds.

All visitors are welcome to join the construction crew.