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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:23 PM, Douglas wrote:
> I am Doug, I've been lurking around reading posts when I can.

Hi Doug. We look forward to hearing of your homesteading adventures in  
Nicaragua.

> I have enjoyed the posts, you all seem like nice folks. I wanted to  
> share
> what we used to keep deer at bay; a double fence, 6 foot with a  
> space about
> 5 feet to the outside fence that is 4 foot. We tried a lot of other  
> ways
> with little to no success finally saw this used at a local park to  
> protect a
> large rose arbor.

My chicken moat was two five-foot fences six feet apart. Deer never  
entered the garden. Deer jump high and they jump long, but they do not  
jump high and long with a single bound, at least not if it is  
avoidable. They apparently knew instinctively that they would get  
caught in the middle of the two fences.