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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Feb 28, 2011, at 9:30 AM, VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:

> Don, 
> Two or three years ago, someone on the homestead list posted a description 
> of a two fence system that he claimed worked.  
> His reasoning was that the deer would not jump the first fence if they 
> couldn't see what was beyond the second.  I think it was 2 six foot fences 
> 6-10 feet apart, maybe opaque.  I'm afraid I don't remember any specifics 
> but what he said sounded reasonable enough that I will try to work it out 
> if I ever get moved.

Sob, how soon they forget. Here is my original chicken moat article:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1988-05-01/Garden-Pest-Control.aspx

Someone




> Van Dell
> 
> P.S. Missouri Village 1855, in Jackson Co. didn't have a farm exhibit
> because the deer destroyed all crops despite the 9' fences they built.
> I don't know if they found a solution since I was last there.
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 2/28/11, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
>> Subject: [Homestead] Deer fencing
>> To: FrugalRuralLiving AT yahoogroups.com, Homestead_Friends AT yahoogroups.com, 
>> homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org, Ozark-homestead AT yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 6:41 AM
>> Any thoughts on Deer fencing?  I
>> am surrounded by woods well populated by White Tailed Deer
>> and I would rather not share my garden with them.
>> 
>> -- Don Bowen       
>>    KI6DIU
>> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>> 
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