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["Greg or Marie Jordan" <mgjordan@concentric.net>]

For the first time in the last 15 years I've used an electric fence to keep
the coons out of my corn they started to raid it regularly. After a week of
struggling with the problem I finely found the solution.   Due to the
drought this year I ran out of ditch water 8/17/02.  The ground is that dry
it would not conduct enough electricity to shock anything.  The solution was
to water under and just outside the fence every night or two.   Three nights
and they start to get in again.

Greg Jordan
Longmont, CO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ginda Fisher" <ginda@concentric.net>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Groundhogs


> My father was able to keep his groundhogs at bay for several years with
> an electric fence, but not this year.  I'm not sure how they (it?) got
> in - maybe it climbed the neighbor's tree and jumped, or maybe it was
> just so hungry it went over the hot wire.