permaculture

[kevin s <k.skvorak@verizon.net>]

apologies if this had been a previous thread, but i am wondering 
about opinions on deer fencing.

we are thinking about electric, and using a system where you put two 
parallel fence lines in, about 3ft apart.  the outside fence line has 
two strands, and so does the inner fence, but they are at different 
heights, the highest being the inner line, but that only goes to 48in.

the idea is that the deer won't jump the distance, and you just need 
to keep them from crawling thru the outer fence

besides the expense, the main downside of this system is the 
maintence to keep the weeds out of the wires

i wish i knew of an alternative, and unfortunately just allowing the 
deer to have their share won't work in our deer saturated region

peace,
k