To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Deer
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 07:23:15 -0700
Jeffrey Newman wrote:
> Any ideas out there about how to keep deer out of a vegetable garden
Thanks to some advice from folks on this list a few months ago, I enclosed a
garden here in Oregon with 2 concentric 4-foot high fences about 5 feet
apart, much easier than the usual 8-footer that Fish & Wildlife recommends.
We have very aggressive mule deer here; they tear down flimsy fences and
leap over 6-footers. They can leap high but not wide, so the 2 low fences
have deterred them. Added bonus: you can grow a hedgerow in the alley
between the fences. The fencing need not be tightly tensioned, just loosely
strung but fastened well to the posts so it stays upright. That makes
construction a snap.
I've tried all the scent, hair, soap, urine, fish-line, etc, tricks. Our
deer get used to them, and I have heard them chuckling as they head for the
food.