Thinking caps, please!

tinknal · #21 12/21/06, 08:53 PM

Electric fence wire is dirt cheap. It would only cost a few bucks to buy enough to put up several strands.

MWG · #22 12/22/06, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mamabear

That is a really cool idea. I have some old crime scene tape that would probably work at least for a while. Thanks for the idea!
mamabear

And that would keep the rest of the population out!!!

If you do that, you HAVE to paint a chalk outline of a person in the dirt... Watch your neighbors....

I think I am going to have to get some of that tape! I am laughing out loud...

mamabear · #23 12/22/06, 12:19 PM

Or I could just put the scarecrow lying on the ground... Hmmm, ideas, ideas...

mamabear

ldc · #24 12/22/06, 02:51 PM

In my old county in New Jersey, there are equal numbers of people and deer, but almost no intact gardens!! What worked was anything 8ft tall, on an intense slant. Hope this helps! ldc

Steve L. · #25 12/22/06, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mamabear

Since we have just moved to NW AR this past August, I am eager to get my garden site ready for next spring. My DH says that we just cannot afford to fence in an area now, due to extreme economic reasons. Having a garden that is not fenced is worthless, since we have large deer herds that roam through everyday.
So, here's the question. I have nearly unlimited access to sawmill slabs from the mill just down the road.

Mamabear, how big an area do you want to fence? If it's not too big, you might want to consider (since you have "nearly unlimited access to sawmill slabs") laying the slabs flat and piling them up 'log cabin' style, like the old split rail fences. It'd take a lot of slabs, though.