How's the garden's doing???

[xyz5150]

The best thing i ever did to my garden is putting up a electric fence no rabbits no coons no deer 3 strands of fence one at 6" one at 12" and one at 3 ft once they touch it they never come back.

[cvmaple]

My sister is quite the farmer and since she was at work today I chased the birds out of her corn patch which is sort of short but has cobs!, seems early to me! In payment I got the first 3 cobs of corn. Her garlic is being harvested and it is a bumper crop. In our big garden we have raspberries, swiss chard, cucumbers, beans, beets and potatoes. already finished are the strawberries and peas which were both good. A couple big rains after last weeks heat wave seems to have saved things pretty well and our mulching and crop rotation are helping enormously as well. Oh I also cut some wood and painted the chimney and cast iron on the evap as well. So much to do and so little time. sigh.

[Mitch]

The best thing i ever did to my garden is putting up a electric fence no rabbits no coons no deer 3 strands of fence one at 6" one at 12" and one at 3 ft once they touch it they never come back.

I've had deer jump a 5 foot electric fence before to get to my broccoli. This year I put one strand at 6 inches and haven't done anything about deer yet, though I need to do something pretty soon. We're thinking to add a deer netting above the existing wire fence with some colored streamering to make it more visible.

The Irish Spring approach does sound interesting. This is starting to sound like the "how to keep mice out of the camper during the winter" problem...

[3rdgen.maple]

I've had deer jump a 5 foot electric fence before to get to my broccoli. This year I put one strand at 6 inches and haven't done anything about deer yet, though I need to do something pretty soon. We're thinking to add a deer netting above the existing wire fence with some colored streamering to make it more visible.

The Irish Spring approach does sound interesting. This is starting to sound like the "how to keep mice out of the camper during the winter" problem...

Th irish spring soap works. I used it on one of my first whitetail foodplots but the problem was it took almost 2 weeks after I pulled the stuff down for the deer to start using it. The guys I know that still do it have the same problem. I now just take plastic banding material from my warehouse thats like 3/4 inches wide and tack it to stakes or trees surrounding the foodplot and spray it with the deer away stuff from the hardware stores. It works great and once its down the deer are in it.

[NH/Pete]

I've had good luck with the deer netting. My next step would be the electric fence.

[Ausable]

I've had good luck with the deer netting. My next step would be the electric fence.

Ok - So I put up Deer netting and netted a Deer - LOL - Now what? ---(just kidding)

[maple flats]

after you net one, eat it, they're good eating!! Then hang the hide on the fence to warn others

[red maples]

Just do like they did in the olden days, put a part on a post on each corner of the garden. the smell alone would keep me away!!!

[KenWP]

I have a watch sheep and the deer don't come around anymore. Deer haven't showen up since I got ducks and the sheep.Just have to convince the coons to stay away.