Re: Horizontal Deer Fencing
- Subject: Re: [GWL] Horizontal Deer Fencing
- From: Margaret Lauterbach m*@earthlink.net
- Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 13:47:16 -0700
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In the western U.S., cattle guards are often just painted stripes on pavement. I've wondered if stripes of plastic laid flat in a guard pattern would deter deer from entering. paint on gravel roads doesn't work, since it's easily obscured by blowing dust. Margaret L
\ If you must go horizontally, a barrier composed of cattle guard would be more to the point, since it has been proven that deer will not cross this type of barrier...means digging a trench tho' that has to be over 5' wide. Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland mtalt@hort.net Editor: Gardening in Shade ----------------------------------------------- Current Article: Wild, Wonderful Aroids Part 3- Amorphophallus http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/shade_gardening ------------------------------------------------ Complete Index of Articles by Category and Date http://mtalt.hort.net/article-index.html ------------------------------------------------ All Suite101.com garden topics : http://www.suite101.com/topics.cfm/635
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