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Re: fencing/screening critters



Ted Patterson wrote:

> I am trying to figure the most efficient and economical way to do critter
> control around the separate beds.  Rabbits and woodchucks are the common
> garden visitors, and maybe deer occasionally.<snip>I was thinking of laying
> light plastic screening, like deer screening, over plastic pipe hoops.  Would
> that be sufficient barrier to marauding mammals? <snip>

I'm not sure this will help, but some variation may be useful.        I use a
lot of netting in my garden to stave off rabbits, squirrels, and crows. I have
become fond of using thin wall electrical conduit (metal) for my rigid pipe
together with flexible plastic tubing which I slide over the metal pipe to form
the hoops.
        In this fashion I can make hoops taller than my head for my tomatoes
(using long lengths of metal pipe) and I can make small hoops less than knee
high using the same plastic along with very short lengths of the rigid metal
pipe. These protect my melons from the crows.
        One problem I encountered was that the metal pipe became deformed when
I drove it into the ground with a hammer. The plastic is such a perfect fit
that it will not slide over a metal pipe that has been whacked out of shape
this way.
        I solved this by buying a short length (12 - 18 inches) of threaded
heavy cast iron pipe and screwed an end cap on one end. This pipe fits nicely
over the conduit and serves as a hammer .. but it delivers a blow in which the
force is so evenly distributed that the conduit is never deformed. Another
virtue of this rig is that I can drive a pipe that is taller than my head. You
just can't hit accurately and with force with a hammer when the target is so
high. I think fencers use a similar tool but on a much larger scale.
        Good luck with the critters!   Ed  Flynn


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