Re: Those Deer !
- Subject: Re: Those Deer !
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 05:25:41 -0400
Oh Linda, you have my deepest sympathy; I know exactly how you feel.
I tried everything in the book, and like Claire, finally decided it
was fence or throw in the towel.
Took me 2 years of hard work to build my fence (not a thing of beauty
but effective until a tree falls on it). This year, have seen plants
I forgot I planted.
Was basking in the glory of it all until a tree went down and took
out about 50' of fence Monday and the herd came in and had a good
time ravaging my new and old woodland gardens before we noticed it.
I was NOT pleased! My herd loves Hydrangeas. What they didn't eat,
they stomped into the ground. Spent about 5 hours in 98F heat fixing
the fence. They are now patrolling it in hopes of another break,
having had a taste of what lies inside. I'm ready to create venison
with my bare hands.
My fence is black deer net (the medium heavy kind; not the thin kind)
supported by bamboo wired to those green metal fence posts with the
hooks, on which I have attached chickenwire; total height 10'; 4' of
wire and 7' of net that overlap and are wired together. Electric is
just not practical in these woods and that was what I could manage on
my own hook. Got chain link gates for the drive...pain to open and
shut every time you need to go in or out, but they work just fine.
They are 7' tall, but on the uphill slope so that to the deer, they
are taller. 8' is really all that's needed in height, but I wanted
to make durn sure my herd was not going to jump that fence:-) Have
logs all along the bottom on the outside to keep them from rolling
under - they will go under as fast as over; funny to watch, really.
The only way to keep out those hoofed vermin is a fence......
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Linda Wallpe <lwallpe@juno.com>
>
> Fellow List Members:
>
> The bulletin from our County Soil & Water District arrived today.
It
> included at interesting article on deer that originated from
Colorado
> State University . It includes an repellant efffectiveness chart.
Like
> many of you, I have read and used many commercial and home brews to
> discourage deer. I was surprised to read about the use of eggs,
hadn't
> read that one before. Anyone tried eggs? Unattractive?
>
> The damage to my garden has been extensive this year. They ate
appx. 85%
> of the daylily buds, probably 75% of the hosta, every Asiatic lily,
a
> blueberry bush and numerous other things. About the only things
they
> haven't touched are the black-eyed susans, cleome, verbena
bonariensis,
> and the hydrangeas.
>
> And I'm inclined to disbelieve the advice to plant important things
close
> to the house. Yesterday I found hoof prints under a birdbath
that's
> about 2 feet from the house!
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