Stan the Lazy Gardener wrote: >Ok. Looking for the cheap way to stop crawly thingies out of the garden >while still using (and justifying) an electric fence charger. . . . > It works! anything trying to crawl across the two strips gets >zapped. By "works" do you mean you've actually electrocuted slugs on it? Did they crawl on of their own accord? How many do you fry in an average night? Nathan Sarvis (The skeptical gardener) Denton, Texas