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Re: how do I keep animals out of my garden


The last Mountain Man "Buckskin Bill" who died in the 70's,
that is 1970's, used poles of varying heights for his fence.
The Deer could not judge the height and would not jump over the 
fence. Since he lived on the Salmon river "The river of no return"
in the wilderness area in Idaho I'm sure he had a problem with 
critters.

Mike,  North Idaho

> >To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> >Reply-To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> 
> On Sun, 3 May 98 13:05:44 -0500 Gareth Bramley
> <avantgareth@earthlink.net> writes:
> >Sherri Hynes tapped the keys thusly:
> >>  How do I keep the rodents out of my garden.
> >  
> >
> >Hiya,
> > For the big pests, this year I put up an 8' mesh to keep out the deer 
> >
> >and good ol' chicken wire around the bottom for the bunnies and such. 
> >I 
> >was a good girl this time and sunk it about 1". However, I witnessed 
> >some 
> >squirrels running from the garden one day...don't have proof they were 
> > 
> >in there, but the odds were good. I'm sure they can run right up the 
> >8'  
> >oak stakes.
> >
> >Michelle-happily diggin' and plantin' today!
> >Maryland
> >
> >
> My biggest problem used to be deer.  (Well, my second biggest problem)
>  I used
> a 6 foot electric fence all around the garden.
> Twice, deer have jumped it last year.  This
> year I am making extensions to the posts and
> putting a dead wire up at the new 7ft mark.  
> (the dear shouldn't know that the top wire
> is not electrified) (I hope).  
> Anyway, my bottom wire is about 1 inch off the 
> ground, (which is covered about 2ft wide with
> carpeting).  It has kept out all the bunnies and
> squirrels and cats and dogs and everything else.
> They don't even try to burrow through the carpeting.
> 
> Stan                The cheap and lazy gardener
> 
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