Planting Under Trees - Part 9: deer fence

» Marge_Talt - deer fence

Thanks, Barbara, for the info. I do believe I've read elsewhere about slanting fencing outward, but I'd not read "why".

I've spent more time than I care to think of recently patroling around the outside of the fence I put between the garden and the deer in the woods, trying to see it from a deer's point of view since there seem to be still some weak points where the *&^%%'s are getting in. Knowing that outward slanting things confuse them helps as I am busily dragging every stitch of deadfall over to create a maginot line to keep them far enough from the fence so they won't jump it. Heh, heh...a bit more amunition for "my side" in this war ;-)

Even $1.00/ft. is a bit steep for my pocket as I figure that line of fence is about 250 feet long...sigh...but it sure beats the cost of 8' of wire mesh.

-- posted by Marge_Talt