Planting Under Trees - Part 9: Pretty far

» Cottage_Garden - Pretty far

Pretty far if you don't mind a bit of a sway -- maybe 15 feet. Closer for that taut sort of tidy and efficient look. The insulators support it from point to point rather than pull it taut.

Overhanging branches and underbrush could be a problem in the woods. In a pasture setting the stuff has to be weedwhacked, bushhogged or sprayed regularly to avoid fire. In a dry year it is sort of a nightmare, hoping you can get all the way around again before it sparks somewhere.

If you only electrified a couple of the strands (try that peanutbutteronfoil trick?)(eeeewwww) you could maybe avoid some of the maintenance.

Clay is a farm boy --he should know!

-- posted by Cottage_Garden