Hyacinthus orientalis cultivars
John Willis (Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:35:14 PDT)
Let me add my own two cents worth. I had no sooner completed fencing in an acre with that 7 foot deer-proof plastic mesh when I found that the woodchucks have no problem slicing through the mesh. I had to immediately add a 3 foot steel mesh at the bottom to keep the woodchucks from making holes that the deer could squeeze through. Just plan to do that or go with 8 foot black wire mesh (bent over at the bottom and anchored to the ground) to begin with. The deer fence has nevertheless been wonderful. Such a difference. The rabbits are still a problem. Need a good way to trap them...
On Mar 18, 2014, at 2:10 PM, Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> wrote:
For those who deal with hungry deer, I would strongly recommend a deer
fence. If you are a serious gardener, it is well worth the cost. The
fence I installed about 6 years ago is heavy duty plastic mesh that can be
nailed to trees and almost vanishes behind the summer foliage. Where trees
are not available, the posts fit into sleeves that you drive into the
ground with a sledge hammer. No hole digging required, and it didn't take
us very long to fence in roughly 3/4 of an acre. Since installing the
fence, the only deer we have seen near the house was a very tiny fawn that
pushed through a hole I hadn't noticed
The plastic mesh doesn't stop bunnies, so now I am retrofitting wire rabbit
fence along the bottom of the deer fence. I'm attaching it to the deer
fence and posts with zip-ties, so it is also relatively easy to do myself.
Nick Plummer
Durham, NC, USA. Zone 7
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Shoal Creek Succulents wrote:
Thanks to all for the responses; much appreciated.
I was going to give Hyacinth & Daffodils a try outside; but the deer issue
makes it a bad choice.
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