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Gardening

KurtNYC

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12. One of my friends uses two low fences, one inside the other, on his farm

Reply to ginnyinWI (Reply #11)

Tue Jul 15, 2014, 12:24 PM

Jul 2014

He says deer have no depth perception so they wont jump the first fence because they don't know how close the 2nd one is. Seems to work for him so far. It is just 2 rows of electric ribbon about 4' off the ground.

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What kind of damage is this? [View all] KurtNYC Jul 2014 OP

Looks like somebody came along with a weed whacker. sinkingfeeling Jul 2014 #1

Thanks. That was my first thought too. KurtNYC Jul 2014 #2

Deer? dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #3

Do you have deer as this looks like perfect deer groomed plants. uppityperson Jul 2014 #4

There is an 8-foot fence on the field but...hmmm KurtNYC Jul 2014 #7

Rabbits? LiberalEsto Jul 2014 #5

Deer. postulater Jul 2014 #6

Rabbits and deer. eom littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #8

The bunny population has been very busy littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #9

Looks like it could be groundhog to me NEOhiodemocrat Jul 2014 #10

Looks like deer to me, too. ginnyinWI Jul 2014 #11

One of my friends uses two low fences, one inside the other, on his farm KurtNYC Jul 2014 #12

Looks like what deer do to my garden (before buying the motion detector water scarecrows!) NRaleighLiberal Jul 2014 #13