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Apr 6, 2008 | 6:53 AM PST
Sunday and it is not raining! I really have more that I want to do than there are hours in the day. I know it is supposed to be a day of rest, but gardening IS rest for me. I suspect many of you agree with me. I am so excited about getting my vegetable garden going this week. My biggest concern is the deer. How high does a fence around it have to be to keep them out? I think we can keep the rabbits at bay, but I just don't know about the deer. My hubby thinks a 4 foot fence is high enough, but I don't think so. He also says that b/c we have dogs in a fenced area aboiut 40 feet from the garden , that they will frighten the deer away. I just don't feel nearly so positive about it all. My point is, that by the time we realize that 4 ft. wasn't enough, the garden will be gone!
There is a garden show in a nearby agricenter that I want to go to today. (had planned to do it yesterday but weather was just too bad. ) I also want to be in the dirt . Must figure out how to do both.
There must be 20 birds flitting all around the birdfeeder this morning. I love watching them. I don't know too much about them yet but I'm trying to learn. Then I would love to invest in a really good camera and learn to take really good photos of them. Gosh, my hobbies are getting to be as expensive as my huband's hobby of restoring old cars!
Let me get a move on. Church awaits....then the dirt!
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Apr 6, 2008 | 8:43 AM PST
Good Morning DirtDobber! Sounds like a full day. I find gardening restful and relaxing, too, sometimes it is even PLAYTIME for me. Dont you love to see the birds in your yard?Never had a deer or rabbit problem, so dont know a thing about fence sizes. Have fun today! |
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Apr 6, 2008 | 5:59 PM PST
Have fun starting that veggie garden! I will be doing that in the coming week as well :) We don't have deer around here (or enough that we have trouble in the garden) so I can't help with that. |
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Apr 7, 2008 | 5:09 AM PST
We have a huge deer population here. As of now, I have most of my gardening things in the front yard, so fencing is not an option. In my opinion, the dog barking 40 ft. away will not help at all. A 4 ft. high fence might do it, if it's strong enough, but I don't really know. Deer fencing is sold through the Raintree catalog at 7 1/2 ft. tall. In my own experience, I had two trellises across from each other which sort of fenced off the veggie garden last year. The deer could have gotten in the middle if they had wanted to, but they didn't seem to bother--just ate around the edges where it was easy for them. My loud and obnoxious little dog, though, doesn't frighten them a bit. |
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