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Deer in the Garden
04/01/07 06:39 PM
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For the last few years I have been sharing my garden with the local deer and other critters. I have tried all sorts of things to keep them out of the garden but nothing has really worked. The garden area is about 35' x 40' and I was planning on fencing this area in as an attempt to keep the deer out. My plan is to use 12' poles and sink them 4' leaving 8' above ground then fence the area with a field fence. I would fence the entire height of 8'. Of course a gate would be used for ease of access for me but not Deer.
For those who are real familiar with deer in Florida am I going to be wasting my time and money? Are the deer going to still get in? Is 8' high enough? Is there somthing I can plant that deer just hate?
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Re: Deer in the Garden
[re: tileman]
04/04/07 08:22 AM
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As regards the deer can jump high or wide but not both at the same time, you may be able to fence the deer out with more of a guaranteed result by having a horizontal component at the top of the fence.
A Google on deer fence finds lots of companies selling deer fence materials. General consensus seems to be that 8 ft is the minimum height with a chance to work. They sell deer fence 12 ft high and more.
I have watched adult deer wiggle out under the lowest strand of a tight barbed wire fence with the lowest strand less than 6 inches above ground. The fence was only about 4 ft high and I expected the deer to jump it. I waited for several minutes, camera in hand, to get a shot of Bambi in mid jump and then no luck. The deer got down on its belly and went under the bottom strand.
You will need to ensure that your fence is stretched tightly to the ground or deer will wiggle under it.
Pat 
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Re: Deer in the Garden
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05/02/07 08:21 PM
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My garden is about 60' x 200' next to a creek in the middle of a riparian area that gets deer by the truckload. I bought a solar powered electric fence charger and strung 3 strands, one at about 6', one at about 2', and one about 4 or 5" above the ground. It already had an existing barbed wire fence at the standard height and I used standoff insulators on the outside of the fence. So far as I know, no deer has gone in while the charger was on. It's soft, sandy soil and I'd see the tracks. The charger was probably around $200 and the insulators and other accesories including a few extra steel fence posts were another $150 or so. The low wire kept the bunnies out real good.
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Re: Deer in the Garden
[re: tileman]
07/31/07 09:23 PM
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I read an article in a outdoor magazine about keeping deer away from flowers, etc. The article said to use Irish Spring soap. My garden has a 4 foot high fence around it and I get the orginial bars of Irish Spring and shave pieces off around the outside of the fence. This works. My wife uses it around her flowers also. Be sure to use orginial Irish Spring.
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Re: Deer in the Garden
[re: tileman]
08/11/07 10:08 PM
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I know of some people that use human hair as a deer repellent. They get the hair trimmings free from barber shop. Place them in small bags made from tieing knots in panty hose,then hang the bags around the garden. I do not know how often but I`ve been told it has to be replaced with fresh hair at times, rain and sun decrease the scent from the hair. The soap can also be placed in the home made panty hose bags. One old pair will make several bags.
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