OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
>
> > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >
> > > IMHO the best defense against deer and gardens is deer netting.
> > > Lowe's sells it in 6' and it's fairly cheap.
> >
> > I'm wondering who I have to bribe to get a variance allowing me to build a
> > 12' chain link fence, like they have behind baseball home plates. :-) I
> > really love my vegetable garden, so "overkill" is the operative word here.
> >
> >
>
> I have a 6' perimeter fence in the back and I never get deer in my
> garden... but I do have a dog loose in the yard! <lol>
> I just "police" the yard daily.
>
> I know a deer can clear a 6' fence, but they don't.
> Deer graze right across the street from my yard too.
> --

Deer don't like to jump into spaces that look too small, so a 6' fence
around a relatively small garden will often work, whereas they won't be
inhibited to jump a 6' fence around a large yard. -aem