Keeping critters out of the garden

[buckaroo]

I'm moving and have a spot picked out along the river, I bought a solar electric fence. You think this will work? Planning on putting a strand low and one waist high.

 

[LA man]

Deer can jump high. Ide put 4 foot high fence with el. Fence on top and bottom

 

[buckaroo]

Are you meaning a paged fence also?

 

[chris1976]

Run a strand around then about two feet out run another. Something to do with depth perception but it will keep the deer out.

 

[LA man]

A 22 works good also

 

[spoon]

A 22 works good also

My thinking also

 

[woodyard]

I kept the coons and deer out of my sweet corn last year with colored Christmas tree lights and then had radio running all night. We got nearly all of it except after four or five nights I guess they got accustomed to it going And finally got the end of the sweet corn.
It worked on my sweet potatoes also.

 

[Twinshooter]

I ring the garden with Irish Spring Soap slivers and it works for me on deer and rabbitts.

What happens after all the rains we been having besides having a minting spring smelling garden?

 

[Moonman]

I use baling twine and pie pans. The pans flap and reflect and bang and so far nothing stepped foot

 

[WestTn Huntin man]

I'm moving and have a spot picked out along the river, I bought a solar electric fence. You think this will work? Planning on putting a strand low and one waist high.

Deer will jump a fence. Get some peanut butter and aluminum foil .
Every 4' or so put some foil on the fence and put peanut butter on the foil.It won't hurt the deer but will sure enough make them jump.

 

[FakeTree]

I'm moving and have a spot picked out along the river, I bought a solar electric fence. You think this will work? Planning on putting a strand low and one waist high.

Deer will jump a fence. Get some peanut butter and aluminum foil .
Every 4' or so put some foil on the fence and put peanut butter on the foil.It won't hurt the deer but will sure enough make them jump.

This is exactly what I do and it works GREAT!

 

[chunkandwind]

There is a product called Liquid Fence that works pretty dang good. It is a little pricey at $40-ish a bottle but it does work.

 

[rwjjr]

We used human hair (barber and beauty shops will save for you ) put in panty hose and hang all around garden. Kept everything out

 

[gat51]

Can't grow much of nothing in my garden spot. The deer and rabbits are living well though. I'll have to try the electric fence idea with the staggered wires.

 

[saddleman1]

Irish Springs soap shaving around garden works for me.

 

[TraumaSlave]

Irish Springs soap shaving around garden works for me.

We used hotel sized bars of soap for landscape nursery. Stab a screwdriver thru wrapper and bar. Hang with twine. Rain drips stink and bars last in wrap.