Deer fencing

[SamSpade]

I’m giving serious thought to doing the gardening I used to love so much years ago. Last time - quite a while back - deer just destroyed it. Eventually they ate everything even the tomatoes which supposedly they didn’t like.

Worse - they were just barely afraid of ME. I could run screaming at them, and they’d be dumb cow and react like “maybe he’ll go away”.

Wife said deer fencing is ok —

So long as it looks nice.

Does such a thing exist? What do you use to discourage deer?

 

[Sneakers]

What do you use to discourage deer?

I've been using a deer fence on my front garden for a couple of years and have a nice flower garden. Before that, they ate everything in sight. Mine is not attractive, just plastic mesh held up with 6 foot poles, but the mesh is really not terribly noticeable.

There are "nice" fences, but price goes up quick.

 

[HemiHauler]

I’m giving serious thought to doing the gardening I used to love so much years ago. Last time - quite a while back - deer just destroyed it. Eventually they ate everything even the tomatoes which supposedly they didn’t like.

Worse - they were just barely afraid of ME. I could run screaming at them, and they’d be dumb cow and react like “maybe he’ll go away”.

Wife said deer fencing is ok —

So long as it looks nice.

Does such a thing exist? What do you use to discourage deer?

Our Belgian Malinois keep deer away quite nicely. Just their scent, they don’t run them off or attack or anything.

 

[SamSpade]

Our Belgian Malinois keep deer away quite nicely. Just their scent, they don’t run them off or attack or anything.

We USED to have two big labs and yeah, it worked, although I had a slightly easier job keeping THEM out of the garden. They treated the broccoli like it was a big ball to play with, and my rotten egg/habanero spray - they LOVED it.

I’m just glad my wife no longer objects to fencing - even permanently.

 

[my-thyme]

I use Irish Spring soap, tied in old onion bags, hung around the garden on tobacco sticks, every 6 ft or so. Lasts all summer.

I've also used human hair, when my sister was cutting. They didn't like that, either.

 

[Ken King]

Human hair, ordinary bar soap, couple lines of electric fencing or at least a 6ft tall garden fence. Or maybe get a crossbow and add venison to your grilling and smoking repertoire.

 

[Kinnakeet]

You better get a tall fence because a deer can jump over a 6-8 foot fence with no problem,or wait till deer season and harvest them for your dinning pleasure but more will come no matter how many you subtract

 

[Sneakers]

You better get a tall fence because a deer can jump over a 6-8 foot fence with no problem

Only if there is sufficient space for them to land. A 4 foot fence works fine if there is no landing spot. Mine is 5 foot but within 5 feet of a wall. They've never attempted to jump it.

 

[Kinnakeet]

Only if there is sufficient space for them to land. A 4 foot fence works fine if there is no landing spot. Mine is 5 foot but within 5 feet of a wall. They've never attempted to jump it.

They dont care where they land they have no thought process for that, I have seen them jump over 5 foot fences and 8 foot fences

 

[rio]

I use Irish Spring soap, tied in old onion bags, hung around the garden on tobacco sticks, every 6 ft or so. Lasts all summer.

I've also used human hair, when my sister was cutting. They didn't like that, either.

I use the soap too, but in old socks! It works better than anything else we've used, other than an electric fence.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

Deer Chaser Anti-Deer Alarm | Gardener's Supply

This motion-activated device that shines a bright light and plays FM radio. The ever-changing sound (especially the human voices on the radio) keeps deer wary and away.

www.gardeners.com

For a smaller area this may be effective; it is for us. You can probably find it for a better price than at Gardeners. You can find everything at a better price than at Gardeners.

 

[Kyle]

 

[Bird Dog]

electric-fence

....and you don't have to feed or pick up crap....

 

[lucky_bee]

what about raised garden beds and the smaller vermin? Anybody have luck keeping the little suckers out of those beds like voles, rabbits, possum (do possum bother garden beds? I just know we have a family nearby)? My neighbor and I are considering making a U-shaped raised bed and wrapping the outside in deer fence but we're being attacked on all fronts in our yards lol

side note: @TPD is there some kind of registry for farmers and their fields around here our properties butt up against a wide open buffer area next to a soybean field. I just wanna figure out who the farmer is so I can see if he cares how we use that area since it is theirs, technically. We maintain it with cutting the grass but we only see the farmer in that field a couple times a year and lucky if we're even home during those days to attempt flagging him down.

 

[Ken King]

I just wanna figure out who the farmer is

Well you can find the property owner here. Enter county and search by "street address".

 

[TPD]

what about raised garden beds and the smaller vermin? Anybody have luck keeping the little suckers out of those beds like voles, rabbits, possum (do possum bother garden beds? I just know we have a family nearby)? My neighbor and I are considering making a U-shaped raised bed and wrapping the outside in deer fence but we're being attacked on all fronts in our yards lol

side note: @TPD is there some kind of registry for farmers and their fields around here our properties butt up against a wide open buffer area next to a soybean field. I just wanna figure out who the farmer is so I can see if he cares how we use that area since it is theirs, technically. We maintain it with cutting the grass but we only see the farmer in that field a couple times a year and lucky if we're even home during those days to attempt flagging him down.

There is not a registry. As Ken pointed out, you can see who owns the property but that doesn't necessarily mean it is a farmer. Most farm properties are leased to farmers, not owned by them.

 

[lucky_bee]

Well you can find the property owner here. Enter county and search by "street address".

There is not a registry. As Ken pointed out, you can see who owns the property but that doesn't necessarily mean it is a farmer. Most farm properties are leased to farmers, not owned by them.

yea there's no street address, but from what I've heard, they lease it through KCA. I guess I was trying to avoid going to them as I can only imagine their secretary laughing at me and my request

 

[Ken King]

yea there's no street address, but from what I've heard, they lease it through KCA. I guess I was trying to avoid going to them as I can only imagine their secretary laughing at me and my request

Don't need the specific address, just the street name, it will generate a list of all property on said street. From there you should be able to determine which property you are looking for as it is adjacent to yours.

 

[lucky_bee]

Don't need the specific address, just the street name, it will generate a list of all property on said street. From there you should be able to determine which property you are looking for as it is adjacent to yours.

Do you know how many people own property on Point Lookout Road and mine isn't on PLR, so it's not as cut and dry as finding mine. I just gotta weed through those 18 pages...eventually lol

thank you though, I appreciate it. I was mostly being cheeky with @TPD in hopes he had his own personal network stored up in his head

 

[LightRoasted]

For your consideration ...

There is not a registry. As Ken pointed out, you can see who owns the property but that doesn't necessarily mean it is a farmer. Most farm properties are leased to farmers, not owned by them.

Also known as the modern day "sharecropper"?

Since you are a farmer, can you answer this? Why is it, it appears, that today's corn have only one ear of cob per stalk? Where as in days past, say 40-50 years ago, there would have been at least 2-3 cobs per stalk, sometimes 4. Seems like a waste to plant corn only to have that corn to produce only one ear of cob, greatly reducing the number of bushels of corn one could harvest per acre.

Many that have gardens growing corn, as I have in the past, can grow corn that produces more cobs per stalk. What is the difference in the corn that causes this?