BYC gardening thread!!

[lazy gardener]

Quote: Can't wait to see pics.

 

[politicalcenter]

[/IMG] a couple of pics. From a distance the fence is almost invisible....and that's a good thing.

 

[GardenNut]

Very nice!

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Great to use critters for next level of clean up. Seems around here deer can leap tall buildings so getting them to pass by is a challenge. Used netting over and around the newly planted mulberries but dont have a solution for the garden area specificically. Have seen squash plants be passed up by my sheep so maybe a perimeter barrier of squasj MIGHT help.

Liked the upward growth of cukes to get them OFF the ground.

 

[Arielle]

oops double post

 

[politicalcenter]

We do have deer and I have found tracks in the garden. The fence is 4ft high so maybe they won't jump it. I will probably grow gourds on some of the fencing. I have used Irish Spring soap and water to keep deer away but that gets expensive.

 

[lazy gardener]

Deer avoid anything that looks like it might tangle their legs. Perhaps laying some clutter type stuff around the perimeter of the fence... Just what your neighbors want to see, the appearance of a junk yard! Or a horizontal fence: fencing laid parallel to the ground, about 12" off the ground. Or even inside the fence, place lots of fiberglass or bamboo posts around so the deer don't have a nice clear space to land inside the garden. What about putting 8' high posts at the corner of the garden fence, and running fish line with CD's attached, perhaps every 12 - 18" apart from the top of the 4' high fence to the top of the 8' posts. Clutter can be an advantage. Those fiberglass posts, and other items placed around the lawn help to deter hawk predation.

 

[politicalcenter]

Great to use critters for next level of clean up.  Seems around  here deer can leap tall buildings so getting them to pass by is a challenge.  Used netting over and around the newly planted mulberries but dont have a solution for the garden area specificically.  Have seen squash plants be passed up by my sheep so maybe a perimeter barrier of squasj MIGHT help.

Liked the  upward growth of cukes to get them OFF the ground.

Deer avoid anything that looks like it might tangle their legs.  Perhaps laying some clutter type stuff around the perimeter of the fence... Just what your neighbors want to see, the appearance of a junk yard!  Or a horizontal fence:  fencing laid parallel to the ground, about 12" off the ground.  Or even inside the fence, place lots of fiberglass or bamboo posts around so the deer don't have a nice clear space to land inside the garden.  What about putting 8' high posts at the corner of the garden fence, and running fish line with CD's attached, perhaps every 12 - 18" apart from the top of the 4' high fence to the top of the 8' posts.  Clutter can be an advantage.  Those fiberglass posts, and other items placed around the lawn help to deter hawk predation.  

Well, it is what it is. I think it will work. The same kind of fence keeps the goats in and the predators out. I will probably finish it up tomorrow.

 

[chickadoodles]

We don't have deer around our place. The dogs keep them away. My main problems are birds and squirrels. I will be hanging pie tins and old cd's around with a nail tied to them to make noise!
The won't let me have any of our plums or apples. I hope it works for us.

 

[hippiestink]

Howdy folks! We're back from the US finally. I raked up a bunch of leaves before we left for our compost heap and they're due for a turn; hopefully they break down into sweet sweet compost for the garden this spring.

Garden planning time too, I'm phasing out some crops and introducing new ones. Trying Charlotte potatoes in a wireframe tower to increase yields and doing pinto beans with Aztec Black corn and either melons or Jack-o-Lanterns this year.