2/28/2024 0 Comments French broom keeps deer out![]() I felt sad for Frank, I wished him well, and I figured he would chalk my suggestion up to massive fails he read about on the stupid interwebs. ![]() And, sadly, that apparently Frank lived in one of those areas. How my heart went out to Frank! I suggested–weakly, so weakly, gentle readers!–that maybe there were areas of the world where the deer pressure and intense cheekiness was so off-the-charts that the CHEAP and EASY fishing line deer fence just wasn’t going to cut it. ![]() I also got a good deal on some of those stand alone Havahart Deer sprinklers you can fill and set out around the perimeter. Did the same in the watermelon patch and cabbages. Deer attacked my wife’s beans and pea poles until we threw up some spare netting we had about. We did exactly the same with the netting. And we too did add layers of deterrents once we saw our false sense of security breached. No major damage, but they made it through all four sections of our garden efforts (vineyard, orchard, blueberry hill, kitchen garden). Despite all of the above, I too succumbed to the deer this year. And you have to have neighbors who are good shots. You need to have, in my opinion, THREE levels of the line up (ankle, belly, shoulder high). I have another disappointing experience to add on the fishing line front. After many months, the deer got cheeky again, and broke through Frank’s excellent fences and resumed their snacking on his plantings. Although–no matter how much I listen–I hear no harmonics from my fishing lines. I just love it that you added that detail. When the wind blows the fishing line, if stretched tight enough, sets up an audible harmonic tone.įrank, you’re awesome. Consider this:īy the way, I forgot to mention an added ‘eerie’ effect of the fishing line fence which may also factor into the deer avoiding it. We both (presumably) were happy.įrank reported back occasionally, and even added bits of color to his comments. I wrote blog posts, Frank patrolled his fences and estimated how many pies he’d soon have blueberries for. I hate it when I hear that one of my fabulous tips doesn’t work, you know? Life went on as before–for me, and presumably for Frank and his wife and their lovely plantings. Later still, he wrote that his new fence had been working for several months! *Phew* I breathed a sigh of relief. Frank said that he was going to add two more strands, and pull it tighter, to boot. He saw it all on a gamecam! Apparently he had been trying to get away with only one low strand, like some geezer on YouTube suggested ( *secretly rolling my eyes*) *snif*. Frank reported back, to say the fence worked for a short time, but then, their cheeky Ohio deer started stepping right through it–mamas with babies, babies with visiting aunties, cousins and uncles and the whole contingency of local deer were partying at Frank’s place. Frank was desperate to foil the voracious deer population, desperate enough to try the fishing line fence. He shared with me that he and his wife were planting an impressive array of veg and berries and fruit trees there in Ohio, tra-laaa, like somebody else I know (whistling), but also that they had an impressive array of deer prancing (literally) through their property and wolfing down impressive amounts of their plantings. THREE YEARS AGO ( Frank–where has the time gone?), Frank from Ohio commented on one of my most popular posts, which addresses how to make a simple fence out of t-posts and fishing line (I learned it from my friend Jamie) to keep deer out of the orchard, or berry patch, or vegetable garden. We actually have three strands in place now. This photo shows Bea patrolling the perimeter of the fishing line fence that keeps the deer out of the blueberries.
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