That is if we wanted to have a garden that was not devoured by DEER.. Those nasty, hungry, sweet-eyed, 4 legged, pretty little monsters... don't be fooled by their gentle faces.. they are tricksters of the highest degree. as soon as you are confident and your back is turned.. your Hosta will be gone.. your beans, your broccoli, chard, carrots and on and on. We have deer come through our property several times a day.... and at night when they are the bravest and greediest
So we are building a Garden fence. and I am so excited.
John is cutting it all from 2 x 6 lumber... he laid it out on the back deck ( he built last year) so he had a nice flat surface to work on. most of the trellis panels are 8' x 12' . and we need 10 panels and a door.
so here we go.
in the background is the woodshed John built last fall just in time to stack our winter firewood
we watched the location in the backyard that received sun the earliest in the morning. and plotted out where the big 6" x 6" posts would go and placed some concrete deck blocks in those spots.
...every panel going up was so exciting.
the thought that my veggies would be protected from the deer. yes of course raccoons and squirrels can climb over it but one thing at a time
We prepped the garden area last year with many loads of organic seafood compost and covered it with a thick layer of straw/mulch for the entire winter in hopes of making a productive growing medium
every time I looked at it I was so happy.
John did such a great job and he never stopped till he had it all finished.. I just absolutely love it!!!
all up ... yippeee...
Then I took a 3 foot piece of plastic deer netting and fastened it to the bottom couple feet of the fence all the way around.. to discourage rabbits and other short walking around critters
last but most important.. a lovely door.
so until deer can figure how to unlatch a door.. I am feeling pretty secure the deer will only be able to peer through with no tasting.
we did this in May ready for the growing season here.
