the_faith•12h agoMost Upvoted

PSA: My DIY garden fence took 3 tries before the deer stopped laughing at it

Built a 4 foot chicken wire fence around my tomato patch in May. Deer jumped it like it wasn't even there on day one. Then I added a second row at 6 feet tall with wooden stakes, cost me about $45 more. They still found a way through the bottom gap after a week. Finally dug a 1 foot trench and buried the wire with rocks, spent another Saturday redoing everything. What did you guys use that actually kept wildlife out for good?

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jamiegreen11h ago

My buddy Steve tried the chicken wire route last summer. Put up a 5 foot fence around his green beans and the deer just sort of leaned over and ate the tops off. Then he did the whole double layer thing with t-posts and wire mesh, cost him like $80 and two weekends. They still got in by squeezing between the posts where he left a tiny gap. Finally he gave up and just planted a big patch of clover on the other side of his property to distract them. Worked better than any fence.

the_jason11h ago

So is Steve running a deer sanctuary now or what? Sounds like he spent $80 on a fence and still ended up paying the clover tax.