Let me add my own two cents worth. I had no sooner completed fencing in an acre with that 7 foot deer-proof plastic mesh when I found that the woodchucks have no problem slicing through the mesh. I had to immediately add a 3 foot steel mesh at the bottom to keep the woodchucks from making holes that the deer could squeeze through. Just plan to do that or go with 8 foot black wire mesh (bent over at the bottom and anchored to the ground) to begin with. The deer fence has nevertheless been wonderful. Such a difference. The rabbits are still a problem. Need a good way to trap them... On Mar 18, 2014, at 2:10 PM, Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> wrote: > For those who deal with hungry deer, I would strongly recommend a deer > fence. If you are a serious gardener, it is well worth the cost. The > fence I installed about 6 years ago is heavy duty plastic mesh that can be > nailed to trees and almost vanishes behind the summer foliage. Where trees > are not available, the posts fit into sleeves that you drive into the > ground with a sledge hammer. No hole digging required, and it didn't take > us very long to fence in roughly 3/4 of an acre. Since installing the > fence, the only deer we have seen near the house was a very tiny fawn that > pushed through a hole I hadn't noticed > > The plastic mesh doesn't stop bunnies, so now I am retrofitting wire rabbit > fence along the bottom of the deer fence. I'm attaching it to the deer > fence and posts with zip-ties, so it is also relatively easy to do myself. > > Nick Plummer > Durham, NC, USA. Zone 7 > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Shoal Creek Succulents wrote: > >> Thanks to all for the responses; much appreciated. >> >> I was going to give Hyacinth & Daffodils a try outside; but the deer issue >> makes it a bad choice. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ Gardens get wilder every day … MacGardens