Thanks Obelixx, that's another idea, can't have too many of those as just now it seems to be a running battle keeping critters from invading the garden, if they're not burrowing under or digging on fresh dug ground, and then the deer arrive to munch the tops of my crop of vegetables or the blooms of the Roses and other flowers, George would be amused at my efforts on defence. There was a time when i realised i would have to grow enough for myself and whatever visited the garden during the growing season, just now there's just a mite of imbalance.
An 8' high mesh fence would keep out the deer. Basic livestock mesh stretched between posts would do and not cost a fortune. To keep out rabbits you'd need to bury a finer mesh at least 1'/30cms underground all round the boundary and maybe have the same height above ground unless they can climb or jump higher and get thru the livestock mesh.
You could also just fence or net off off individual beds. We're doing this now we have hens in the potager and want to have a crop of garlic, shallots, PSB, cavolo nero and broad beans. We'll have to protect our soft fruit beds too come spring but at the mo we're happy to let them scrag the strawberries and raspberries and so on to get the pests out. Mad numbers of slugs and snails last year despite drought.
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I gotta tell y'all these ideas are not new to me although, apart from the deer fencing i have made mesh screens to protect my seedlings, it's when they mature the problem arrises, but thank you for your suggestions and interest.
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There was a time when i realised i would have to grow enough for myself and whatever visited the garden during the growing season, just now there's just a mite of imbalance.
You could also just fence or net off off individual beds. We're doing this now we have hens in the potager and want to have a crop of garlic, shallots, PSB, cavolo nero and broad beans. We'll have to protect our soft fruit beds too come spring but at the mo we're happy to let them scrag the strawberries and raspberries and so on to get the pests out. Mad numbers of slugs and snails last year despite drought.