Oh yea and since this is an outdoor thread if any of yall have deer problems like I do here's a great way ta keep them bastards outta your patch. Its simple, easy, very inconspicuous, and best of all CHEAP!
All you need is some fishing line and if you dont have any trees or bushes right around your plot bring some posts/stakes/sticks etc but whatever you use make sure your posts are at least semi sturdy and wont fall over easily. Vegetation thats rooted in the ground works extremely well. And dont worry if some of your natural stakes arent right next to your patch either, as long as your line is pulled tight and completely encircles your patch they wont cross it!
Your gonna run the fishing line parellel to the ground around the perimeter of your garden, using trees/bushes or your posts to secure the line and keep it tight as you go. You pretty much weave and tie it into the foliage and keep it tight and at a consistent height.
The first line you run at about knee high, you run the second line directly above it at about chest height. When running these two lines imagine how tall a deer is. You want the bottom line at about midway up its leg and the second line at the deers chest/neck area.
The third line you run a little higher, you want it high enough that a deer can go under it. This line will run the same path as the first two but about 2 feet further out from the garden. So basically your just outlining the path of the first two lines and keeping a consistent 2 foot distance from them. Ya know those fences that slant out at an angle at the top to make them harder to climb??? Thats kinda what were doin here. Keep in mind this line is important! Deer are curious and they might get the bright idea to try and jump over your line and if they do this line is gonna trip em up in midair. If that deer gets close lined in mid jump by something it cant see its sure ta leave your patch the hell alone!!!
This works so damn good because a deer can see a normal fence and will jump right over it. But deer have really poor eyesight and it prevents them from seeing the fishing line at all! When they attempt to enter your garden they feel the pressure against their chest/neck area, but they cant see anything which confuses them.(keep this in mind when choosing your stakes, they need to be sturdy enough to hold the fishing line while the deer pushes against it) When they try to go under it the knee high line gets em again! Now if they get really determined ta munch on your buds and try to jump over the invisible line, boom! The tallest line trips em up or clothes lines em! Then they take off runnin and stay the hell away from your patch!!!!!
Its really simple and it works, I lost 2 out of 25 using hair, urine, soap, blah blah. Once I put up the fishing line I didnt see another deer track inside the perimeter! I did see some tracks approaching the patch then dead stopping at the fishing line! (which I had to tighten back up a few times after the deer tried their hardest ta walk thru it) This works better than anything Ive tried so I figured Id share it with everybody, if deer are as much of a pest for yall as they are for me youll love this method!
Enjoy!
