I do most of my gardening at home. I love to have things close at hand. But with the farm we have expanded our gardening. This year we transplanted raspberries and put in a whole bunch of new blueberry plants. We also planted fun things like pumpkins, potatoes and corn. Now that we are growing things out at the farm, we are discovering the joys of local wildlife. Like the deer that eat your newly transplanted raspberries down to the ground. So disappointing!
Because we haven't had enough building, fixing and cleaning up to do this past year, we decided to tackle one more project. A deer fence. Actually, it was my idea and I talked Kirk into helping me since it is not a project I could do by myself. After looking at a lot of different options as well as a close look at our budget (which is minimal), here is what we came up with...
- 9' Railroad ties spaced every eight feet,
- 16' cow panels in between the railroad ties,
- 2 strands of double wire to make up the difference between the 4' of cow panel and the 7' of fencing we need to keep those pesky deer out of the garden.
- $9 per railroad tie
- $22 per cow panel
- $0 for the wire (we used wire that was already on the farm)
- $0 for labor (Kirk and I did it ourselves)
- Total = $2.50 per linear foot of fencing
Luckily, we have a tractor with a post hole digger,
And a backhoe for the heavy lifting,
And a few good weather days before winter sets in.
Whew! Building a fence is a lot of work! Let's hope it works and those deer find alternate food sources.
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