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The deer can eat somewhere else!

I have written about our need for a fence to keep the deer out. Many “urban" Ekalaka gardeners face the same problem, and even some fences don’t work. We’ll have ours tested, I’m sure.

The body of the fence had been in place over a month, maybe closer to two months. One deer meandered in one 10’ space where a gate would be placed, munching on one potato plant, while making its way out the other gate opening. Brice saw its footprints.

That may have worked once, but as of July 10, it will no longer work without an 82” leap, 6’10”. Will that keep them out? The airport has an 8’ fence that would w...

 

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