Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

quarter size holed chicken wire, did wonders for me, and kept the smaller critters out of my garden, and that included the groundhogs..... so l'm thankful ;) would be interested in seeing these galvanize loops though, they could work with other things, Pathaj@aol.com if you can email me a copy of the photo and a pic of how you did yours please... thank you very much

"You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. " John Quincy Adams - 6th US President (1767 - 1848)

To: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com
From: PathaJ@aol.com
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 16:37:56 -0400
Subject: Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] To Fence or not to Fence.... that is the ques...

I doubt that the fence could keep a cat out. Fences at our Community

Garden only keep out rabbits. Everything else merely climbs over and has a go

at our veggies. Instead, I use galvanized hoops about 6 feet long and buy

craft netting which is 6 feet wide and it fits perfectly. Secure the

netting with clothes pins at the soil line. For vining crops, I put a little

3 foot fence around them when they are young and tender and wrap the craft

net around the fence until the critters no longer find them appetizing.

Here is another way we are protecting from critters. A picture is worth a

thousand words.

Joanne Rice

In a message dated 8/25/2013 12:41:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

Pennabry@hotmail.com writes:

Possibly in time, you may find out that you have more than just squirrels

and cats.. so for my point of view.. l would fence it...Secondly, l've used

fences to grow cucc's, help support my tomatoes, and beans they ran wild

like crazy... there are advantages to having em.

"You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your

freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. " John Quincy Adams - 6th US

President (1767 - 1848)

To: _MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com_

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From: _kenneth.cochran@gmail.com_ (mailto:kenneth.cochran@gmail.com)

Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:23:35 +0000

Subject: [MittleiderMethodGardening] To Fence or not to Fence.... that is

the question

Until yesterday my garden had a fence around it. I took it down so I could

mow the weeds down and till. I also decided to expand the garden by a few

feet.

I mowed and tilled an area larger than I'm actually intending to use

because I figured having a buffer around the garden would slow the progress of

weeds. Once a weed reaches the fence it grows up through the fence and I've

had to resort to hand pulling because the fence gets in the way of garden

tools.

Anyway, the thought suddenly occurred to me that I may not even need a

fence at all. The only animal problems I've experienced so far has been a

couple of curious squirrels and a neighbor's cat that thinks the world is it's

litter box. The main purpose of the fence was as a deterrent for the same

neighbor's unruly children. We've never actually caught them trespassing,

only suspicions and tell-tale signs of their presence. It dawned on me that

if said children don't respect an 8 foot privacy fence and a locked gate

they're just going to ignore a 4 foot garden fence.

So, what do the rest of you say? Does a fence that doesn't hinder anyone

but me have any other redeeming quality I may be overlooking.

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