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Your thumb doesn’t need to be green — you don’t even need a yard
Intelligencer Journal
Jun 18, 2009 20:03 EST
By LINDA ESPENSHADE, Staff Writer

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QUOTE (Lancaster Online @ Jun 18 2009, 08:03 PM)
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I have all types of vegetables going this year , I'm having a hard time with the ground hogs an the rabbits. I had to spend all kinds of money on fences

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littleg
the jack-o lanterns are doing OK this year..i got like 6 that are OK ..dont know how much more we will get though.. anyone else got some pumpkins growing?
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QUOTE (littleg @ Jun 18 2009, 08:14 PM)
I have all types of vegetables going this year , I'm having a hard time with the ground hogs an the rabbits. I had to spend all kinds of money on fences

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I bought a battery, fence charges, fiberglass poles and tape rather than wire. I use Roundup to keep the strip clear of weeds which might ground out the fence, and run the first strand at about 2 inches up. No going under that baby. And you should see the rabbits jump!
notveryhow
QUOTE (notveryhow @ Jul 29 2009, 01:47 PM)
I bought a battery, fence charges, fiberglass poles and tape rather than wire. I use Roundup to keep the strip clear of weeds which might ground out the fence, and run the first strand at about 2 inches up. No going under that baby. And you should see the rabbits jump!

do you have any info on that? ..maybe a web link or so..
littleg
QUOTE (littleg @ Jul 29 2009, 09:07 PM)
do you have any info on that? ..maybe a web link or so..


No, can't say that I do. It's nothing special. Easy to set up. It's just the same system that a farmer would use with cows or whatever, I just adapted it to groundhogs by running the first strand at about 2 inches.

It was years ago. I think I went to Joseph's Farm Store in Brownstown, but any of our fine hardware stores (EM Herr's comes to mind) that cater to farmers can set you up. A friend of mine just rigged up a solar powered unit to keep the deer from his new planted cherry trees. There are also units that you can run on household current if your garden is close enough to your house,
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