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Commenced:
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01/06/2010 |
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Submitted:
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22/12/2014 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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South of town, and around the point., Whale Pass, Alaska, US |
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Phone:
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9078465232 |
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Climate zone:
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Cool Temperate |
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Project: Southeast Alaska Permaculture (SEAP)
Posted by Anthony Cook over 10 years ago
Prince of Wales Island is known, among other things, for it's Sitka Black-tailed Deer population. The deer are extremely naive and often wander by as we are having coffee on the beach or working outside. When we bought the place it came with Lucy the pet deer. Every day she would come up onto the deck for her piece of bread and a scratch behind the ears. Over the years her fawns had fawns, which had fawns. . . .which all considered our place their home ground. The family resemblence in the photo is only coincidental!
There are a number of designs for deer-proof fence. Since materials get barged up from Seattle, then transported 90 miles to our town dock, then into the skiff, around the point and up the bank we needed a design that required a minimum of materials sourced off-site, and was relatively quick to erect.
While I cut, trimmed and carried the cedar posts my daughter dug the post holes. After I placed the posts in the holes my wife filled them in and tamped them down. Then my daughter and I tacked the 5' 2x4 welded wire to the posts with electrical staples. Then I braced each post with a cedar 2x4. The cross members were screwed to the posts and braces with 4" screws. The two inside runs are old 12-2 electrical wire that I repurposed. There was almost enough wire for the outside run as well, and I finished it off with 3/8" yellow poly rope.
The two inside runs are 1' and 2' away from the fence. The outside run is 1' away (hence the 3' cross member). To top it off I strung a run of 12-2 wire about 14" above the fence wire. The low spots that created a gap between the fence and the ground were taken care of by wiring a length fence wire along the ground. The final touch is a run of electric fence running waist high on the outside to keep the bears out. The fence is powered by the strongest solar fence charger on the market. Strips of aluminum foil baited with peanut butter were hung from the electric fence to train the deer and bears to keep their distance.
The inside trellis will be used for any number of peas, beans, grapes, etc. . . It has been two years since the fence went up and so far no deer (or bears) in the garden.
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