Leon Fisk wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:15:12 -0600
"Terry Coombs" wrote:

Leon Fisk wrote:

I have several tomato cages made from 4" x 4" square fencing that
is 4 ft high. I pound in a fencing T-post (5 or 6 ft) and then wire
the cage to it for support. You can find T-posts at stores catering
to farm fencing and such.

I shoulda thought of that ... I have a few of those , not enough
but the co-op sells 'em for just over 4 bucks each . I was going to
drive pegs and string wire , but this is simpler , easier , and
doesn't keep my mower away from the cages . I don't worry so much
about the tomatoes , but if a deer tipped a tree cage it would do
more damage than if I let it nibble . My peach and one cherry tree
might already be dead ... I tried all kinds of sprays and stuff last
year , nothing worked for more than a few days . Looks like my
metalworking for today will be to build a post driver . Got just the
materials I need on hand too , sometimes it's good to be a packrat .


I just push them in a little bit, then use a 6lb sledge hammer. Hold
the post steady with one hand and then sledge with the other (choked
up on the handle). After you get them down a foot or so you can use
both hands on the sledge. Post driver would be nice though.

A deer can/will starve to death with a full stomach. They can eat
pretty much anything, just like some stuff better than others ;-)

I had to put a fence around the garden several years ago due to both
the deer and rabbits. What the deer didn't damage eating they would
walk all over. Fence is only 4ft tall but they have never went over
it yet. My fence posts are 6ft tall. Figured I would string a single
wire around the top if they still got in by jumping over. Had to run
chicken wire along the bottom to keep the rabbits out. They would zip
through the 4" x 2" square fence like it wasn't even there...

Rabbits haven't been a problem , we see very few of them down here in the
woods . I have a piece of pipe that will slide over the posts , some 5/16"
round stock , and some bigger steel rounds for a cap . That plus a shop full
of tools and time on my hands ...
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Snag