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No rain in 3 weeks but thanks to my wife watering the blackberries, they are doing great. And we saw LOTS of bees today. All the raspberries are looking great too





Im an inventor. Its always been that way. That is my curse.

 
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Happy  Erection day. That's right, we are erecting a deer fence today. The  first 4 foot tall section is up. I had to invent a fence stretcher and  it works pretty well. More on that later.









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Modern problems require modern solutions.

The problem statement

How does one evenly and without puckers or sags of loose spots, stretch 80 feet of 4 ft tall deer fencing so it can be stapled in place??? (Nobody likes a saggy/droopy and loose fence)

It takes an 8 foot long 2 x 4, LOTS of screws, the seat belt from that last row that nobody uses, a tow rope and an ATV.

The next (upper) 4 foot tall section of deer fencing will be even easier to erect and stretch.



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We are now mostly "deer proof" with the entire 2nd 4 ft tall row of fencing up. Still some things to do to tidy it up and doors and gates to build but for now, the veggies are secure from deer. (unless they can clear the 8 foot barrier.)









On an unrelated note, there was a dragon fly hatch and we have thousands of them EVERYWHERE. and lots of snakes and toads and frogs. Oh and bees. So many bees. These are all great things.



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More deer fencing progress to keep the garden pest free.. Now the saggy spans between the posts are also 8 feet high.





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MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Its working. I get to eat what I plant. Everything else can kick rocks.



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DAMN ROCKS!  They make every task take more than twice as long. All I wanted to do was hang a door/gate on the garden fence.











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Now that the boulder delay is behind us we have the first door hung. 2 more to go. So long as the deer dont figure out how to open the hook latch, we will be deer free inside the garden space.








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Until I can install the last 2 doors, Im using a wagon to block the entrance. The deer seem to respect that meager effort to keep them out.

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FINALLY!! a little drizzle. We have been without rain for 4 weeks. It's not much but at least its a little moisture. Mourning doves enjoying the new high tension wire of the deer fence around the garden.

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