Thanks, and good luck protecting your garden!

Very interesting, thanks for the information!

Can you please be more specific in how you did it? I love that idea. Why would it get caught in the lawn mower if you send you did that for the top?

It's been a few years and we have still never had a deer jump into welded wire fence, thankfully! Thanks for the message :)

@@Green_Heart_Family_Farm this is great to know! I appreciate the follow up. I love being inspired by simple solutions that work! I think I can try this and use my yrail cams to see how effective it will be for me. Have a great year 2023!

That's an interesting idea, but a visual barrier sounds like it would provide shade to some plants. I'd rather stick with something that doesn't block any light for our garden.

Thanks! No deer have jumped the fence. One time a few months ago my wife accidentally left the gate open for a few hours, and a deer walked right in. At least that let us know they'd like to get in there, and the fence is the deterrent!

Thanks for responding. Okay, so I now have peace of mind that your method works that I can duplicate, great to know!

Our 6 foot welded wire fence has kept the deer out for almost a year at this point. We have this years spring garden planted and no issues so far.

@@Green_Heart_Family_Farm 6 foot fencing of ANY type is NOT high enough to keep deer out of a garden. Any healthy adult deer can EASILY jump any 6 foot high fence. There has to be a taller barrier OR the design must be multi-layered fencing that gives deer too much to overcome. So don't waste time with shorter layers. Go up at least 8 feet. BTW, if a deer has space to get a running start, most deer can clear even an 8 foot fence but they also need a safe, open landing zone inside the garden. Thus 8 foot is enough in most...but not all....cases to keep deer out. The absence of deer from your garden at this point in time is not proof that bolder deer won't jump your fencing eventually. I've been gardening on my 20 acres for 15 years. Got tons of game camera footage of lots of deer who approach but never challenge the fencing. But also have footage of bold deer laughing as they jump over short fencing to decimate my plants! Every deer is different. Some just play it safe. Dogs are not a good deterrent to deer either. Most dogs know they can't catch the deer and usually just remain content to lay there watching the deer feast. Unless you pen the dog inside the garden, the deer will just ignore the dog and do as they please. Good luck fencing them out!

@@TrehanCreekOutdoors Thanks for the reply. You'll be glad to know that the deer have been kept out with the existing fence for over a year now.

@@Green_Heart_Family_Farm Let's hope they stay out! My mileage has been very different from yours. In Mississippi, during August and September primarily the hot, dry conditions cause nearly all the native plants to dry up and be unappealing to the deer. Hunter food plots won't produce new food until late October and November. So for at least 2 months the deer have less food available than at any other time of the year and it comes when does are lactating and bucks are trying to fatten up before rut. REALLY HUNGRY deer will go to great lengths to gain access to a lush, well watered family garden. Not to mention the efforts of raccoons, possums, crows, rabbits, and other critters who also enjoy juicy garden veggies! My land borders urban areas where there are no agricultural fields for miles. Gardens become the top food source for deer at this time of the year in my location. So the bold deer will jump 6 foot fences without hesitation. These deer here see people and dogs endlessly every single day so they have learned which dogs are penned and when people are not usually out. They are VASTLY different from deer who live in remote rural areas and who tend to fear people and dogs. If you think I am kidding, check out a 20 minute video posted on my channel where I opened a rear window of my house one night and filmed two young bucks and a doe feeding in my backyards. They spent several minutes being as close as 8 feet from me with NOTHING....not even a window screen....between me and them. We could see each other blink. I watched them....they watched me. But the point is the deer were not afraid to be right out in the open with me present and them only feet from my garden and my house. The big doe went right up to the garden fence with me watching her. If she had jumped the fence I'd have had video of it to show you just how bold they are and how easy they clear my 6 foot fence.

Why not use bamboo poles? They're free and really tall!

I'd guess you can get away with 10 feet if you don't mind the wire fence not being perfectly straight from post to post.

Yeah it seems like an old wive's tale to me at this point!

they can jump over a 6 ft fence but not an 8ft. If there is space on the bottom they will go under on their bellys

Hah, I wish! He's not well trained enough to be trusted to roam freely, as he's just as likely to chase the chickens as the deer. I hope that with continued obedience training we can get him to the point where he roams the home site, keeps deer away from the garden, but is also safe around our farm animals. We will see!

Please update the effectiveness after one month

@@cinepost One year later, we still haven't had a deer in our garden yet! We have had much more success with our Summer 2021 garden since no deer got in.

@@Green_Heart_Family_Farm congrats! LOL. A little more than some fish line was required, but you used equipment and resources on hand to help build an effective deer deterrent . We spraY DeerOff on most plants in the back yard, and sprinkle cayenne pepper in the bird feeder which works if you keep on it, but they still jump the fence to take naps on the lawn most afternoons…

@@cinepost Hah, I can picture them napping on your lawn, that's funny :)

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We've still never had a deer in our garden with this fence (6ft welded wire + 2 ft of fishing line); working for us!

@@Green_Heart_Family_Farm I love how ppl say a 6ftr wont work yet you’ve kept them out for over a year … as you keep telling them. I’m quite sure you’ll cross that bridge when you get to it if the deer do get in again. Every situation is different and maybe the type of deer in your region is different than in mine, etc etc. I have deer eating from my bird feeders, someone commented on using cayenne. I’ll give that a try. I don’t have a garden and only plant flowers for the birds bees and hummers and am able to plant what’s appealing to them but are thankfully deer resistant plants. Silly question but your garden looks far from any water spigot, how do you water your plants? I’m old and have flowers about 45ft + from house so I have to haul the hose to water and I’m always looking for an easier and cheap way to do that. Thank you for the video, beautiful family and don’t let anyone rain on your parade young man.

@@adriankap2978 We've got a series of hoses running all the way to the garden. We have it set up in such a way that it can stay there all summer. Thanks for the comments!

@@Green_Heart_Family_Farm Oh dar n I was actually hoping on rain barrels or something. Thank you for answering.