Tuesday, July 18, 2017

I KNEW I needed a fence around the garden!

Let me start off by saying that I feel completely vindicated.  Self-applied back-pats for all.

The veggie garden is about 10' away from our driveway so I see it every day as I leave for work and when I get home afterward.  After work yesterday, I went to check out the beans to see if we had more flowers.  Sure enough, we do and that's a wonderful development.

What I noticed next is what has me over the moon.

We have some deer-inflicted damage on the bean vines that are sticking outside the fencing right up to about 5' above-ground.


This means that my assertion that we really really really really really needed a deer-resistant/proof fence was valid. 

You see for the last year, I've been met with a lot of skepticism whenever I've explained what size of fencing I had in mind.  I've also received more than my fair share of good-natured flak from our neighbor, Wifey, my parents, her parents, and our friends when they've seen the fence.  To a man (and woman), I've seen them all have the expression of, "Yep.  I knew he'd crack one of these days....." the first time they see the fence.  Comments vary, but they all have a common theme:
"Are you sure you need something that big?"
Yup.  That I do.

I'm not going to gloat over it, but it sure is nice to see that my preparedness was warranted.

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