Hello, what I have done: In the wooded home in CT zone 6 with deer even walking up onto our deck to eat potted herbs: we were on a budget. I used deer netting 8 foot tall with those ugly metal fence poles from Home Depot but it was only 6 feet tall when erected I used tie wraps to connect the mesh to the posts. I dug the ground a bit and buried the mesh. They say deer can jump it but they never did. I had 2 acres of woods on the property and we lived next to water company land. I guess they just wanted easy pickings from exposed plants, shrubs, and trees. In the other CT garden I did the same with shorter poles, about 5 feet tall. There I had issues with a groundhog that lived under my garden shed and rabbits so. Buried the mesh 6 inches. It worked. With both we never made a fancy door, must looped the mesh on the hooks on the pole and lifted it up and off to swing open as if it were a gate. A friend bought cedar posts from a local who cut the trees and it was 9 feet above ground with hard metal mesh and a fancy door. Really great but a bigger project and cost more than was in our budget. Good luck!

I know this is an outdated post, but I thought I would share my experience with these pests! Over here in Wisconsin we run into rabbits all the time and I have had trouble finding a fence that is visually appealing, maintenance free, easy to install, and affordable. A few years ago we decided to create 17 raised beds in our garden, and the original idea was to place chicken wire directly around each raised bed, but based on past experience I knew that having the fencing so close to the garden area makes working in the garden difficult and inefficient. Based on this I decided to enclose the entire garden area with a rabbit fence, leaving a 24â walkway between the beds and the fence allowing for greater mobility when working in the garden. I did some research to try to find a fence that would fit into the visual aesthetic of our garden, and chicken wire was just too unsightly. Picket fences are visually appealing, but I was turned off by the substantial maintenance season after season. I decided to create my own fence that provided the qualities I was looking for: attractive, maintenance free, lightweight, easy to install and affordable. After doing much research I decided to use copper tubing (to avoid rusting and to match other lawn decorations). I also used polypropylene mesh netting that was designed for rabbit fencing. I created 30 panels that were of two different sizes (4âÂÂx2â or 2âÂÂx2âÂÂ). Creating these panels did not take too long and cost much less than what I had anticipated. From there I used rebar poles to easily install the panels around the garden, including the creation of a swing-gate that made accessing the garden easy! Installing the fence took me an afternoon and that included the trial and error of determining the best way to do it. Because the fence has exceeded all my expectations, I want to share it with others! I have decided to make and sell the fence panels. Below is a link to the website I have created, and I would love to answer any questions you may have! http://www.deluxerabbitfence.com/ Here is a link that might be useful: Preassembled Rabbit Garden Fence

I"m only growing 3 plants of each variety that I am harvesting seeds from and the plants that sell will be numerous quantities. Tomatoes is where the money is so that is where the plant numbers get out of control. Even though I sell plants now, it is very much an addiction to grow these and many other vegetablesâ¦I can't stop. 2 years ago I had 250 varieties of peppers and 100 varieties of heirloom tomatoes in my garden. My garden is 150' long and 50' wide the width grows by about 3-4 ft a year. When my wife leaves for the day in the spring I just move the fence out and till the grass before she gets home.

Thanks David, In trying to figure out what to but and where to buy it I really have no idea. There are so many variables to juggle... I contacted Sean Chiu at Phontonier and he sent me a price list (very promptly I might add). The lights they offer seem equivalent to the "Premium" lights (3.3W/ft, 220 lm/ft) at Environmental and also the lights solds by Superbrightleds. On the Photonier spec sheet they list 5W/ft 220 lm/ft models but Sean says they do not sell those to end consumers. Those seem to be equivalent to the "High Brightness Premium" at Environmental. The specs are confusing because I have seen the lm/ft range from 166 to 220 for the WW color (Photonier specs list both numbers) also I have seen the CRI listed from 65 to 80. But I think the 3.3W/ft LEDS have a 65-70 CRI and 5W/ft ones are 80 CRI. Prices for the 3.3 W/ft lights seem to be: Photonier: cheapest approx: $18/ft Superbrightleds: approx $20/ft Environmental: approx $30+/ft(and a huge premium on the 6"), they have volume discounts that start at 5 pieces but that only takes about 10% off) For the "High Brightness Premium" line at Environmental you pay an additional 20% premium. I'd really like the 80 CRI and the higher brightness, but the cost is practically double. And of course the final question is transformers: Once upon a time way back in the summer members of this forum were buying transformers from Magnitude for approx $50. Magnitude no longer will sell to end customers. Environmental's transformers are quite expensive ($125 - $170) and Electric Supplies Online sells a 150W transformer for $60, but 150W seems like overkill and there is a little voice in my head that has some idea that transformers work best when they are loaded at something like 60-80%. Too many choices... too many decisions...