Building my first pig pen...

[babsbag]

It is MY chickens that cause the most trouble in my garden. I have a 6' fence around it and still find a few in the garden every day. I only have about a dozen that are rogue, the others are in the chicken yard but those rogue ones are making me crazy this year. I will be planting corn tomorrow...long growing season where I live...and I have wooden stakes and bird netting ready to keep them out...I hope.

Thankfully no deer, not sure why. An occasional rabbit but they leave the garden alone for the most part. Moles and ground squirrels can be a problem too.

I have petunias planted in a basket on fire truck...so 5' off the ground...and something eats the flowers. I think it is a rat. Gardening can be tough.

 

[Raiquee]

@babsbag Our chickens right now are in a dog kennel type fencing with the bottom lined with chicken wire to keep chicks in and laid out at an L to keep diggers away. We don't have coons. We have foxes. Haven't had a loss since doing that. They are getting an upgrade though. As far as the bringing in dirt, I will have to play it by ear and see what it's like when they get butchered.

@JakefromOhio Yes, my whole garden is fenced. The only thing that can get in are gophers. And they decimated our garden last year. After taking care of 55 of them, my garden is doing awesome this year. I am expanding it next year from 50x50 to 50x75. Then I will start looking more seriously at wooden posts.

 

[Latestarter]

I'm sure there are others who would like to know... How did you successfully eliminate 55 gophers?

 

[misfitmorgan]

I planted my first garden this year and have come to realize that EVERYTHING needs fenced in! I ended up replanting my onions and corn 5 or 6 times each before I gave up on the corn and the onions finally took hold. Something was digging my pepper plants up by the roots and just leaving them lay and then the deer came in and flat topped all of my tomato plants and wiped out the beans and cucumbers completely. Fortunately the tomatoes survived and are doing well but other than the onions they're all I have left.

Oh yes esp being close to the woods....all kinds of wild animals will be in everything. You will want to fence, gardens, orchards, pigs, perhaps your yard....there is never enough fencing...ever.