Now I know what's eating the PSB

[Digeroo]

At the allotment yesterday I suddenly saw a deer running through.  I had though the problem was with muntjacs but this was much bigger.  It jumped straight over the fence through the hedge and was off.  I had been concerned with the fact that there was a gap in the fence, but the fence would have to be very high to prevent this. 

[Digeroo]

[Robert_Brenchley]

You need pretty elaborate protection to stop deer jumping in. The Forestry Commission use six-foot high wire fences with overhanging barbed wire, which are a bugger to climb over!

[Vinlander]

I've read that a double 1.8m+ fence with a space between stops them - the space only needs to be wide enough so they can't jump both in one go - and they don't like landing in the cramped space between. The second fence mainly has to LOOK strong.

Presumably you can grow stuff in the gap between - if there's anything deer don't eat. Parsnips?

In this case I'm just quoting book-learnin - so don't take my word for it.

They might find it even more intimidating if the gap was itself divided - so it looks like they're jumping into a box - but now I'm guessing...

[Digeroo]

The cost of putting a deer proof fence around the site would be prohibitive.  There is a hawthorn hedge around some of it.   

I got quite a shock when it saw me so hopefully the more people on site the fewer deer there will be.