How do I make an inexpensive fence around my garden to keep deer out?
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Pallets, many times you can get them for cheap or even free if one of the slats is damaged.
They can jump a 6' fence and will.
Deer are hard to keep out unless the fence is at least 6 feet tall. I would use FREE pallets (or nearly free in some areas) and put posts in the ground. You may want to use tall posts and put 2 or 1 1/2 pallets over them . For a quick lesson on putting up ONE, here is a rose trellis, but it could be a fence just as well. They use a board in the ground, but for more permanent I would use T posts. You can rent T post pounders for a weekend and get them all in the ground easily. Here is the 2 pallet trellis that could be extended to be a fence, but it would need to be taller than one pallet. https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/garden/practiclly-free-rose-trellis-24683620
Practically Free Rose Trellis
SW PA is polluted with deer. They are capable of easily jumping a 6' fence. If you can't erect an 8' fence, then stagger a second fence, 4' from the first one. Deer have poor depth perception.
Hanging cloths on a 6' fence will do little to deter determined deer.
Deer dislike lavender, sage, rosemary. Try planting these, as well as alliums, daffodils beyond your garden, as a deterrent.
Thank you Oliva. I live in southern NJ and my property butts up to a wildlife preserve. I get anywhere from 3 to 15 deer at a time in my yard. I love to watch them,but they can do so much damage.I will try your suggestion on the herbs and daffodils once I get the garden in. Thank you so much for the information. Greatly appreciated!