[Greenbuilding] building a wall (not a building) out of strawbales

[Clarke Olsen]

Deer may be disscouraged from jumping by the addition of string , wire, fishing line.. stretched at the 8' level. 
They could jump through it, but they won't take the chance of getting caught in something unknown. 
I watched a Possom climb the 2' high welded steel grid around my garden, but he was stopped by upper
fence of old chicken wire, which was thin, and probably hurt to climb. Sometimes less is more.

Clarke Olsen
clarkeolsendesign.com
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165 
USA
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On Oct 9, 2014, at 4:05 PM, LarenCorie <larencorie at axilar.net> wrote:

> From: Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com>
> 
>> we used to talk about strawbale construction quite a bit
>> here on the greenbuilding list and some of you surely know
>> enough to set me straight.
>> I'm considering surrounding a large garden with a wall
>> to keep the deer out. Since strawbales are plentiful and
>> cheap around these parts I thought of them first.
> 
> Hi Reuben;
> 
> I think you might first talk to a deer expert, or just
> anyone familiar enough with them, to know how high
> they can jump. I strongly suspect that your best wall
> solution will be a very tall, very basic, fence.
> 
> I have lived in the north woods for much of my life,
> White tail deer can consistently jump nearly 8ft.  So,
> a fence needs to be at least that tall. However, some
> deer can clear nearly 12ft. A fence that is leaning out-
> -ward at the top needs not be as tall.     But, a fence
> that is less than 8ft will be ineffective.  I doubt that a
> strawbale wall, that tall, would be anywhere near as
> economical as wire fencing, though deer are also shy
> of fences they can not see through.    But, once they
> (or one of their deer buddies) knows what delicious
> things are hiding behind that opaque wall, they will
> never again hesitate to jump over it.
> 
> < http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/deerfences.html >
> 
> And, if you think that just applies to whitetail deer,
> mule deer are just as good at jumping, maybe better.
> 
> < http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/deerfences.html >
> 
> < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwhjcwS1nyQ >
> 
> Rob Tom wrote;
> 
>> Or better yet, plant trees or shrubs to create the enclosure.
> 
> Hi Rob;
> 
> Even if it were thick enough that a hungry deer could not
> get through it to food (not very likely, for a creature that
> is designed to run through very dense forest) it wouldn't
> stop smaller hungry critters, like a fence or wall could.
> 
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