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Yes, that is deer fencing.....

Imagine going to all the effort of weeding, only to find out that the neighborhood cats and your own dogs have done you in again!

...no, it is not for deer!

My intrepid husband had once again rid our garden beds of weeds left from fall and “winter” (hello, we are in Southern California!), only to come out a day later and find out that our neighborhood cats decided we had gifted them with the world’s largest block party catbox!

Even that might not have been so bad, (but eww, cat poop in the food beds! Don’t worry they were scooped and cleaned, again!) but our dogs decided that they made good pathways, plus they had to keep the cats out didn’t they???

With a desperation borne out of sheer frustration, my husband disassembled some PVC cold frames we had and turned them into corner posts. He dug out deer fencing from heaven-only-knows-where, and with a few extra long plant ties we suddenly had a fenced-in garden! Unfortunately, we have one very smart, and stubborn, mini-poodle that decide that no fence was keeping him out!

Between mumbled threats from us and growls from our other dog, a labrador mix, we managed to convince him that shortcuts through the garden were not in his best interest.

The rains since have washed the beds level and clean and we are hoping to plant in them soon…..

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