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I thought this was about a living fence. Shame on you.
An easy trick to test if your fence is working: lay a long blade of grass across the wire you're testing with your hand about 8" from the wire. Move your hand sliding the blade of grass closer until you just begin to feel it.
If it's on, and depending on how strong your fence is, you should feel it by about 3".
hi I'm from india ,how can get them to India to grow a living fence
You take a grass straw and touch the live wire with that. Touch the wire with the straw at various distances and you can gently feel if the wire is live or not.
I find your idea of using a small cutting next to a large a different idea, and I'm curious to see how well it works for you. I'll be starting more hazel hedge this year, I laid my first one this month, and seeing how well it works I'll be doing lots more. I think I need to run mine taller eventually to keep the elk out. Have you tried using a shovel to plant your cuttings? I just stab it into the dirt, and push the handle away from me, and slip the cutting down the exposed slot, slip the shovel out of the slot, and step on the dirt on the side away from me to compact the dirt back against the cutting. Sort of like digging razor clams in reverse. I've seen in an English book on coppicing where the author uses the same method I use, but makes a tee shape slot where the cutting goes in. Possibly that tee shape gives the roots another crack to follow easily? Well this is my 2nd post on your vids, so I've also subscribed. I used to live in a dry area too, happily that's not an issue where I live now. I assume you're experimenting with dry farming of crops?
so, goats won't eat the fence once it's done? or does the electric fence have to be permanent so they won't eat it?
The thumbnail for this video shows a green leafy fence but you don't show that in the video. Why?
I would guess that you are grounded out you can get a piece of garden hose or any kind of rubber and put your wire through it then attach it to you pen and it will fix your grounding out. 🙂
What is the best time of year to do this?
Beautiful! Keep up the great work 🙂
Very good for the bees as well in early spring!
Very clever sollution for the HOMESTEAD!
When I was a child my cousin had an electrical fence for their sheep. I have no idea how powerful it was but I do remember holding a blade of grass and touching the wire you could feel a little jolt but it wouldn't hurt you.
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Thats so cool thanks !
Tethering goats is very dangerous. They are vulnerable to wandering dogs & there's always the chance of choking.