You need to start educating your son early on... Get him started with ready answers to those difficult questions, like "What kind of tomatoes are they ?" He needs to be taught to be observant so he could just take a look at them and know to answer "They're green ones !" Gary
Just a tip…get away from using Phillips head deck screws and go with torx head deck screws. Also, what others mentioned; use the exterior fence as part of the ground so your fence on the outside is electrified when touching the energized wire and the earth or the fence…but while in the inside you won’t get shocked just touching the fence-if you kept the fence electrified-because it’s only the ground.
What a cute, sweet little fellow! A real blessing to have in the home! I know he is not sweet all the time, but count the times he is. That will keep you happy!
I love sunflowers and I have been collecting the seeds to regrow them and I am on the 6th generation from the original plant now Very nice flowers too they are maroon, orange, yellow, and a nice mix of those colors.
It’s aggravating to see your work destroyed. The little critters are scouting your corn. Skunks got mine last year. I’m doing the same thing you are this year. Only difference I put my wire inside around the corn. Your son growing like a weed. Handsome little fellow. Good luck to both of us and our corn.
I remember those electric gate handles well. We always had to open the electric gate when we went to my grandparents' farm. I remember my brother getting a bit of a zip when he first started opening the gate ...... but he sure did learn fast how to handle it.
I’m in okla, havn’t had a problem with the coon on the stalks, but with the corn in the roasting ear stage. I also ran electric wires to keep them out, however I ran mine on the inside attaching them to the steel post. I ran three wires, the upper and lower being the hot and the middle being a ground. Seemed to work pretty good last year.
3 things: 1) insulate the positive wire from the controller to the first hot post. 2) the ground wire needs a much better connection to the ground stakes and use the main fence too 3) the best racoon deterrent is a 22.
Good morning my friend. I saw your tomato plantation. Here in Brazil, we put cuttings for the plants to grow and for the tomatoes not to have contact with the soil. Shoots are also removed.
The weed barrier is ground cover cloth. Ive put my fair share of that stuff down making pads for container grown plants. I worked at a wholesale nursery years ago. We bought it in a 12 foot by 500 feet roll. Tips I have for you, make longer legged staples to pin it to the ground. Legs at least ten inches long. Stretch it as tight as you can ( super tight) the tighter it is the easier water will go thru it. It can be sewed together with a uv resistant string. Check out BWI or Bunch Wholesale Industries. They have the string and needle, and they sell the cloth as well.
You need to make the "eyes" where the insulated gate handle hooks in to more secure/less able to move as you attach and detach the gate handle. You will find it difficult and time consuming to try using those while power is still turned on if the eyes are able to move around much.
Looks great . If they get thru it now I think I would add a ground wire between the two hot wires . Just wrap it to the steal post in the ground an it should work great
When I had my farm in tasmania Australia I used offset insulators that fit into the sheep netting you have around your garden thus eliminating the need to run wire on separate posts, also you can earth directly to the fence wire giving you a great earth and hence a strong spark, I also used what we call here in Oz and is known as hot tape which is nylon rope embedded with wire and it comes in all sorts of thicknesses and shapes and is very pliable, so easy to attach... just a thought.............Craig
I ran soaker hoses under the material next to my plants that way the water gets under there and you use less water and you don't have the water run off problem. I also took a pool noodle cut it into thin disks put it around the base of the plants to stop weeds from growing next to the plant. 😁
For those that don’t know... 1: Deer can very easily bound over the fence and feast over night... 2 : Raccoons, possums & squirrels (climbers) will always bypass ALL countermeasures you employ. They must be trapped, relocated, and/or eliminated
I have to trap them close to my garden spot in Dec/Jan/Feb to keep the out of mine. We relocate them to a friends place that wants them. Every year we catch 10-12. I also use an electric fence to detour them. Good luck with keeping them out.
I'm glad you're actually showing how things go and not cleaning it up and making it look perfect. I'm in the process of making a small chicken tractor for my 4 new ducks, because ducks=lawn mowers, or at least we're going to try that, and I drove some pretty ugly screws myself. I'm also taking the time to turn all the sharp edges (I don't have a file yet), because I have a 7" scar on my shoulder from a run-in with the old tin weather stripping, and I don't want either grandkids or critters to have to deal with an injury like that when I can prevent it. Keep up the good work guys. Your son is adorable asking for thumbs ups lol. :)
Checkout Living Traditions Homestead. They cover the entire garden (including the corn) with the woven ground cover. They may get a few weeds around the planting holes but very easy to keep up with.
The amount of times I fitted 3-phase C-form plugs, measured the lengths, cut and stripped the 5 wires, figured out which wire went to which pin and screwed them up... only to realise the back cover was on the bench next to me. I can relate to your twisty wire conundrum 😂😂
U should lay irrigation tubes under the black plastic then u can water it when it's needed.. By doing that. The plastic will keep the moisture in longer..
What you did should solve your problem young man. I had coyotes tear down a couple of rows of my sweet corn a few years ago they were eating it so I had to pick all my corn so those coyotes wouldn’t get it that’s what you deal with sometimes raising a garden. Thanks for sharing your videos with us and God bless!
I've seen racoons watch squirrels for a while, then follow their path to the food. They can also dig to get what they want. M-80 firecracker noisemakers work to an extent. But they get use to even that.
Use the sawdust from your WoodMizer and cover your paths between the rows of crops to inhibit the weeds. The sawdust will decompose over time, enriching the soil in later years.
Good one Wes! Garden is looking good. Lets hop the electric fence keeps the Corn thieving Critters away! Be good if you could set up one of those trail cams and get some footage of Mr Racoon getting a shock! Regards from the UK - stay safe & well. 👍👍
Hi, the “decimation” of your corn crop was not too bad as 90% of your crop survived. Most farmers would not like that but would take it in their stride. Now if it was locusts or grubs or beetles, that could have been much worse! To check that the current is going through the wires, just pick up a long leaf of grass, hold it between your thumb and index finger and touch the electrified wire. You will be able to feel the current in your fingers without getting zapped. What ever you do, don’t ever ask your wife to touch the wire to test the system. She will never forgive you. Keep going mate, it could have rained for thirteen weeks straight or like in Ausie. you could have been in the sixth straight year without rain. Harera
You use the sawdust from your sawmill to cover the ground in your garden. Help prevent weeds in between the beds and give nutrients to the soil for next years garden.
Hey y'all to help with your bug problems.run a fence throw the center of your garden then let your chickens to free range around and throw the center of your garden. You can also try 4 drops of dawn dish soap to a gallon of water and spray your plants once a month. Those 2 thing you should have no bugs take care
I have 3 solar charged fencers n I keep out most deer turkey n coons.woodchucks are tougher.they will take the poke to eat the food for awhile but they do get tired of the irritating jolt.stronger the better.gotta stay low n the deer lead w there nose so when they get poked they won't step over it.unless one walks over before getting poked but usually they get it the next time.i don't run wires at my gates but they have time woven wire on them, so we can go in n out w/o shutting the fence on n off.cause we use to forget to turn em back on.i replaced over 40 plastic wire holders that the deer broke off running threw the fences over the winter this year.don't forget the handle.you can also ground out to your main fence w all the post in the ground.we had mice n voles move in n ate the bottom off our plants.i think you ended the coons.but coons usually climb to get the ear n don't eat the stalk but woodchucks do n squirrels too sometimes.
If you fill up that water pipe with some water twice a week and you won't have any grounding problems as the soil around the base of it will be continuously moist.
Using outriggers on your fence would probably be more effective. This allows you to offset the electric cable from your fence. Don’t forget your gate as well. Cheers. Farmer Pete.
A late night trip with a good spotlight and either a .22 rifle or a high powered compressed air rifle can get rid of some of those invasive critters as well.
I had the same thing happen to my corn last year, I checked it, thought this could wait a few more days, before the few days passed the coins mowed it down.
I am guessing the solar charger has an internal battery which charges the wires overnight? A hint to the wise, use a pair of needle nose pliers to hold the staples while driving them. I hope this solution works
Got a friend with a German Shepherd ? Offer to brush the dog out. Save ALL of that hair. Sprinkle that hair around your garden. Most if not all critters will not come near that hair. Predator oils in the hair. I hope it works out however you go forward.
We call them long nose pliers here in Oz and I used to use them and still do if I need to nail something small or awkward............good advice indeed
With that extension you have on your drill for the bits, it will slide down over the screw head so the bit stays in place when your starting the screw into the wood. I have used the heck out of those things and it sure saves the fingers when holding something to screw down. Just try it until you get it and you will never do it any other way. Oh and the longer extension works better for longer screws. Oh and keep your greenery whacked down so it doesn't touch the wire or else it all becomes worthless.
@@falllineridge Dang that is the main reason I bought the dang things. Mine all work like that but they are a few years old,... maybe you just got one that is froze up. When they go bad the clip inside breaks and then you have to hold them on. Seems like sometimes they go to far the wrong way too and then they are hard to get back. hmmmmmm
Garden is looking good/ I had the same problem with racoons here in West Virginia. I trapped them in live traps then dispatched them. Skunks also, and groundhogs. Lead posion is really bad for them, lol if you know what I mean. If you can find some Honey Select corn seed, I would highly recommend it. Very sweet corn.
Hi a cheaper option for moving your electric fence, why not use cork to insolate so u could acctuly touch it without getting a nasty shock as mist materials including ceramic waste away over time hence the height mist of it us used in the UK otherwise its heat treated
I had a beagle/ blue tick that hated racoons and wood chucks I used to wake up every morning to one or the other every morning for 5 years. He always had his nose and ears tore up. LOL
I had this problem with my garden... Any raccoon worth his salt is going to learn to jump right over that 1foot hot wire onto your fence and simply climb over. As soon as a critter leaves the ground there is no longer a negative side of the circuit to worry about and they can touch the hot wire all they want. Why not connect the fence to GROUND (MAKE THE FENCE PART OF YOUR GROUND CURCIT) and place the hot wires on the fence posts with 4 to 6 inch insulated standoffs about one and two feet off the ground consecutively... maybe even add a third wire closer to the top? (Like the ropes around a boxing ring). Critters get shocked as they try to climb the fence weather or not their little feetsies are still on terra firma.. Remember as soon as critters leave the ground there's no longer a negative side of the circuit to worry about. And they can climb / touch the hotwire all they want unless the fence is grounded. Also your ground post connections would have a much better connection with wire to bolt and tightened with a nut and not just wrapped around your ground posts... Loose connections will make sparks and heat... I've seen it a night "preeeeetty colors!" Just a thought... Thanks for the video...
As a young boy growing up on a tobacco farm in North Carolina in the 50s.I was told by the boys that The only way I could become a member of their hideout and club. Was to Pee on the electric fence. That is cruel and inhumane hazing. But we sure did get a lot of laughs out of that.🥺
you know your boy will eventually experience that fence for himself. to delay that time, turn it off while you are working the garden. remember to turn it back on when you leave. tie some rag strips on your wire. local critters will start associating that to a hot fence. later you could do that with a length of kite string, and they will stay clear of it. it will also help you and others keep from getting mixed up on what is or isn't "hot." i grew up with electric fence around most of 40 acres. spent a lot of time walking/repairing/testing in my early teens. most aggravating to find the spot where the trouble was, walk back to the house, unplug the charger, walk back and make the repair, back to the house again to plug the charger in. If it didn't show "good," it was back out to walk it some more. most fun? watching city cousin's dog hike his leg on the fence. or the much younger, rebellious city cousin that would do something simply because you told him not to. "pee on the barn wall, pee on a tree, or on the ground, just don't pee on the fence." he found out why 🙄
Glad when my parents use to grown corn the only thing we dealt with were grubs. Though they were fat big boys!! Hate crushing juicy bugs like that. Gross. Your corn stalks looks so nice and green. 😍
That's only a temporary stoppage for clever critters. Yes it'll stump them first, but whichever individual is smarter and more persistent will find a way and teach the others. Just like squirrels 95% of people come short of realizing how much barrage is needed to keep them from raiding the bird houses. This will only stop them for 2 weeks. Then you'll modify it and they'll beat that too, and that will repeat a couple of times until you'll throw the towel and spend bigger bucks to make a bear proof enclosure.
Get a fencing pliers, you can hold the staple with the pliers and start them then flip the pliers you the hammer end and drive them in. Also, I'm afraid the raccoons will get their where the handles are 😆
Groundhogs and squirrels wreaked havoc on my garden So I took the fence down Pulled out all the plants And now if I want fresh vegetables I go to one of my local garden stands.
How about using some of your mounds of saw dust in between your planted plots? Would keep you from drowning in mud, keep weeds at bay, and provide loads of carbon to the soil.
Can you take a 3' piece of rebar and thread it through the fence between the posts, but using the rebar to pull the fence in toward the garden and keeping it away from the electric fence wire? A few of them around the perimeter of the fence should keep it from coming into contact with the fence fabric. Also, will tall grass with a lot of water on it cause the electric fence to ground out?
I use mint plants and mint drops around my garden. that keeps out rats and mice and racoons. I cannot have an electric fence because my Grand Kids moved in.
In Costa Rica where I live I knew of a man ho had a weekend beach cottage, and raccoons raided it. After two weeks he owners went and found the little dears had left the 'fridge door open for two weeks!
Hi Wes take a look at "living Traditions Homestead" a RUclips channel hosted by Kevin and Sara, they use that ground cover and have electric fencing as well. You can get some good ideas from what they have installed. Great video, thumbs up.
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Good luck with the garden. Be sure to keep us updated. Glad to see the little man.
You can add your existing fence to the ground side.. if they touch the hot wires and any part of the original fencing, its ZAP big time!
With that being said then all he really needs is a ground and the fence will be hot so zap if touched? Am I understanding this currently?
Set out your trail cam....We want to see some critters tangle with the electric wire...
He beat me to it!
@@MrPaige222 YES
I would put that video on a loop and lay in some dance music. Friggen raccoons
Apart by that time I
Oh deeah, your little boy is SO ADORABLE 😍 Thanks for sharing his joy with us. God bless y'all!! So glad you're protecting your crops!!
You need to start educating your son early on... Get him started with ready answers to those difficult questions, like "What kind of tomatoes are they ?" He needs to be taught to be observant so he could just take a look at them and know to answer "They're green ones !" Gary
@@garybessey2184 chill out garyboy, its a little toddler, he doesnt need to know anything but to play in the garden.
don't forget to keep the grass cut under the electric fence
Just a tip…get away from using Phillips head deck screws and go with torx head deck screws. Also, what others mentioned; use the exterior fence as part of the ground so your fence on the outside is electrified when touching the energized wire and the earth or the fence…but while in the inside you won’t get shocked just touching the fence-if you kept the fence electrified-because it’s only the ground.
What a cute, sweet little fellow! A real blessing to have in the home! I know he is not sweet all the time, but count the times he is. That will keep you happy!
I love sunflowers and I have been collecting the seeds to regrow them and I am on the 6th generation from the original plant now Very nice flowers too they are maroon, orange, yellow, and a nice mix of those colors.
10th Generation Dairyman said of his dad hammering, "He hammers like lightening, never strikes in the same place twice." I can relate.
That little guy is cute as a bug man. Your a lucky and very blessed man . God bless be safe and take care. Good info for keeping out critters
It’s aggravating to see your work destroyed. The little critters are scouting your corn. Skunks got mine last year. I’m doing the same thing you are this year. Only difference I put my wire inside around the corn. Your son growing like a weed. Handsome little fellow. Good luck to both of us and our corn.
I remember those electric gate handles well. We always had to open the electric gate when we went to my grandparents' farm. I remember my brother getting a bit of a zip when he first started opening the gate ...... but he sure did learn fast how to handle it.
I’m in okla, havn’t had a problem with the coon on the stalks, but with the corn in the roasting ear stage. I also ran electric wires to keep them out, however I ran mine on the inside attaching them to the steel post. I ran three wires, the upper and lower being the hot and the middle being a ground. Seemed to work pretty good last year.
3 things:
1) insulate the positive wire from the controller to the first hot post.
2) the ground wire needs a much better connection to the ground stakes and use the main fence too
3) the best racoon deterrent is a 22.
That was absolutely a great video!
Your mini me footage made it tops! God speed and Bless!
Thanks!
Looking good so far. Make sure to keep junior and the puppies away from the electric fence. Looking forward to more of your videos, and stay safe.
Good morning my friend. I saw your tomato plantation. Here in Brazil, we put cuttings for the plants to grow and for the tomatoes not to have contact with the soil. Shoots are also removed.
The weed barrier is ground cover cloth. Ive put my fair share of that stuff down making pads for container grown plants. I worked at a wholesale nursery years ago. We bought it in a 12 foot by 500 feet roll. Tips I have for you, make longer legged staples to pin it to the ground. Legs at least ten inches long. Stretch it as tight as you can ( super tight) the tighter it is the easier water will go thru it. It can be sewed together with a uv resistant string. Check out BWI or Bunch Wholesale Industries. They have the string and needle, and they sell the cloth as well.
For all the cost, time and effort you put into installing the E fence, it’s probably easier to go and buy corn from the store😙
Pre-drill for your staple holes. Make a jig so you drill your holes at the correct spacing
Meanwhile, in the woods, Amazon delivers a set of rubber gloves and boots to a Mr R. Racoon.
I'm with you about using those staples. I hit my fingers more than the staples. Junior sure is cute. God Bless.
Have a radio playing at night in the garden. Also garden ultrasonic pest repellers have worked for me.
And electrify the gate too. Wire mesh the gate as well as the hinge and closure areas.
You need to make the "eyes" where the insulated gate handle hooks in to more secure/less able to move as you attach and detach the gate handle. You will find it difficult and time consuming to try using those while power is still turned on if the eyes are able to move around much.
Looks great . If they get thru it now I think I would add a ground wire between the two hot wires . Just wrap it to the steal post in the ground an it should work great
When I had my farm in tasmania Australia I used offset insulators that fit into the sheep netting you have around your garden thus eliminating the need to run wire on separate posts, also you can earth directly to the fence wire giving you a great earth and hence a strong spark, I also used what we call here in Oz and is known as hot tape which is nylon rope embedded with wire and it comes in all sorts of thicknesses and shapes and is very pliable, so easy to attach... just a thought.............Craig
A few have mentioned grounding right to the fence. Makes sense!
I ran soaker hoses under the material next to my plants that way the water gets under there and you use less water and you don't have the water run off problem. I also took a pool noodle cut it into thin disks put it around the base of the plants to stop weeds from growing next to the plant. 😁
For those that don’t know...
1: Deer can very easily bound over the fence and feast over night...
2 : Raccoons, possums & squirrels (climbers) will always bypass ALL countermeasures you employ. They must be trapped, relocated, and/or eliminated
I set up live traps and dog proof foot hold traps close to corn fields. Usually just with marshmallows. Works well! No relocating!
I have to trap them close to my garden spot in Dec/Jan/Feb to keep the out of mine. We relocate them to a friends place that wants them. Every year we catch 10-12. I also use an electric fence to detour them. Good luck with keeping them out.
With those kind of staples, I always use a pair of long nose needle nose pliers to hold the staple to start. Saves many smashed fingers.
That's a good idea.
I'm glad you're actually showing how things go and not cleaning it up and making it look perfect. I'm in the process of making a small chicken tractor for my 4 new ducks, because ducks=lawn mowers, or at least we're going to try that, and I drove some pretty ugly screws myself. I'm also taking the time to turn all the sharp edges (I don't have a file yet), because I have a 7" scar on my shoulder from a run-in with the old tin weather stripping, and I don't want either grandkids or critters to have to deal with an injury like that when I can prevent it. Keep up the good work guys. Your son is adorable asking for thumbs ups lol. :)
Sounds like a good setup! Thanks for watching!
You could put some finer fence wire along the botto0m of the inside fence to keep rabbits and other smaller critters out.
Great video and this type of fence is what I’m wanting to do around our garden.
Checkout Living Traditions Homestead. They cover the entire garden (including the corn) with the woven ground cover. They may get a few weeds around the planting holes but very easy to keep up with.
Those are who I got the idea from, works great!
The amount of times I fitted 3-phase C-form plugs, measured the lengths, cut and stripped the 5 wires, figured out which wire went to which pin and screwed them up... only to realise the back cover was on the bench next to me. I can relate to your twisty wire conundrum 😂😂
You might want to try putting drip tape under the weed barrier to water your plants. I would save water and make it easier too.
U should lay irrigation tubes under the black plastic then u can water it when it's needed.. By doing that. The plastic will keep the moisture in longer..
Boy, howdy. I thought you meant two-legged thieves. I'm sort of glad it isn't. Thanks, good people.
Thankfully no.
@@juufa72 Say with an Irish accent. That should terrify anyone...
What you did should solve your problem young man. I had coyotes tear down a couple of rows of my sweet corn a few years ago they were eating it so I had to pick all my corn so those coyotes wouldn’t get it that’s what you deal with sometimes raising a garden.
Thanks for sharing your videos with us and God bless!
I've seen racoons watch squirrels for a while, then follow their path to the food. They can also dig to get what they want. M-80 firecracker noisemakers work to an extent. But they get use to even that.
Use the sawdust from your WoodMizer and cover your paths between the rows of crops to inhibit the weeds. The sawdust will decompose over time, enriching the soil in later years.
Good one Wes! Garden is looking good. Lets hop the electric fence keeps the Corn thieving Critters away! Be good if you could set up one of those trail cams and get some footage of Mr Racoon getting a shock! Regards from the UK - stay safe & well. 👍👍
Thanks!
Hi, the “decimation” of your corn crop was not too bad as 90% of your crop survived. Most farmers would not like that but would take it in their stride. Now if it was locusts or grubs or beetles, that could have been much worse! To check that the current is going through the wires, just pick up a long leaf of grass, hold it between your thumb and index finger and touch the electrified wire. You will be able to feel the current in your fingers without getting zapped. What ever you do, don’t ever ask your wife to touch the wire to test the system. She will never forgive you. Keep going mate, it could have rained for thirteen weeks straight or like in Ausie. you could have been in the sixth straight year without rain. Harera
take a leak against the wires zappie
@@willemh3319 get her to squat and then do the leak!
You use the sawdust from your sawmill to cover the ground in your garden. Help prevent weeds in between the beds and give nutrients to the soil for next years garden.
Hey y'all to help with your bug problems.run a fence throw the center of your garden then let your chickens to free range around and throw the center of your garden. You can also try 4 drops of dawn dish soap to a gallon of water and spray your plants once a month. Those 2 thing you should have no bugs take care
You can always run stinger wires at the top if they figure out how to avoid the bottom wires by jumping onto the fence. Good luck
I have 3 solar charged fencers n I keep out most deer turkey n coons.woodchucks are tougher.they will take the poke to eat the food for awhile but they do get tired of the irritating jolt.stronger the better.gotta stay low n the deer lead w there nose so when they get poked they won't step over it.unless one walks over before getting poked but usually they get it the next time.i don't run wires at my gates but they have time woven wire on them, so we can go in n out w/o shutting the fence on n off.cause we use to forget to turn em back on.i replaced over 40 plastic wire holders that the deer broke off running threw the fences over the winter this year.don't forget the handle.you can also ground out to your main fence w all the post in the ground.we had mice n voles move in n ate the bottom off our plants.i think you ended the coons.but coons usually climb to get the ear n don't eat the stalk but woodchucks do n squirrels too sometimes.
If you fill up that water pipe with some water twice a week and you won't have any grounding problems as the soil around the base of it will be continuously moist.
If you have any trouble with critters gettin through wrap a piece of aluminum foil on top wire like a flag and smear peanut butter on it.
Using outriggers on your fence would probably be more effective. This allows you to offset the electric cable from your fence. Don’t forget your gate as well. Cheers. Farmer Pete.
Dad: Hey Baby where is the corn at?
Baby: I was not informed there was going to be a pop Quiz today.
A late night trip with a good spotlight and either a .22 rifle or a high powered compressed air rifle can get rid of some of those invasive critters as well.
I had the same thing happen to my corn last year, I checked it, thought this could wait a few more days, before the few days passed the coins mowed it down.
Coins ?
God bless you you need all the help you can get
I love my DeWalt! I bought the 6Amp batteries for it and the circular.
Looks good but you'll definitely have to keep the little feller away from the fence 😁
Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing
I am guessing the solar charger has an internal battery which charges the wires overnight? A hint to the wise, use a pair of needle nose pliers to hold the staples while driving them. I hope this solution works
Got a friend with a German Shepherd ?
Offer to brush the dog out.
Save ALL of that hair.
Sprinkle that hair around your garden.
Most if not all critters will not come near that hair.
Predator oils in the hair.
I hope it works out however you go forward.
I use a pair of old needle nose pliers to hold them staples, otherwise I’d smash my fingers.
We call them long nose pliers here in Oz and I used to use them and still do if I need to nail something small or awkward............good advice indeed
With that extension you have on your drill for the bits, it will slide down over the screw head so the bit stays in place when your starting the screw into the wood. I have used the heck out of those things and it sure saves the fingers when holding something to screw down. Just try it until you get it and you will never do it any other way. Oh and the longer extension works better for longer screws. Oh and keep your greenery whacked down so it doesn't touch the wire or else it all becomes worthless.
You won't believe this but I tried to do that, and these drivers don't have that option. Tried to pull it out but no good.
@@falllineridge Dang that is the main reason I bought the dang things. Mine all work like that but they are a few years old,... maybe you just got one that is froze up. When they go bad the clip inside breaks and then you have to hold them on. Seems like sometimes they go to far the wrong way too and then they are hard to get back. hmmmmmm
I really enjoyed your video. Congratulations to the son.
Great work. 👍👍 mulch, mulch, mulch! Do you guys catch water? If not, you should start. Record drought en route.
You could get a premier one fencing to go all the way around and nothing could get in
Garden is looking good/ I had the same problem with racoons here in West Virginia. I trapped them in live traps then dispatched them. Skunks also, and groundhogs. Lead posion is really bad for them, lol if you know what I mean. If you can find some Honey Select corn seed, I would highly recommend it. Very sweet corn.
I have seen a couple of U tubers that use that ground cover seems to work one even plants corn in it.
Hi a cheaper option for moving your electric fence, why not use cork to insolate so u could acctuly touch it without getting a nasty shock as mist materials including ceramic waste away over time hence the height mist of it us used in the UK otherwise its heat treated
You need a drip system on the weed control stuff. Saves water too.
Have you tried peaches and cream corn? It tastes great, very sweet. It can be ordered.
No I haven't. Bet it's good.
I had a beagle/ blue tick that hated racoons and wood chucks I used to wake up every morning to one or the other every morning for 5 years. He always had his nose and ears tore up. LOL
Raccoons can be pretty vicious, sounds like a tough dog!
I had this problem with my garden... Any raccoon worth his salt is going to learn to jump right over that 1foot hot wire onto your fence and simply climb over. As soon as a critter leaves the ground there is no longer a negative side of the circuit to worry about and they can touch the hot wire all they want. Why not connect the fence to GROUND (MAKE THE FENCE PART OF YOUR GROUND CURCIT) and place the hot wires on the fence posts with 4 to 6 inch insulated standoffs about one and two feet off the ground consecutively... maybe even add a third wire closer to the top? (Like the ropes around a boxing ring). Critters get shocked as they try to climb the fence weather or not their little feetsies are still on terra firma.. Remember as soon as critters leave the ground there's no longer a negative side of the circuit to worry about. And they can climb / touch the hotwire all they want unless the fence is grounded. Also your ground post connections would have a much better connection with wire to bolt and tightened with a nut and not just wrapped around your ground posts... Loose connections will make sparks and heat... I've seen it a night "preeeeetty colors!" Just a thought... Thanks for the video...
As a young boy growing up on a tobacco farm in North Carolina in the 50s.I was told by the boys that The only way I could become a member of their hideout and club. Was to Pee on the electric fence. That is cruel and inhumane hazing. But we sure did get a lot of laughs out of that.🥺
you know your boy will eventually experience that fence for himself. to delay that time, turn it off while you are working the garden. remember to turn it back on when you leave.
tie some rag strips on your wire. local critters will start associating that to a hot fence. later you could do that with a length of kite string, and they will stay clear of it. it will also help you and others keep from getting mixed up on what is or isn't "hot."
i grew up with electric fence around most of 40 acres. spent a lot of time walking/repairing/testing in my early teens. most aggravating to find the spot where the trouble was, walk back to the house, unplug the charger, walk back and make the repair, back to the house again to plug the charger in. If it didn't show "good," it was back out to walk it some more.
most fun? watching city cousin's dog hike his leg on the fence. or the much younger, rebellious city cousin that would do something simply because you told him not to. "pee on the barn wall, pee on a tree, or on the ground, just don't pee on the fence." he found out why 🙄
Ur little boy is so cute he definitely a cool dude
Glad when my parents use to grown corn the only thing we dealt with were grubs. Though they were fat big boys!! Hate crushing juicy bugs like that. Gross. Your corn stalks looks so nice and green. 😍
That's only a temporary stoppage for clever critters. Yes it'll stump them first, but whichever individual is smarter and more persistent will find a way and teach the others. Just like squirrels 95% of people come short of realizing how much barrage is needed to keep them from raiding the bird houses. This will only stop them for 2 weeks. Then you'll modify it and they'll beat that too, and that will repeat a couple of times until you'll throw the towel and spend bigger bucks to make a bear proof enclosure.
I can frame a whole house but when it comes to fence staples, i embarrass myself
I cheat with needle nosed pliers
Those staples are bad news. Drove one through my glove today. Missed my finger thankfully.
@@falllineridge
Seriously, try the needle nose trick. I can't hold a staple and miss my fingers with a hammer, either. Damn near impossible
Get a fencing pliers, you can hold the staple with the pliers and start them then flip the pliers you the hammer end and drive them in.
Also, I'm afraid the raccoons will get their where the handles are 😆
works during the day, but does it have batteries to work at night, when the majority of varmits munch
You have a serious deficiency of nitrate and phosphate. I would suggest NPK 19-19-19 is in order next year
Very useful video thanks a lot. ..
And try to use impact driver it will be pleasure ...
If you try testing the electric fence at night the spark would probably show up on the video. It may be the only thing to show up.
:)) the gate handle is the entrance to the kingdom!
I hold the staple with a pair of pliers till it is seated then I can hammer without fear of knocking it loose or smashing my fingers...
Groundhogs and squirrels wreaked havoc on my garden So I took the fence down Pulled out all the plants And now if I want fresh vegetables I go to one of my local garden stands.
That works!
How about using some of your mounds of saw dust in between your planted plots? Would keep you from drowning in mud, keep weeds at bay, and provide loads of carbon to the soil.
Can you take a 3' piece of rebar and thread it through the fence between the posts, but using the rebar to pull the fence in toward the garden and keeping it away from the electric fence wire? A few of them around the perimeter of the fence should keep it from coming into contact with the fence fabric. Also, will tall grass with a lot of water on it cause the electric fence to ground out?
Yes, wet or dry grass will ground it out for sure.
I use mint plants and mint drops around my garden. that keeps out rats and mice and racoons. I cannot have an electric fence because my Grand Kids moved in.
Do you have to turn off the power when you water so it doesn’t short out? Great video. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
No, no difference in watering and rain. Main thing is keeping the grass off the wire.
The best way to test the wire is put your finger on it. Your hit in the staples was like lightning. Lol
What did you do for the gate again. And below it
Try California weave on your tomato's. I like it.
In Costa Rica where I live I knew of a man ho had a weekend beach cottage, and raccoons raided it. After two weeks he owners went and found the little dears had left the 'fridge door open for two weeks!
Ha!
so after all this time, how did the fence work out? did you deter the thieves?
Did you ever figure out what critter this was for sure?
I am extraordinarily disappointed you didn't test that fence by touching it. COME ON - take one for the team!!!!
I'd be inclined to take the Davy Crocket solution.
Enjoy your videos too my friend
Hi Wes take a look at "living Traditions Homestead" a RUclips channel hosted by Kevin and Sara, they use that ground cover and have electric fencing as well. You can get some good ideas from what they have installed. Great video, thumbs up.
They're the ones that I got the idea of the ground cover from. Really happy with it so far.
@@falllineridge Well I guess great minds think alike, eh?