Snow doesn’t stop Harvey. Electric fences do. When he find his path blocked by an electric fence, he barks to ask if it’s on or off. If it’s off, I call him through. If it’s on, I’m expected to lift him over it and he’ll wave a paw until I do. He has it sorted.
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Rabbit-proofing vegetables
7 June, 2008
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As we’ve moved our field-grown vegetables out beyond the bounds of fenced fields, they’ve become much more vulnerable to rabbit damage. It’s been especially bad this year as we’re suffering a vast increase in rabbits compared with the previous four years—despite shooting a couple a day. Our neighbours are also out shooting on a daily [...]
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14 October, 2006
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The gilts in the big pig paddock needed to be let on to a new strip of grass today, which meant cutting a swathe of grass along the line of the temporary electric fence. Of course, I didn’t use a tractor and mower, a ride-on mower, a petrol brushcutter or even a petrol lawnmower. No, [...]
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