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Gail Damerow (Author)
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January 3, 1992
Filled with sound, up-to-date advice and instruction, this complete guide makes fence building a task anyone can tackle with confidence.

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A Well-Made Fence Brings Peace of Mind

If you keep livestock or tend a garden that's vulnerable to wildlife predators, you know that a good fence is essential for protecting your investment. But with all of the new options available today -- and the many challenges posed by terrain, weather, and predators -- it's often hard to determine what type of fence meets your needs. That's why Gail Damerow has written this practical, easy-to-use guide to selecting, planning, and building fences that work.

Filled with sound, up-to-date advice and instruction, Fences for Pasture & Garden makes fence-building a task anyone can tackle with confidence. The author weighs the pros and cons of various fence systems -- from traditional fences to the latest technology -- and helps you select the best one for your needs. Helpful suggestions for planning the fence ensure maximum efficiency of labor and materials. And complete, generously illustrated directions show you how to build wire fences, rail fences, electric fences, high-tension fences, temporary fences, woven fences, snow fences, gates, trellises, and more.

From alarm systems to zoning laws, this book covers it all. If there's a fence in your future, don't waste time and money on an ineffective system. Make it one you can rely on by first reading Fences for Pasture & Garden.

About the Author

Gail Damerow and her husband operate a family farm in Tennessee, where they keep poultry and dairy goats, tend a sizable garden, and maintain a small orchard. Damerow has written extensively on raising livestock and is a regular contributor to Backyard Poultry magazine. She is the author of Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, The Chicken Encyclopedia, The Chicken Health Handbook, Your Chickens, Your Goats, Draft Horses and Mules, and numerous other books. 

Product Details

  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 3, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 088266753X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0882667539
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gail Damerow runs a small-scale farm raising chickens and other animals. She is the editor of Rural Heritage magazine, a monthly columnist for Dairy Goat Journal, and the author of seven Storey books on animals, with a combined 455,000 copies in print.

 

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114 of 115 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you are fencing this is the book you need!, August 23, 1999
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I was new to small scale farming and found that there was very little practical advice about the right way to build various fences other than learning on the job, from friends and neighbors and such. I then found this book and it told me everything I needed to know from how to choose the right kind of fence to how deep to drive a t-post. I now have a lot of sturdy fences that should last a very long time. (by the way, drop by your local farm store and get a copy of the Galagher fencing manual if you plan on doing electric fences. Lots of good info there too).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Basics, January 16, 2007
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We looked at the Fence Bible and a Guide to Stock Fencing. This book was better than both of them. It offers good basic fence building skills, expecially for building fences for livestock. Not a book for "pretty" urban fences.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book filled with great examples, January 1, 2006
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I was very impressed that this book went into so much detail about fencing. We are at the beginning stages of fencing in over 8,000 feet of fenceline and this book offered many wonderful suggestions that we had not thought of and will definately put to use now that we know better! Thank you so much for putting together such a great book for those who aren't very fence educated!
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"Build all your fences horse high, pig tight, and bull strong," the old saying goes. Read the first page
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scare wire, hex wire, tension fence, fiberglass posts, energy limiter, lightning diverters, dip post, anchor post, fence suppliers, hot tape, pulsed wire, brace assembly, brace assemblies, anchor assemblies, weed burner, brace wire, brace post, dummy post, animal pressure, post insulators, plastic fencing, anchor assembly, concrete footer, wire stretcher, smooth wire
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Laying the Foundation, New Zealand, Western Union, Planning Your Fence, Radio Shack, Standard Steel Gauge
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