Might try use fishing line for a garden fence next year.

[Kaleva]

Pounding in 8' steel posts or digging holes for 4x4 wooden posts and attaching 6' high wire mesh to that is getting to be too much for me now so I've been thinking of easier ways to put up a garden fence. One that I put up in the spring and can take down in the fall with relative ease and also one that I can mow or at least weed whack between posts when the fence is up. Of course the fence would also need to be capable of keeping the deer out which would be the primary purpose of the fence. Something easy to put up and take down but doesn't keep the 4 legged eating machines out would be of no use.

I first thought of using an electric fence attached to 4x4 wooden posts. It'd be a job to put the posts in but once in place, I'd leave them up permanent and just put up the wire in spring and take that down in the fall. However, the actual size of the garden is in flux and I want to have some flexibility to change the size as needed so that eliminates the 4x4 posts. So then it'd have to be steel posts but of a size I can handle and are also the right size that electric fence clips can attach to rather then the 8 footers I have now.

Looking at the Tractor Supply website, the cost for an electric fence setup that would be adequate for the roughly 1800 square foot vegetable garden would be kinda high so I started looking for other options. On YouTube, I found a video of a guy who uses steel fence posts but instead of wire, he uses 30lb. test fishing line. He says the deer cannot see it and when they bump up against it, it panics them. And unable to see it, they don't try and jump over it. He says he's been using this method for 8 years now with great success even though there are lots of deer in his area and a well used deer path is right next to his garden. Others have commented that the system has worked well for them too.

Here's the video: