Protect your Gardens from Deer this Winter!!!!

When the frosty kiss of Autumn
in the dark
Makes its mark
On the flowers, and the misty morning grieves
Over fallen leaves;
Then my olden garden, where the golden soil
Through the toil
Of a hundred years is mellow, rich, and deep,
Whispers in its sleep.
-Henry Van Dyke

No one can deny that autumn is definitely in full swing now. There is a definite crispness in the air and the trees are beginning to don their regal colors. As the thought of winter takes its place in the back of every gardener’s mind, it is time to think about how you will prepare your garden beds for winter. If you are worried about hungry local deer eating your dormant plants and flowers, take heart! There is a solution. Benner’s Gardens Temporary Winter Protection Kit is on sale now! Dubbed our “Victory Garden Kit”, it is complete with everything that you need to protect your landscape during the winter months. Then, when spring arrives, all you have to do is slide the posts out of the sleeve and roll the deer fence up! It’s that simple! Call today for more info…or click on the link below!
http://www.bennersgardens.com/seasonal-bed-protection.asp

PANTS 2009! a HUGE success:)

Benner's Gardens and Deer Fencers sends out a HUGE thankyou to those of you out there that made the PANTS tradeshow such a giant success! Best of luck to all of you landscapers, garden centers, nurseries and homeowners that are supporters of the Benner's Gardens fence systems and accessories! Your support for us, the originators of deer fence and the deer fence system, is what makes us who we are. So THANKYOU! We look forward to a fantastic end of 2009 and an even more fantastic 2010:)

The resident deer, wildlife and dog protection experts!

We at Benner's Gardens, love when our customers call us with questions! These questions range from how to put up a deer or dog fence the best possible way, to questions about keeping deer, rodents and other wildlife from eating valuable plants and vegetables. We pride ourselves with keeping up with current research and ideas in our field so that we can best answer and inform our customers. This summer, we have an intern on board, Max, who is focusing on just that...research! As he goes about his daily duties, we are constantly being amazed at the wealth of infomation on deer, dogs, gardening and other topics that is out there just waiting to be utilized and we can't wait to share it with you! Stay tuned to share in our constant learning experince.

Rabbits....keep out!

This year, as gardens begin to spring up everywhere, the bunnies are feasting and flourishing. Gardens are swiftly becoming destroyed faster than they can grow. Just when your hopes of having a beautiful, productive vegetable garden are disintegrating into thin air, take heart! There is a solution.

My dad owns an old farm near Lancaster County, Pa, and I have noticed that each year the rabbit population seems to be multiplying by the hundreds! This spring, my dad took the Benner's Gardens 2’ x 150’ Rabbit Groundhog Barrier and installed it like a fence around his vegetable garden. He used small wooded stakes as posts and attached the Rabbit Groundhog barrier to the posts with zip ties. He then staked the bottom row of the barrier into the ground so that the critters could not wriggle underneath. Since the erection of this “Rabbit Fence”, his produce yield has dramatically increased. Finally we, not the local bunnies, can enjoy our very own homegrown produce!

Benner's Gardens Deer Fence protects your Recession Garden!

During WW2, as the effects of the War began to take its toll on the food and supplies on the Home Front, government inflicted rationing provoked people to look to their own self-sufficiency to discover ways to show their patriotism and contribute to the War effort. Inspired by the efforts of horticulturalist Charles Lathrop Pack who, in 1917, pioneered the concept of “War Gardens” to help the Home Front feed and support the Cause, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt decided to plant a sizeable garden on the White House lawn. She referred to her effort as a “Victory Garden” because she believed that, through community support and combined patriotic effort, the Home Front could help to “feed the troops to victory”. Her insight was proven true when by the end of WWII, in 1945, these community “Victory Gardens” were supplying 40% of the produce consumed in America!

Now, decades later, the same plot of land that was once tended by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, is now being dug up again by a White House First Lady. As Michelle Obama breaks ground and begins preparations for her own “Victory Garden”, history is again repeating itself as universal excitement for this endeavor is swiftly spreading. With the fluctuating economy as the primary motivation and the importance of healthy, sound nutrition coming in a close second, Americans are adapting the example of the our First Lady and scrambling to start “Victory Gardens” of their own, dubbing them with the modern name of “Recession Gardens”.

Within the past few months since the First Lady began here “Recession Garden” endeavor, hundreds of townships, organizations, schools, churches, and communities, have broken ground for community garden projects of their own. Most of these garden projects hope to donate the fruits of their labors to local food banks, the underemployed, and the unemployed.

As self-sufficiency and cooperation are quickly become the popular trends, Benners Gardens is getting caught up in the whirlwind as well. The recent influx of “Recession Gardens” has spurred a fear that these gardens, if not properly protected by the confines of a fence, will be hastily destroyed by hungry deer before they have time to prosper. Benners Gardens helps out this reputable cause by their willingness to discount and donate sizable quantities of fence to communities all across the United States!
During WW2, as the effects of the War began to take its toll on the food and supplies on the Home Front, government inflicted rationing provoked people to look to their own self-sufficiency to discover ways to show their patriotism and contribute to the War effort. Inspired by the efforts of horticulturalist Charles Lathrop Pack who, in 1917, pioneered the concept of “War Gardens” to help the Home Front feed and support the Cause, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt decided to plant a sizeable garden on the White House lawn. She referred to her effort as a “Victory Garden” because she believed that, through community support and combined patriotic effort, the Home Front could help to “feed the troops to victory”. Her insight was proven true when by the end of WWII, in 1945, these community “Victory Gardens” were supplying 40% of the produce consumed in America!

Now, decades later, the same plot of land that was once tended by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, is now being dug up again by a White House First Lady. As Michelle Obama breaks ground and begins preparations for her own “Victory Garden”, history is again repeating itself as universal excitement for this endeavor is swiftly spreading. With the fluctuating economy as the primary motivation and the importance of healthy, sound nutrition coming in a close second, Americans are adapting the example of the our First Lady and scrambling to start “Victory Gardens” of their own, dubbing them with the modern name of “Recession Gardens”.

Within the past few months since the First Lady began here “Recession Garden” endeavor, hundreds of townships, organizations, schools, churches, and communities, have broken ground for community garden projects of their own. Most of these garden projects hope to donate the fruits of their labors to local food banks, the underemployed, and the unemployed.

As self-sufficiency and cooperation are quickly become the popular trends, Benners Gardens is getting caught up in the whirlwind as well. The recent influx of “Recession Gardens” has spurred a fear that these gardens, if not properly protected by the confines of a fence, will be hastily destroyed by hungry deer before they have time to prosper. Benners Gardens helps out this reputable cause by their willingness to discount and donate sizable quantities of fence to communities all across the United States! Save money and help the environment by planting a recession garden today...just make sure to put a fence around it...deer love your fresh vegetables and fruits as much as you do!