Re: Jill's Courgettes

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:05:35 +0100, Fenny <umrat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ^W^W^W^W uk.media.radio.archers,
>Jane Vernon said ...
>> Unfortunately, the owner of the allotment next to hers has decided that an
>> electric fence is the only way to protect his carrots against the badgers so
>> it is no longer a safe place for the children to play.
>>
>Electric fences are no great danger to children. If there was a danger of
>someone else's kids running over my courgettes, I might put up an electric
>fence. But I doubt it would last long on our allotments.

Actually, after having just posted about the lawfulness or not of an electric
fence on an allotment, I should add that I agree with Fenny that it is no real
danger - provided it is a proper agricultural-type EF and not some crazy
shotgun-toting allotmentist who has just plugged some wire into the mains. As
children we would play in field with EFs and the occasional jolts did us no harm
- and we learned pretty quickly not to touch them either!

Nick O
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