Veggies and Electric Protection

After having several tools and equipment stolen out of the garage we have decided that our electric fence is a priority and I have been busy.  The front fence is complete and the cables buried for the gates and to feed the fence.  We have an energiser with an output of abount 11 000 volts.  Now I recon that this will get the attention of any would be theft artist.  The garage doors are going to be wired up to the system soon and that will help a great deal.  Replacement tools and sundries are expensive these days and I have to protect them and ourselves against intruders. 

What a sad thing to have to do.  I remember as a little boy here there was never a locked door to be found.  Many farmers would go away for a few days leaving the house open and the tractor and bakkie keys in their ignitions.  The milk cans stood beside the gatepost with the post bag hanging on the post right next to the road.  If you did that today all would dissappear never to be seen again.  In fact the gates often get stolen too.

Meantime it has started to rain this afternoon and we are off to braai later on.  I can hear thunder so its time to unplug everything.