So you have bought your netting kit are wondering  how to set it up.

Check out this great video for some guidelines

https://player.vimeo.com/video/68705458

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Here are some other great tips we have come across throughout the years to help with netting maintenance.

Using DPC

Use DPC underneath the bottom of the netting to help with the grass shorting the netting. This can be bought in most DIY stores nationwide. See the picture below for it in action.

Adding in extra posts

If you are

Well hello again,

So Spring has Sprung    Woo Hoo I hear you all say, Yes me too. So my question is who has finished lambing? Bought birds.... the egg laying kind? Has a new pony/horse or extending their grazing? Is new to electric fencing? OR Does your naughty dog or cat keep getting in the nice growing flower bed? Well if you are any of the above or something I have not mentioned then this blog might be right up your street..

So you have been on the  line and bought a nice shiny new kit, you

Have you ever been to Stirlingshire?  It is a beautiful part of Scotland - the 'Gate Way to The North'.  If you haven't been there - you should visit.  And guess what... I know a great farm stay which is beautifully done up and right in the middle of the farm so you can get involved if you want to.

I was lucky enough to be brought up at Old Leckie. The farm is now run by my brother, Fergus, and his wife Alison Younger (with their three girls).

Fergus and Alison have made a few changes over

Are you sick of lugging that heavy battery up and down the field? Sick of forgetting to check the power left in the battery?

Well we have a solar panel that will attach to some batteries to lengthen the life of the battery at least 6 fold so go from charging the battery every 2 week to approx 4 times a year ( position to the sun dependant)

Sound too good to be true well its not...

If you have one of the following Energisers

Gemini 40.80 or 120

Raptor 0.2, 0.8, 1.7 or 3.2

Super Merlin

Super Hobby

Hi Guys,

Well today here in East Lothian the sun came up at 06.22 and goes down at 20.01 and the sun is trying to show the clouds, keep trying sun...

So that is over 14 hrs of daylight ( not I do not say sunshine lol), With the longer days I am sure those of you with chickens are loving the fresh eggs check out our kits and our offer of the Month of May

Then for those of you who are solar users do not miss out on this solar energiser offer ends 30th April 2016 we also have other energiser that

Well Hello sun..... we today for us at least ( some of you who I speak to have been blessed with a lot more than us )

Here we are going to chat about keeping animals in a moveable enclosure, I am looking at Sheep, pigs and cows.

Keeping them where you want them:

Electric fencing is a highly effective way of containing or strip grazing your animals and/or splitting up existing fields. A visible and easily moveable three line fence provides strip-grazing when it is erected across fields. So why

Hello you lovely rosy cheeked people with your dirty finger nails and happy smiles how are the plans going? I know it is still early but some of you are having unwanted visitors already :-(

I have spoken to a few people over the last few days about the planning of this years crops and can we help to keep 4 legged pests away from the crops you so lovingly planted.

Well the answer in a word is YES

We have our Garden Guardian kits

For the use on top of walls we have the

long arm kits

short arm kits

***SALE on until the end of April 2016 ***

Whether you are planning a boundary fence line, a veg patch that might be vulnerable, letting the new spring lambs out for the 1st time or thinking about strip grazing in the future. We have a few posts on offer this month I am sure you will find some that suit your needs

1. Recycled White Plastic Paddock Posts - Pack of 10  £10.00

This offer ends when we sell out!  Yes you read that right £1 per post what a great price!

Post Information: This is our

Hello All,

So do you al check to see if your fences are working properly do you use a friend then wonder when you ask for help with a fencing problem do they suddenly become very busy or just find out when the animals have escaped that it is not....If you do check them how do you do it?

Touch and jump back?

Get someone else to?

Or use an electric fence tester?

If like me you are a wimp and use a tester ( the best option really) then this blog is for you.

KV10 LED Tester   £21.60

This is by far

Hi all,

So we are allowing our horses limited access to the field this time of year to try to save it for the spring and summer, in doing this the horses are looking for other things to chew and your beautiful post and rail is coming under fire?, it might also ne used as a scratching post? of your horse is leaning over into another field pushing the posts at an angle.Have a look at these stand off insulators you will find them to be a god sent. If your horse is using your fence to try to remove his/her