It's spring!
Are you planting a garden?
Do you already have a garden that you are getting ready for the season?
Do you need to protect your plants from being consumed by visiting animals?
Build a fence with welded or woven wire mesh - either galvanized or vinyl coated!
1" hexagonal chicken wire netting makes excellent barrier fencing.
- Use a smaller mesh, especially at the bottom of the fence, to keep smaller animals from getting into your garden.
- Bury 12" or more of the fence underground to discourage burrowing.
- Bend 12" or more of the fence to the outside of your garden laying it on top of the ground for an effective protecting apron.
Hardware cloth is available in 1/2" square mesh when you need smaller openings.
- Black vinyl coated 1" hex is ideal - black blends with the background making the fence virtually invisible.
- PVC coating adds years of life to the fence.
- The wire is easy to work with.
- Rolls are available in different widths to suit your needs - from 12" through 90".
- Vinyl coated 19 gauge wire welded into 1/2" x 1/2" mesh will discourage the smallest animals.
- Vinyl coated extends the lifetime of the fence.
- Rolls are 100' in length.
- Three heights are available: 24", 36" and 48".
Use larger mesh fences - 2" x 2", 2" x 3" and 2" x 4" - in combination with smaller mesh "ground wire".
- The smaller mesh gives protection where it's really needed.
- You have greater strength in the higher sections.
There are many possibilities that allow you to be creative in your solutions.
Plan ahead and be prepared!
What are your ideas?
