I had the same thing done around my house attached cat and dog kennel, been almost 3 years and nothing is getting through. I also had a galvanized roof attached above it too to protect from any flying predator and protection from any bad weather & hot sun. GOOD JOB
Here in Yucca not only do we have the rabbits but we also have chipmunk 🐿. I have one that has some how gotten through my hardware cloth. You made it look very easy, our hardware cloth rolled on us alot!
Oh man, those chipmunks can be a menace. Cool to watch sometimes, but they sure can destroy a garden quick! We were surprised how easy this hardware cloth unrolled. These were the longer rolls that Home Depot carries online, so we're thinking that was the difference here.
Clean job, congrats. I had same thing with gas tiller trying to climb fence, mine got tore up had to fix. Now I use a piece of plywood as a shield, I just have to move it every 4 ft.
Ok, I'm glad I wasn't the only one that had to figure this out the hard way! It was so obvious once it happened that it was just a bad idea. I ended up using it the other direction, running parallel with the fence and it worked fine, but using plywood up against it would have gone a long way in keeping the heart rate down as I was breaking the ground up!
I love hog rings...but J-clips are right up there too. I used both these products on my cattle panel hoop coop. NIce job on that fence. That's exactly what I did around my coop but I didnt dig down, I just covered with woodchips. Love the vlog - it's amazing the amount of predator-proofing that we need here in AZ.
Hey Shirley! Ok, now we need to look up J-clips. Still a lot of fencing that needs to get done and any tool we can use to help that process is going to be needed. The predators really are a challenge and when you have green in the middle of the desert you're bound to attract everything a predator would want to eat. Not to mention your own livestock!!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm so just a quick share of something I found that works incredibly in the enclosed chicken area - I put in a huge scoop of wood chips where my chickens roam freely and each day I hose them down and rake them back into a heap and sprinkle with some scratch. This keeps the girls busy and wood chips, water and chicken manure seem to break down so quickly into a nice cimpost material.
@@SAlvitre29 that is a great idea. We're thinking of keeping the area right in front of the run open for something like this, so we may have to give it a shot!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Can't take credit - it's from Jason Contreras of Sow the Land. He actually uses the chips from his pig shelter and the chickens further the breakdown. I forgot you'll have pigs.
Hopefully it will at least keep the bunnies from eating the grass before it gets a chance to really get established. We still need to figure out the top rail for the coyotes.
it seems that all the rocks from prepping the pasture would be put to good use on the bottom end of that H/W cloth to help keep it down on the ground and from springing back up during flooding situations once you bury it.....
I considered hard wire cloth a must have I seem to fine all kinds of uses for it. We put in for another property hopefully these owners don't change there minds in the middle of the sale. The ground showed evidence that there were quite a few prairie dogs in the area so I'll end up doing the same as you have with your fence area to keep them and the rabbits and any other rodents out.
Hey Pamela! We're going to keep our fingers crossed and prayers that your land purchase goes through this time. No better time to get out of the city than now!
We were just talking about that little guy last night. It really has done a lot of different jobs for us (including some light trenching!). We should probably do a thorough review on it for folks looking for a light duty, inexpensive option. We eventually won't have much use for it, but for now it's going to be our go-to for getting the irrigation rings expanded on all of our fruit tree rings.
Great question Ben. We only put the hardware cloth on the gate itself. When we had the fence installed we paid to have them pour a concrete footer across the threshold so nothing can dig under it. There are still small gaps between the door and the "frame" that we have to fill with piping to keep the bunnies from squeezing through, but otherwise it's working out well.
Hey Juan, great question and we're still trying to figure that one out. We're thinking of introducing 1-2 guard geese to help deter the aerial predators. That and/or a rooster. Not sure yet.
We don't do anything special with corners shy of piling the dirt and mulch a little higher as it has a tendency to come up a bit easier on it's own. As for predators, they are not able to get under that space with the post there. At least, we haven't had any attempt it.
It has worked really well. The only thing we had to reinforce has been the gates. The gaps between the gate frame and the gate itself were wide enough for small rabbits to squeeze through.
You can bury the hardware cloth under the soil of the threshold (just a few inches deep is all you need to deter them) and that should still do the trick. Just be sure to also attach it to the door as critters can still reach through the fence to grab your animals.
Hey Reid! Yeah, we still need to decide on what we're going to use on the top rails to keep the coyotes at bay. We figure we only need to keep rabbits out for now while the pasture gets established and then come back to secure the top. As you know, we have LOTS of trees to get planted this fall - spring, so our minds are shifting right now to planting time!
How rude. He's literally teaching how to do something, why wouldn't he talk a bunch? (Which he didn't, there were nice time lapses and only highlighted key points to explain things.)
@@steph6337 thanks Steph. RUclips is a great place to see how "haters gonna hate". We roll with it as long as there's no foul language and focus our time on folks like yourself who find the content useful.
I had the same thing done around my house attached cat and dog kennel, been almost 3 years and nothing is getting through. I also had a galvanized roof attached above it too to protect from any flying predator and protection from any bad weather & hot sun. GOOD JOB
Ooh, I bet they love having that space outside when it's nice out. When they did the roofing was it solid sheets or metal siding?
That tiller looks great. I've been using a pick ax and water to loosen up my hard soil. Much more time and work
That little tiller has been with us for years and continues to do a bang up job for us on small projects like this.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm
I will think about it. I do have a box blade for my tractor that I need to hook up.
Here in Yucca not only do we have the rabbits but we also have chipmunk 🐿. I have one that has some how gotten through my hardware cloth. You made it look very easy, our hardware cloth rolled on us alot!
Oh man, those chipmunks can be a menace. Cool to watch sometimes, but they sure can destroy a garden quick! We were surprised how easy this hardware cloth unrolled. These were the longer rolls that Home Depot carries online, so we're thinking that was the difference here.
Really, really helpful video.
Glad you found this one useful Eka!
Clean job, congrats. I had same thing with gas tiller trying to climb fence, mine got tore up had to fix. Now I use a piece of plywood as a shield, I just have to move it every 4 ft.
Ok, I'm glad I wasn't the only one that had to figure this out the hard way! It was so obvious once it happened that it was just a bad idea. I ended up using it the other direction, running parallel with the fence and it worked fine, but using plywood up against it would have gone a long way in keeping the heart rate down as I was breaking the ground up!
I love hog rings...but J-clips are right up there too. I used both these products on my cattle panel hoop coop. NIce job on that fence. That's exactly what I did around my coop but I didnt dig down, I just covered with woodchips. Love the vlog - it's amazing the amount of predator-proofing that we need here in AZ.
Hey Shirley! Ok, now we need to look up J-clips. Still a lot of fencing that needs to get done and any tool we can use to help that process is going to be needed. The predators really are a challenge and when you have green in the middle of the desert you're bound to attract everything a predator would want to eat. Not to mention your own livestock!!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm so just a quick share of something I found that works incredibly in the enclosed chicken area - I put in a huge scoop of wood chips where my chickens roam freely and each day I hose them down and rake them back into a heap and sprinkle with some scratch. This keeps the girls busy and wood chips, water and chicken manure seem to break down so quickly into a nice cimpost material.
@@SAlvitre29 that is a great idea. We're thinking of keeping the area right in front of the run open for something like this, so we may have to give it a shot!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Can't take credit - it's from Jason Contreras of Sow the Land. He actually uses the chips from his pig shelter and the chickens further the breakdown. I forgot you'll have pigs.
Great job, looks amazing, hope it keeps the bunnies and predators out, and thank you for sharing.
Hopefully it will at least keep the bunnies from eating the grass before it gets a chance to really get established. We still need to figure out the top rail for the coyotes.
Edge of Nowhere Farm I think Desert Blacksmith has the right idea with Coyote rollers.
@@danielfisch655 yeah, we're leaning that way.
Try to imagine what things will look a year or two from now. Investing in the future.
Hey Richard, that's what we're keeping our eye on. We really prefer green over brown whenever possible!
Excellent fencing & brilliant ideas.
Hey J M, thanks. It seems to be working great on the chicken run/coop area.
Team work! Great job you guys.
Thanks Rhea, now hopefully we can keep those bunnies away from the pasture!
it seems that all the rocks from prepping the pasture would be put to good use on the bottom end of that H/W cloth to help keep it down on the ground and from springing back up during flooding situations once you bury it.....
That would be another excellent use for those Tammy.
Good stuff will use in Northern Arizona very soon.
Have you guys seen any rain up your way? We're hearing from a few of our viewers up North that the rains have basically skipped right over them.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm that would be true almost as if we have an umbrella over us
@@rusticdeserthomestead6196 just frustrating!!
Guys you vedios are kind of addictive 😆 all the best 👍🏼
Hey Ahmed, glad you're enjoying the content. We'll do our best to keep documenting everything we can!
I considered hard wire cloth a must have I seem to fine all kinds of uses for it. We put in for another property hopefully these owners don't change there minds in the middle of the sale. The ground showed evidence that there were quite a few prairie dogs in the area so I'll end up doing the same as you have with your fence area to keep them and the rabbits and any other rodents out.
Hey Pamela! We're going to keep our fingers crossed and prayers that your land purchase goes through this time. No better time to get out of the city than now!
Another Great Video 👍
Hey Jen, thanks. Glad you're enjoying these. One of these days you'll need to stop by on your way down South.
You get a lot of veried work out of that tiller machine. Once you have set everything up it will start gathering dust. Glad it gets used.
We were just talking about that little guy last night. It really has done a lot of different jobs for us (including some light trenching!). We should probably do a thorough review on it for folks looking for a light duty, inexpensive option. We eventually won't have much use for it, but for now it's going to be our go-to for getting the irrigation rings expanded on all of our fruit tree rings.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm As you have all the other acres to go it will be working at least until this time next year.
@@gm2407 there's no doubt we will!
That’s the easy part! How do you do the chain link gate with the rounded corners? 😁
Great question Ben. We only put the hardware cloth on the gate itself. When we had the fence installed we paid to have them pour a concrete footer across the threshold so nothing can dig under it. There are still small gaps between the door and the "frame" that we have to fill with piping to keep the bunnies from squeezing through, but otherwise it's working out well.
What about hawlks and covering the top part?
Hey Juan, great question and we're still trying to figure that one out. We're thinking of introducing 1-2 guard geese to help deter the aerial predators. That and/or a rooster. Not sure yet.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Put a few foxes in there! No bird will come after your chickens when foxes are present!
@@buyerofsorts Those would be some fat and happy foxes! Well, at least for a few days.
maybe some fake predators around the pasture for the flying garbage pits/scavengers..
How do you treat the corners?
We don't do anything special with corners shy of piling the dirt and mulch a little higher as it has a tendency to come up a bit easier on it's own. As for predators, they are not able to get under that space with the post there. At least, we haven't had any attempt it.
Just following up, it’s a year later, how has this idea worked out for you?
It has worked really well. The only thing we had to reinforce has been the gates. The gaps between the gate frame and the gate itself were wide enough for small rabbits to squeeze through.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanks for your speedy reply and great work! I’m going to mimic your design.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm how did you reinforce the gates?
@@serriekolomon880 the gates have about an 8" wide concrete footer that the gate sits about 2" above, so that does the trick.
How do I do this around my fence door?
You can bury the hardware cloth under the soil of the threshold (just a few inches deep is all you need to deter them) and that should still do the trick. Just be sure to also attach it to the door as critters can still reach through the fence to grab your animals.
I hope the wild critters aren't watching this video so they will know how to dig further back.
Knowing how wily coyotes can be I wouldn't put it past them!
you know a coyote can jump a 6 foot fence with a full size goat in their mouth,,
Maybe true, but 6 goats can jump a full size coyote.
And please look both ways when crossing the street.
Hey Reid! Yeah, we still need to decide on what we're going to use on the top rails to keep the coyotes at bay. We figure we only need to keep rabbits out for now while the pasture gets established and then come back to secure the top. As you know, we have LOTS of trees to get planted this fall - spring, so our minds are shifting right now to planting time!
@@hse6144 Oh my goodness, that's funny! :)
@@allanturpin2023 :) Does that apply to dirt roads?
Dude... you talk too much.
True statement. I'm a communicator and tend to over-share, but it's been an asset for me in business, so I wouldn't change it.
How rude. He's literally teaching how to do something, why wouldn't he talk a bunch? (Which he didn't, there were nice time lapses and only highlighted key points to explain things.)
@@steph6337 thanks Steph. RUclips is a great place to see how "haters gonna hate". We roll with it as long as there's no foul language and focus our time on folks like yourself who find the content useful.