Removing buried chickenwire

[jabowery]

My garden is done for the year and I'll be expanding next year so I need to move the chickenwire fence (I free range my chickens).

Of course, a lot of the chickenwire is buried. Is there any easy way to get the chickenwire out of the ground or am I going to have a great opportunity for a lot of paleo-exercise with my shovel?

I have taken up the T-posts and have an electric winch if that is useful but I suspect no matter how I hook up the winch it will just rip the chickenwire (even though it has tension lines running along it), instead of ripping it out of the ground -- and I definitely don't want to leave any wire straggling in the dirt that will mess up the tiller.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Well I just removed awhile ago some chicken wire that had been strung up for 6 years, partly buried.

To my surprise when I dug into the ground to remove it, it had rusted out and was completely GONE beneath the soil surface. All that was left was a jagged edge of fencing along the bottom and of course what was above ground.

 

[jabowery]

My chickenwire has been buried only part of the year.

I just went out and dug it up. Good exercise.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

My chickenwire has been buried only part of the year.

I just went out and dug it up. Good exercise.

Good for you!