burying hardware cloth?

[blackswamp]

Do you do it on the inside or outside of the run?

Thanks
Jeff

 

[gardendufus]

On the outside. Remember it is intended to deter something from digging in. It's not necessary to bury it deep. Mine is somewhere between 1 and 2 inches. I have a friend in a rural area who didnt even bury his, just let it lie (lay?) on the ground, then let the local vegetation grow up through it.

One thing I realized this year.....If you plan on planting anything in the ground (grapes, other vines or stuff) plan on it and cut some openings into it before you lay down the wire, and bury it. I have spent lots of time this year unburying wire, and cutting openings in it that will allow me to plant some grape vines so that they will grow up my fence to provide shade for the girls.

 

[nbenevento]

I buried mine on the outside a little over a foot deep. That way if something is digging under, it will still be stopped. However, I just learned of a new method from someone else's post; if you have 3' hardware cloth, lay about a foot on the ground or remove the surface of the dirt lay it there. Then raise the rest up and attach it to the outside of the run. Bury the part on the ground. Again, if something is digging, it will be met with the hardware cloth. I think they call it an apron if you want to search for it.

 

[tiny1985]

Def outside , my mom put some on the inside of her tractor and something pushed it in and ya know.....