Colorado

[gardendufus]

Quote: Jenelle,

Just a thought, but when I dug in my hardware cloth, I did as recommended by some on the Coops thread. Instead of digging straight down (as I thought I should), I dug only 2 inches down, folded my hardware cloth to lay flat in the 2" trough (they said a foot or two wide, and as usual I went for the max, but a foot would be enough). Then covered the flat laying hardware cloth back up. Trust me digging a 2" deep furrow was a :LOT easier than going down 6-12 inches.

Their reasoning made sense to me. Lotsa critters can dig deep enough to get under, but most critters will start at the edge of your fence. If the hardware cloth is laying UNDER where they start, when they run into it they have no option but to stop. Wherever they try close to the fence, they will run into the wire barrier.

Sorry don't have any pics of this. Like you, I was so anxious to be through digging I was workin like a dog and didn't stop to take pictures.

 

[rbloomer]

i think if you dig down 6 inches but then came out at a 90 degree angle with the wire away from the coop then you would be okay. Most pest dig right at the fence line and then they would hit the wire. You would have to just make a wider trench. Hope that makes since --dig down 6 inch, put in wire that depth, then bend it away for another 6 to 12 inches and bury it. They would be force to dig a pretty big trench to get in and most aren't smart enough but keep digging at the wire part.

 

[wsmith]

i didn't dig down at all. I laid it on top. Each section is about 2 feet wide.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Just let the grass grow up through it and hold it in place....should work fine.

 

[NoisyNora]

Anyone in the Colorado Springs area have duck meat?

 

[Auntie]

I'm in the Schriever area and am working on raising ducks for the meat. Waiting for my mated pair to start laying.

 

[gardendufus]

Just let the grass grow up through it and hold it in place....should work fine.

LOL, if I could get grass to grow in ANY part of my yard, that's the way I would do it. Great Idea.

 

[wsmith]

Welcome Auntie!

everybody went into the coops on their own last night!

Looks like we are in for another couple afternoons and evenings of possible thunderstorms again, then lots of heat for a few days....
My potato plants are loving the warmth. We are growing them in barrles this year as an experiment. You plant them in barrels stood on end in about 10" of soil. Then wait until the tops are 8-10 inches tall, then fill in around the tops with dirt/compost and continue until they reach the top of the barrel. Then you let them mature. At harvest we "should" have a barrell full of potatoes......

 

[coloradogal]

My incubator still isn't in and the silkie eggs I ordered just arrived. A friend let me borrow a broody hen but the only thing that I've managed to do is break her of her broodiness. The incubators at Big R suck (still air). Anyone have any suggestions or an incubator they'd let me borrow?

 

[wsmith]

LOL, if I could get grass to grow in ANY part of my yard, that's the way I would do it. Great Idea.