"Reverse"Apron

[Dnar]

I would like to make a portion of my property's fencing more secure after a recent incident with a fox. Since 3 out of the 4 sides are on the property line, I'm unable to add a hardware cloth apron on the outside. Is there any benefit to adding 2ft of hardware cloth on the inside? I assume most animals will not want to tunnel 2ft underground to get to the other side of the fence. Is this an inaccurate assumption?

 

[chiknGeek]

Some animals might continue forward that far. Can you dig straight down a foot or 18 inches? It's pretty common to do a vertical predator skirt.

 

[McChooky]

Cayenne pepper powder stops diggers. Easy as pouring powder around the fence line. Stays in soil a long time. Has to be reapplied after heavy rains but can't be beat foe ease of use or effectiveness.I make cayenne tincture once a year & can vouch for how bad it burns.

 

[raingarden]

Once they get their nose under they will lift the apron up unless it is well-buried. Like @chiknGeek says.

 

[McChooky]

A $25.00 bag lasts me all year. For $2.00 its well worth it.

Once they get their nose under they will life the apron up unless it is well-buried. Like @chiknGeek says.

Cayenne pepper is very painful in the nose, eyes and mouth . Nothing is stupid enough to stick their nose in it but once.

 

[McChooky]

Once they get their nose under they will life the apron up unless it is well-buried. Like @chiknGeek says.

Spreading cayenne pepper is the easiest way to prevent chickens getting killed.

 

[Matejka]

I did a reverse apron in my run. I have a chainlink dog kennel, with welded wire around the outside. Babies could fit thru chainlink, so I took the "bad" chicken wire (that keeps chickens in but not predators) and lined inside of run-2 ft up and 2 ft out to keep babies in. It works

 

[Geena]

Foxes tend to go over, not dig under, if they can't go through. They can jump and climb amazingly well. What kind of fencing do you have?

 

[Dnar]

Some animals might continue forward that far. Can you dig straight down a foot or 18 inches? It's pretty common to do a vertical predator skirt.

I should have mentioned in the original post that fencing spans about 1,000 ft. I actually need to rent a trencher for another project, but trenching underneath an existing fence seems almost impossible due to the trencher "dimensions".

 

[Dnar]

Cayenne pepper powder stops diggers. Easy as pouring powder around the fence line. Stays in soil a long time. Has to be reapplied after heavy rains but can't be beat foe ease of use or effectiveness.I make cayenne tincture once a year & can vouch for how bad it burns.

That's a lot of powder for 1000 feet of fencing. Although I wonder if cayenne can help prevent the armadillos from turning my lawn into a minefield.