Running Hardware Cloth below grade?

[PapaChaz]

You are quite right, a chicken wire or even closely woven wire fence will work to deter digging predators. But for me that still left the issue of the sides of the run, so it was just as easy to make one almost continuous run with the hardware cloth and run it out at the same time we were running it up. BTW, you are moving right along!! Looking good over there!

oh I absolutely understand. I plan on covering my cattle panel run entirely with hardware cloth, and skirting around the ground with chicken wire. I'm going to make my entry gate on the end big enough to be able to get my yard cart in for adding/removing bedding and just general cleanup.....I start the run tomorrow!