In part 2 of our garden fence series will cover our attempt at keeping the smaller digging animals out of our garden. And we’ll throw in some personalized protection against pesky plants as well.
Table of Contents:
0:00 – Introduction
1:45 – Why do we need a fence?
3:00 – The plan for this video series
3:45 – Keeping out small digging animals
7:52 – Keeping out rhizomatous grass (quackgrass / couch)
9:10 – Constructing the fence
15:06 – The results
Related videos:
Garden Fence (Part 1): Garden Layout and Installing Natural Fence Posts without Cement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3BYNTmaHfg
Square Paper Seedling Pots – Quick, Easy, and Biodegradable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjIuho-nsT8
Ruth Stout’s Worst Enemy (rhizomatous grass in a deep mulch garden)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwUw_Bq2p1Y
Simply amazing..
Excellent! I'm currently using cardboard and wood chips as a weed deterrent (still installing). I'm on a downslope, so it's tricky. Currently doing all grow bags against digging critters (gophers!). Using a big dog to be a deterrent for raccoons and skunks. Fixed the gate to keep deer out. I still have lizards that find my lettuces.
Great video, can't wait to see the next part!
I can't wait to see the upper part of the fence in 2028!? Just joking HAhahahaha
Excellent, as always! We contend with Bermuda grass here and it is not for the faint of heart, that's for sure! For us it seems the only long term strategy (being that we live in the middle of a city, and directly across from a city park which is regularly re-seeded) is to create softer soil of the hard clay so that it is at least easy to remove. We're finally seeing success there after a few years of heavy mulching, so that's good. And I just thank the grass for making my back and my legs so strong from all of the time I spend bending and squatting to remove it from my beds, lol!
I admire that you want to save every single animal that exist in your land but reality is you will never stop them all. Sometimes you do have to kill pesky rodents or critters that will eat your food.
Thanks for the video, I love how you did this and will use some of these idea's for my own garden. Also my great grand daughter who is 8 loves your video's!
Just a little tip I learned the hard way. Don't use hay. May as well be tossing grass seeds in.
Great video! I look forward to the rest of this series. Thanks for taking the time to put these together.
Your a pro presenter.
Your a pro presenter.
I really enjoyed watching this video!!! Yay!!! For lower fence success!! Thank you for sharing your experience.
ngl. your fence strategy looks solid
Nicely done, thanks for the tips! I use to have a big garden, rabbits and squirrels often come and eat my greens
Amazing content, really informative and entertaining 🙂
I store my cardboard uncovered outside. I find weathering it for at least a week, makes it MUCH easier to remove tape or stickers <3
I'm not really a science guy, but I use non-colored carboard and I'm alive.
Thank you so much for your videos. They bring me quite a bit of joy.
You actually inspired us to try the Ruth Stout method when we extended our potato patch. Unfortunately the groth of the plants lags behind those planted in normal soil and we have quite some problems with snails as they seem to love the moist hay to reproduce in. We are quite excited to see how it compares in the drier season though as I suspect that the "test plants" will be able to "make up some ground" then….
I hope you guys start cranking out more content seriously one of my favorite channels
get a cat to deal with mice 🙂
Thank you for the update! I played it with my husband listening in, and he made the comment that you have a very nice voice. So … besides the excellence of the rest of your work, the sound is lovely also! Can't wait for the next installment!
Enjoying the saga of the fence! Sooooo… how has your asparagus/strawberry bed done this spring?
How do you deal with rats?
Yall okay?? It's been 2 months since your last video..
When you use wood chips or sawdust over the hardware cloth, it will attract ants. If you want an inert layer, that won't rot or attract ants, use crushed stone.