Okay so let's get this straight your wires one foot in the ground and a groundhog can dig 6 feet down.. lol dude.. you missed it by 7 more feet.. I guess you really shooting to keep the honest ones out.. lol
Excellent question! I do agree that nature will always win, fences only slow things down. I did grow up on a farm & have some additional information. In the case of this fence, the 1' minimum chicken wire into the ground is ample. Groundhogs always dig holes on an angle, it's very unusual to see one dig straight down, it's a part of their den design, so that water doesn't fill up a pit & drown them. Interestingly, they will also add a p-trap, just like on your bathroom / kitchen sink, to their tunnel, so water can only saturate the entrance to the tunnel. Groundhogs will always have 3 entrances to a den, in order to confuse predators. When digging something, they will go to the fence / barrier & begin there, on an angle. The animals that dug straight down were Badgers, the natural predator to the groundhog. The badger would walk around the 3 holes a groundhog makes, to locate the den, dig straight down, and consume the groundhogs. Farmers didn't like these larger holes, so they eradicated the badger, which of course allowed the groundhog population to explode, making a bigger problem for holes in fields. Now, the groundhog we have at this fence is an aggressive, entitled one, used to pillaging the garden. It was intentional to keep it around for 'testing' purposes. Fence design is akin to home security, a main component is 'bugger your neighbour'. If your house is harder to get into than your neighbours, thieves will go there instead. So far this design does work, no incursions! Hope this answered the question, best of luck with your garden!
I think you're asking about the 'faraday cage' comment. The greenhouse we have is awesome for starting things, but very expensive to enclose an entire garden in one, & without shrouds to block / diffuse light, would cook the plants. There are wire enclosures with wire wrapped doors you can make - enclosing each raised bed individually. These are excellent if you need to keep squirrels or cats out. Chipmunks, not sure anything works for them, other than a full sealed greenhouse. If I'm being very honest, I'm one of those gardeners who's taken joy considering the affect of electrifying the fence / raised bed. The faraday cage comment stands!
I like the look and ingenuity. Great job.
Thanks!
Okay so let's get this straight your wires one foot in the ground and a groundhog can dig 6 feet down.. lol dude.. you missed it by 7 more feet.. I guess you really shooting to keep the honest ones out.. lol
Excellent question! I do agree that nature will always win, fences only slow things down. I did grow up on a farm & have some additional information.
In the case of this fence, the 1' minimum chicken wire into the ground is ample. Groundhogs always dig holes on an angle, it's very unusual to see one dig straight down, it's a part of their den design, so that water doesn't fill up a pit & drown them. Interestingly, they will also add a p-trap, just like on your bathroom / kitchen sink, to their tunnel, so water can only saturate the entrance to the tunnel. Groundhogs will always have 3 entrances to a den, in order to confuse predators. When digging something, they will go to the fence / barrier & begin there, on an angle.
The animals that dug straight down were Badgers, the natural predator to the groundhog. The badger would walk around the 3 holes a groundhog makes, to locate the den, dig straight down, and consume the groundhogs. Farmers didn't like these larger holes, so they eradicated the badger, which of course allowed the groundhog population to explode, making a bigger problem for holes in fields.
Now, the groundhog we have at this fence is an aggressive, entitled one, used to pillaging the garden. It was intentional to keep it around for 'testing' purposes. Fence design is akin to home security, a main component is 'bugger your neighbour'. If your house is harder to get into than your neighbours, thieves will go there instead. So far this design does work, no incursions!
Hope this answered the question, best of luck with your garden!
Dude, it's called a greenhouse.
Lol😂😂
I think you're asking about the 'faraday cage' comment. The greenhouse we have is awesome for starting things, but very expensive to enclose an entire garden in one, & without shrouds to block / diffuse light, would cook the plants. There are wire enclosures with wire wrapped doors you can make - enclosing each raised bed individually. These are excellent if you need to keep squirrels or cats out. Chipmunks, not sure anything works for them, other than a full sealed greenhouse.
If I'm being very honest, I'm one of those gardeners who's taken joy considering the affect of electrifying the fence / raised bed. The faraday cage comment stands!