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Yes.:08:

Now can you guess what the finished product looks like and what it's needed for relative to the planter boxes!

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See my post at 10:12 today. Link to planter.

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Round planters?

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Checked it out. It's not the solid variety! If anyone checked my old posts on planting veggs they would have the answer by now.

Come on Tony --- ferret, ferret!

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Klunge has been redefined so many time it is hard to tell which one to use:

kludge
[klooj] Show IPA

noun, Computer Slang.
a software or hardware configuration that, while inelegant, inefficient, clumsy, or patched together, succeeds in solving a specific problem or performing a particular task.

or

Something not built according a design or plan, but assembled from whatever is available to 'make do.

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metal cage to keep ferrets out of your garden ?

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What is a kludge?

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That's it! Tony said it best. Also Mitchel for the bending chick wire - when I read this the chick didn't register. And H2O and Jodo.

I did the kludge to bend/relax the tight bend in 2 foot wide, 1/2 inch hardware cloth to make 4 flat panels per planter box. To keep the rabbits, rats, opossum, racoons and armadillos out. When the seedlings get bigger they all leave the plants alone. The panels are removed to be used for more boxes or replantings. Glad the bobcats stay out of the yard --- I'd need bigger panels. lol

Got wiped out every single time I tried to grow pole beans in the past. The critts would just bite thru the bean stalk or tomato seedling one inch above the ground.

I built the garbage can kludge to turn this ----------



Into this ----------



And now I can plant veggs without getting wiped out by critters!!!

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I went through over a thousand rolls of that wire, complete crap after a few years.

While the 1/4 inch hardware cloth l used is still in great shape after 15 years, but it did cost more.

That wire is light gauge and will easily straighten if pulled over 2 inch fence pole and I don't recall the exact angle we used, plus it is quicker and easier to bend it against the curve instead of cutting it.

BTW, adding some roof flashing will prevent climbers.

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Mice can fit through 1/2" x 1/2".

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I have had pretty good luck using vinyl fencing. It has to be very taught and I usually make sure that there is about a foot of it buried just under the ground that sits flat in front of the the garden. What happens is the animals actually step on it when they walk up to the fence and encounter it as they start to dig as it just below the surface. The vinyl fencing can also be easily installed at an angle... easy for people to get in an out too.

Tenax® Mesh Home & Garden Fence in Various Sizes - Plastic Fence - Ace Hardware

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I have mice too but I've seen the rabbits and the rats in action. Our rats are what the old Florida guys call "cotton rats". They are small like a hamster. I could understand if they ate the young seedlings, but all they do is take a bite out of the stalk and go to the next one. Time to start trapping again.

BTW -- forgot to mention I saw a tunnel going thru the box that was filled with medium. Time to get out the Tom Cat worms. Think I will pull up the other box and staple h/w cloth to the bottom. Don't know if the moles are chewing the seedling roots but this will give me a control to see if it will be a problem.

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My problem was rats and squirles eating my tomatoes. A have-a-heart electric fence put an end to that.

George

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Something good, enjoyable and indeed positive, definately!

Yes Klunge in the UK means something completely different, but that's my immature sense of humour, I apologise.

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FYI, it looks like you are using 1/2" x 1/2" welded wire opposed to 1/4" hardware cloth. All the hardware cloth I've ever bought was woven like a cloth.

I think it would be better to nailed or staple flashing to the top of the boards and just skip the wire on the top.

If it was an above ground raised planter I would recommend using large clay tiles as the bottom.

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Keith ---- Just went out to check the label --- you're right. It's 1/2 inch h/w cloth.

Easy to find and stands upright when flattened. The panels get stored when the seedlings get more mature. Never had a problem at that point.

BTW --- Nick will give me a few ARH pups when they grow out. Definitely want to try these guys.

Dan

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Afraid to ask --- how many are there? I would prefer a dwarf-ish to medium type. And good fruit of course. And I'll trade you a Pisang Klotek for one.

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From George Webster.. Quote
Something not built according a design or plan, but assembled from whatever is available to 'make do.[/quote]

My kludge... Cincinnati Sawmill.:D

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My kludge... Cincinnati Sawmill.:D
[/quote]

Excellent!

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Florida bike rack !!!!!! :08:


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