Domestically Sustainable Agriculture - Construction, Planting, and Harvesting

Step 7 Installing the wire fencing

We went to a Tractor Supply store and purchase 6 foot wire fencing. The brand is pictured in the photo below.

You will be rolling it out and nailing it to your posts. Try to give your posts about a day to become sturdy in their dirt. This will make it easier to nail the wire to the posts. Take the U nails and connect them with as much tension as possible. Try your best not to have waves in your fencing.

As you can see in the first picture below, we have wooden planks to keep the posts up. Our enclosure is a little bit hilly, so we just wanted to be safe when we were nailing. As the dirt dries up, we will take these off.

Once you finish one section, just snip it with wire cutters and take the remaining fencing to your next spot.

Comments

[Blaik]

You might also want to dig a small trench (no more than 6 ") at the base of the fence then put the small wire fencing down in the trench before attaching it to the larger fence, then fill the trench back in. This should help keep out most all pesky rodents (other than a flying squirrel, but that's a whole different story).

[robborobborobbo]

Is this type of fence effective for rascally rabbits too? we have lots of them and need to keep them out of the garden.

[Brennn10]

It is effective, but I would suggest adding small wire fencing that is used at ground level, just to prevent rabbits from crawling or digging under the fence.