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[Bevanron <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Yes.  Maybe scrap was a poor choice of words, I did use hardware cloth
and what they call "baby saver" rabbit wire.  That kind of wire is
smaller than regular rabbit wire, and while I doubt either would stop a
groundhog(we don't have gophers that I know of) it will stop moles and
voles, which we have plenty of....I had bought several rolls of baby
saver wire years ago to do my rabbit cages.  It's only a foot wide, so
it's not really useful for other purposes.  It had been sitting in a
store room for years, so I used it in the bottom of the raised beds.  I
also had 3 partial rolls of hardware cloth, more like pieces than a
roll, so I guess that is why I call it 'scrap'.  To me, 'scraps' are
leftovers from other projects.
Anyway, there be no moles here, Cap'n. :)

Bev

Gene GeRue wrote:

> Scrap wire? Perhaps I assumed incorrectly that the bottom wire was to
>  exclude gophers and moles. I used quarter-inch hardware cloth in my 
> ferrocement bed. Those who find it difficult to recycle glass 
> containers might smash the glass down there and then add a thick 
> layer of stone and gravel.
>
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