Fashion a hardware cloth or chicken wire cage 18" in diameter and at least 18" high. Wrap it around the plant. To hold the cage in place, attach it to stakes pushed into the ground around the perimeter of the cage.
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Slide the hardware cloth into the trench so that it lines the entire perimeter of your garden with no gaps. Lay half of the hardware cloth along the bottom of the trench, extending outward from your garden perimeter.
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Cut a rectangle of hardware cloth larger than the screener box. Bend the edges of the wire over the screener box and fasten it to the sides with heavy-duty staples.
A simple screen can be made using ½-inch mesh hardware cloth and attaching it to a wooden frame. Place the screen over a wheel barrow or other container and sift the compost into it.
For an inexpensive bin you can make in just a few minutes, use hardware cloth. A ten-foot length makes a three-foot diameter bin. For a large bin that is six feet across, use a nineteen-foot length.
Secondly, you can use a box or cover of hardware cloth or chicken wire as a barrier underground. They sell ready made bulbs cages, but you can also do this yourself.
Hardware cloth or aluminum sheeting can be buried between two and three feet deep to keep moles from tunneling and a raised area of at least 6 inches will keep the moles from climbing over the barrier.
For a foolproof method, plant the Bulbs, top with 2 inches of soil, and cover with half-inch mesh hardware cloth, bending and securing its edges into the ground. Individual mesh baskets are also good protectors.
Surround the tree with a cylinder of hardware cloth at least 4 feet high and several inches into the soil. This will keep rabbits and rodents out. Unless it is a bareroot or top-heavy tree, staking isn't recommended.
Cover ground with chicken wire or hardware cloth after planting. Secure with bricks. Must be removed after the ground is frozen, or in early spring before bulbs come up.
Mosquito netting, fine mesh hardware cloth, tree wrap, tarpaper, cotton batting, or even layers of newspaper should be wrapped loosely around the trunk, tied at the top with twine and covered at the bottom with soil.
He lines the base of the raised bed with 1/4-inch hardware cloth mesh to keep gophers and other pests from bothering the bed. The hardware cloth is cut about two inches larger on each side to allow extra for lining the sides thoroughly.
If you particularly want to attract smaller birds, cover feeders with a cage of hardware cloth. Suet, hung out in mesh bags or spread into bark crevices in a hanging log, is a good winter attractant for carnivorous birds.
12. Place wire-mesh "hardware cloth" or a plastic tree guard around the tree trunk to protect it from rodents and deer.
Place open-bottom compost containers on a sheet of galvanized wire hardware cloth to prevent rodents from burrowing into the pile.
Wire mesh. A circular bin can be created simply using galvanized poultry wire or hardware cloth. Wood or metal support posts can add stability and rigidity.
Pest control becomes easier in raised beds, too. If burrowing rodents abound, line the bottom of the bed with poultry wire or hardware cloth. Discourage rabbits and groundhogs by placing their favorite foods in a framed bed with a low fence.
If yours is the rocky variety, here's a great solution. Take a section of metal hardware cloth (available at home centers with ½" or ¼" holes) and cut a section slightly larger than your wheelbarrow.
Hardware cloth (half-inch mesh) can be installed along the base of walls or fences to deter burrowing. The cloth should extend 8 to 12 inches underground.
If it's not too big, it can be stored in winter. Raise the platform about 4 feet onto in-ground posts, and you've got a lookout. Add a coated hardware cloth arch from one side to the other, and it's a hut.
You can do this by purchasing some 24 inch high hardware cloth or aluminum flashing. Attach the material to the bottom outside of the fence, making sure that it goes 2-4 inches into the ground, and bury it with soil.
Traditionally, old window sashes formed the tops of cold fames, but you can also use clear plastic, fiberglass, or polyethylene plastic sheeting. In snowy areas, first cover the fame with fine mesh chicken wire or hardware cloth.
A cylinder of wire screen or one-quarter-inch hardware cloth upended on a paper plate with another paper plate for a top is sufficient.
 See also: Plant, Soil, Water, Flower, Spring
  
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