How to Make Your Garden Critter-proof

garden cage

After replanting my garden FIVE times in the past year due to my garden being eaten by an array of critters – goats, possums, rats, mice, birds, etc – I was bound and determined to do something to make gardening feasible.

A fortified fence kept the goats out but even basic cages wouldn’t keep the rats, possums, and mice at bay.

So Bear and I went off to the hardware store and found a big roll of snake and mouse-proof wire with tiny squares that would keep everything out. Yay!!!

garden cagesWe went to the thrift store and found old table frames and other metal frames that would be excellent frames for our critter-proof cages.

garden cageBear built solid wood bases for each cage, then we got out our drills and rolls of wire and folded, twisted, and bolted the cages into shape.

a garden cageAs they were completed I shifted them into my garden, using them to house tender seedlings and keep them safe.

They’ve worked brilliantly!!! It is such a thrill to go out to my garden each day and see tiny green sprouts thriving knowing that within a couple of months – barring any other disasters – we will be eating cabbages, kale, Brussels sprouts, turnips, parsnips, radishes, broccoli, celeriac, and other deliciousness.

seedling cageIt was downright discouraging to have my garden eaten to the ground so many times, but it is so exciting now to know that we’ve fixed the problem. 🙂

hollyhocks in the rainHave you ever faced gardening disasters? How did you deal with them? xo