hardware cloth
Americannoun
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Gardeners at the Arboretum and CUH have taken to constructing hardware cloth enclosures around all new plantings — a laborious task, and a distracting garden feature among all your beautiful beds and borders.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2023
If you’re worried about rodents entering the bin, the department suggests lining the bottom of the bin with a hardware cloth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
We were told to provide lots of ventilation, so we made a coop that has an entire wall of hardware cloth.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
For rarer or more expensive bulbs, Mr. Hsu said, the staff creates boxlike underground cages from hardware cloth for protection.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
The use of hardware cloth or other close-meshed wire is effective, but this method also has the disadvantage of being relatively expensive for the nurseryman.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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