Expert Gardener Gray Galvanized Steel Hardware Cloth, 5'L x 24"H

I have issues with with wild animal and I put this around my house and buried it so they can't get in ! Love it!

I tried this metal hardware "cloth" as a promotional item. (We call it critter netting on the ranch--LOL) I really like the 5'x36" piece I received. It snips super easy with a pair of wire snippers. I'm using this as a barrier around a chili piquin pepper bush because deer think the leaves are scrumptious. I like this metal version because the plastic fencing type netting collapses over time unless you use a support stick or piece of rebar, etc. I hope this product comes in much longer rolls because I have many projects at the ranch to use it. I'm interested, too, in figuring out how it can be used as a gutter guard. As long as it has an easy off/easy on method, it might be just be the perfect solution for my gutter cover. I give this 5 stars and 2 thumbs up because it's just what I need to keep the deer out of my garden spaces and wrap it around my wild chili pequin plants.

This hardware cloth worked out fine for making a screen to sift ingredients to make a fine planting starter mix for seeds. It has good rigidity so was easy to form. It was kept in place in the packaging by a long piece of wire which came in handy for my screen.

I chose this wire to use as gutter covers. It took me a couple of hours to cut and install the wire, really learning as I went along. While installing, some leaves fell on the wire but didn't get into the gutter. I only worry about the pine needles and leaf stems that may get stuck in the holes. This is a decent cheaper alternative to the higher priced gutter guards, but I think I would rather have the sleeker and more professional gutter guards at some point. This would be better for protecting gardens from small animals due to its sturdiness.

I used this wire to put at bottom of parts of my wood fence, where there were gaps large enough for neighbors' dogs to squeeze through. I wanted something not too noticeable, not too difficult to put up and take down, but strong and sturdy enough to resist dogs pushing or clawing at it. This hardware cloth has worked out well, I think. Time will tell. It seems thicker and sturdier than some other types I looked at. I've never worked with metal linked fencing product, but this was pretty easy. I used wirecutters to cut it and did a simple system to affix to bottom of fence. I also painted the metal fencing black, making it almost disappear visually after installed. The hardest part of this product was unwinding it. I thought it'd pop open after I removed the covering, but it's held in a wrapped state with small pieces of bent wire, so it won't pop open. It took me a bit to remove those pieces. Other than that, my project was pretty easy with this fencing. I like it so much that I'm looking around to see what I can use the remaining bits for. I took off a star for the difficulty in unwinding it.