Steel Mesh Cloth

Hardware cloth is what you reach for when chicken wire is too flimsy and you’re tired of losing the garden to rabbits or the feed room to mice. Quarter-inch gauge is the move for rodent exclusion — nothing squeezes through it. Half-inch handles garden borders and rabbit hutches, and larger gauges work for venting and custom enclosures. It cuts with snips, holds its shape, and won’t rot out like plastic will. Nixa Hardware & Seed Co carries it in rolls — the critters have met their match.