Fencing
Barbed Wire: Often used in conjunction with other fence types to prevent large animals from leaning against the main fence and breaking it down.
Bird Netting: Is the very light and flexible plastic mesh, which allows air, light and rain to reach your plants, but is strong enough to prevent garden birds from breaking through.
Chain Link Fencing: Has the "diamond" shaped "hole" (which is usually 50mm across) and comes in either galvanised form or more ususally in plastic coated metal form.
Chicken Wire: Also known as Wire Mesh, this is the fence with the hexagonal shaped "hole" which comes in sizes from 12mm to 25mm to 50mm across.
Deer Fencing: Is very similar to Stock Fencing, except it usually is much taller and has larger gaps between the wire strands than ordinary Stock Fencing.
Rabbit Wire: is similar to Chicken Wire / Wire Mesh, except the "holes" are 30mm across.
Stock Fencing: Ideal for permanent Fencing to keep Live stock in such as Cattle and Sheep. This is the Fencing which has graduated sized gaps between the wire strands, starting with the smallest at the bottom.
Straining Wire: Comes in various thicknesses (ususally sold be weight; e.g. in 1/2 or 5kg) and can be used either by itself as a form of fencing or to attach other fencing such as Chain Link to.
Weld Mesh: This stiff metal Mesh comes by the sheet (and in 6m Rolls) and is usful when creating small "penned" areas such as for compost heaps.
Wind Break: This very fine meshed plastic Fencing allow air through, but greatly reduces its flow.
Wire Mesh: See also Chicken and Rabbit Wire.
Fence Posts:
- Angle Iron ~ often used with Chain Link or strands wire.
- Chestnut Posts ~ either whole of half or even quarters with the bark still on, used for heavy fencing.
- Milled Round Wooden Posts ~ can be used either as tree stakes or for heavier fencing.
- Square Wooden Stakes ~ to support saplings of for light weight fences and mesh.
