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title: Block Rodents with Hardware Cloth or Bird Netting
description: Hardware cloth and bird netting keeps various types of rodents out of your compost and garden area, making for safe seedlings and healthy young plants.
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# [Block Rodents with Hardware Cloth or Bird Netting](https://www.louispage.com/blog/block-rodents-with-hardware-cloth-or-bird-netting)

 Written by [Joe Morrell](https://www.louispage.com/blog/author/joe-morrell) | November 15, 2021

Keeping Mice, Chipmunks, Rats, and Squirrels Out

[Hardware cloth](https://www.louispage.com/welded-wire-mesh/hardware-cloth) saves the day again. Your compost bin will be safe from all kinds of rodents when you employ these tips and techniques. 

 

Giving Chipmunks the Heave-ho

An excellent method of using [bird netting](https://www.louispage.com/wire-netting/aviary-bird-barrier) to make sure your seedlings and young plants aren't devoured by these little rascals.

 

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