As a precaution against digging predators, we used a long strip of secondhand chicken wire and made a 'skirt' around the perimeter of the dome. Railroad ties, stones and leftover wood - whatever we could find - were laid on top to hold the fencing down. Now all we needed were some chickens!
![Grass growing through chickenwire](/uploads/3/7/8/3/37831047/6203026.jpg?1424110110)
Note: grass grew through the fencing, which made it quite difficult to move the dome when the time came. Since we never did have any problems with predators trying to get in the dome, we removed the 'skirt,' and so far, haven't had any trouble with predators getting into the 'locked' dome.
This was done on March 23, 2012.
This was done on March 23, 2012.