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Merge Mansion Main Game Item List Guide

Writ­ten Feb 2021 — Updat­ed 09/08/2024 — Cur­rent Lev­el: 43

A fan-made un-offi­cial guide as I play the game.

*There are many small changes in the game with each major game update. I will try and find and fix things as I go, but there will like­ly be some incon­sis­ten­cies until I can find them*

*** Sept 2024: I apol­o­gize to every­one, but I’m mak­ing an announce­ment that although I will con­tin­ue to spo­rad­i­cal­ly play that game, I haven’t touched it in a while. It start­ed a few months ago when the game start­ed get­ting less enjoy­able as a whole (con­stant changes mak­ing it hard to stay on top of things, so many mon­ey grabs, and repet­i­tive events that just weren’t inter­est­ing any­more or just plain weird) and came to a head when I got a month-long ill­ness. Per­haps if I stay away from it for a peri­od it will be inter­est­ing again, I don’t know. Either way, I’m stop­ping cov­er­age on events, and prob­a­bly will con­tin­ue to update images and chains but only if I’m actu­al­ly play­ing the game, which, like I said, I haven’t in a long while. Thank you for read­ing and sup­port these last 3 years. I’ll update when I update!! ***

Dis­claimer: All assets and rights belong to Meta­core Games

All past event guides can be found HERE

Game Changes List

As I find them in the game. Start­ing June 2023

  • 4⁄24 — Item inven­to­ry has added “Sort­ed by type” but­ton
  • 3⁄24 — Not a game change, but I am going through to update some chains and record­ing their descrip­tors; Tool­box max chain lev­els increased from 9–12; Tools max chain lev­els increased from 10–12 max; Toy Car max chain lev­els increased from 10–12
  • 2⁄24 — changed appear­ance of Gems; Bronze Coins are now Gold Coins with appear­ance change; fixed task com­ple­tion ani­ma­tion slow-down, allow­ing a “skip” func­tion; Added Pro­duc­ers tab to Inven­to­ry where pro­duc­ing items may be stored but with a caveat that pro­duc­tion paus­es while in stor­age (opin­ion: while I’m glad the task com­ple­tion ani­ma­tion is fixed, I wish the devel­op­ers would stop chang­ing lit­tle things all the time and focus more on new con­tent and game expan­sions)
  • 1⁄24 — changed task com­ple­tion ani­ma­tion (for the worse, imo)
  • 12⁄23 — Dec­o­ra­tion shop avail­able to buy missed dec­o­ra­tions from pri­or years; New Area: The Gallery to be opened in Jan­u­ary
  • 11⁄23 — Lamp chain increased from 6 to 10 lev­els
  • 10/10/23 — 2nd install­ment of Din­ing Room Area; Side Entrance Area added new tasks; New chains: Water­ing and Water Buck­et; Dai­ly Tasks short­ened to 3 tasks in 4 hours and rewards changed
  • 10/9/23 — Draw­er max chain expand­ed to 12 lev­els from 7 lev­els; Broom Cab­i­net max chain expand­ed to 12 lev­els from 11 lev­els; New art­work for pic­ture frames in Love Sto­ry chain; Gar­den­ing Tool­box max lev­el increased from 11 to 12
  • 6/3/23 — Wood added 2 more chains, from 4 to 6 lev­els; Col­ored Box items are no longer are cob­webbed; New Dai­ly Box­es added: gloves, plant­ed flower
Recur­ring Events Links


The Great Bush Bonan­za

The Great Bake­off

Lucky Catch

The Veil of Fate


Nav­i­ga­tion and Game Tips
  • For eas­i­er nav­i­ga­tion on this site, use the Find (ctrl + F) fea­ture on your brows­er or the quick-jump links
  • If you are run­ning out of tasks to com­plete, focus on fin­ish­ing out merge chains. For exam­ple: I sud­den­ly opened up the Roman­tic Spot area when I fin­ished the 11th merge in the Love Sto­ry chain, despite not hav­ing increased in play­er lev­el.
    • It is worth it to get high­er merges as opposed to keep­ing sev­er­al small­er merge lev­els when min­ing for items because high­er merge lev­els yield: High­er lev­el items, increased taps, and less­er wait times.
    • Try to merge brown and blue chests before open­ing them for much bet­ter rewards
  • Merg­ing the entire chain for pig­gy banks sig­nif­i­cant­ly increas­es yield
  • It’s gen­er­al­ly a good idea to keep the high­er lev­els of merge chains in stor­age for easy task ful­fill­ment in the future
Game Area List

*Note: unlock­ing instruc­tions seem to vary depend­ing on where you are in the game when the new areas come out, or with game updates

  • Rufus Park - Main items used: Wood­en Planks, Mason­ry, Con­crete Mix­er, Table Saw, Brick Mason Tools — COMPLETE
  • The Maze — Why are there so many car tires and ten­nis balls here? — Main items used: Gar­den Tools, Gloves, Flow­ers — COMPLETE
  • Roman­tic Spot — This seems like a roman­tic spot. What hap­pened here? — Main itmes used: Gar­den Tools, Gloves, Flow­ers — COMPLETE
  • Ten­nis Court (Com­plete The Maze to unlock) — The ten­nis court is in such bad shape! How on earth did it end up like this? — Main items used: clean­ing tools, Gloves — COMPLETE
  • Ceme­tery — Boul­ton Fam­i­ly ceme­tery. What secrets does it hold inside? — Main items used: High lev­el gar­den tools (end of area), Gloves, Clean­ing Tools, Flow­ers — COMPLETE
  • Scav­enger Hunt — What lies at the end? — COMPLETE
  • Main­te­nance Room - Shhh…IS there…someone in here? Main Items Used: Gloves, Sacks, Clean­ing, Main­te­nance Room Items, Yarn, Stools
  • Con­ser­va­to­ry - I won­der what’s inside…overgrown toma­toes? — Main items used: Mosa­ic lvl 3, flow­ers, Gloves, Clean­ing sup­plies, Water, Lamp, Paint
  • Light­house — Is some­one liv­ing there? — Main items used: Aban­doned Nest, Light­house Trea­sures, Gloves, High-lev­el Gar­den Tools, Tool­box tools, Wood, Clean­ing Sup­plies, Paint
  • Great Hall — (Com­plete Light­house to unlock) There’s a lot of secrets locked in this man­sion…
  • Side Entrance — (added Oct 10, 2023) This used to be a ser­vants’ entrance. Or is it still? Main Items Used: Water­ing Can, Gar­den Tools, Flow­ers (NOTE: as of 10/10/23, only part of the area seems to be unlocked with tasks end­ing with Sprin­kler and no reward box offered despite no more tasks)

Most Recent Event

Love on the Vine Event

Merging Chains (A‑Z)

Bench

From: Wood (lvl 4)

Chain: Wood­en Bench > Wood­en Stool > Stool lvl 3 — 4 > Wood­en Chair > Gar­den Bench lvl 6 — 7 > Arm­chair lvl 8 — 9 (max)

Bottle

From: Peony Flower Bud (lvl 5+)

Item Obtained: Sail­ing Ship, Shrap­nel

Chain: Water Leaf > Water Pipette > Small Water Bot­tle > Medi­um Water Bot­tle > Large Water Bot­tle lvl 5 — 7 > Ship in a Bot­tle (max)

Brick Mason Tools

From: Cement Mix­er

Chain: Gaug­ing Trow­el > Met­al Float > Hel­met > Brick­lay­er’s Ham­mer > Cement Buck­et (max).

Use: Maze Area, Ceme­tery

Broom Cabinet

From: Chests, Fan­cy Blue Chest

Items Obtained: Cloth, Tooth­paste

Chain: Bolt & Screw > Han­dle > Han­dle Assem­bly > Cab­i­net Door > Cab­i­net Frame > Cab­i­net Lvl 6 > Cab­i­net lvl 7 > Broom Cab­i­net > Boost­ed Broom Cab­i­net > ?? > ?? > ?? (max)

Butterfly

From: Orange Flower (lvl 6)

Chain: But­ter­fly lvl 1–6

Use: feed to Pool Toys

Carpenter Tools

From: Table Saw

Chain: Car­pen­ter Pen­cil > Car­pen­ter’s Square > Safe­ty Gog­gles > Tape Mea­sure (max)

Use: Rufus’ Place Area

Casey and Skatie

From: Pool Toys (3‑Day Event)

Chain: Flip-Flops > Roller Skates > Sun­glass­es > San­dals > Surf­board > Beach Tow­el > Neck­laces > Pin­wheel > White Sur­ren­der Flag > Skate­board > An Idol > Sign (max)

Use: Tiki Stat­ue task ful­fill­ment

Item Text: “Katie ‘Skatie’ Boul­ton; Avid roller skater; Out­go­ing beach comber; Casey ‘Hang Ten’ Schultz; Surfer Leg­end; Beach is his home; They fall in love; Set­tle into Beau­mont Hall, with the calmest beach on earth; Wait­ing for a leg­endary wave that nev­er comes; Bored Casey com­bines surf­board and skates; Surfers come, look­ing for the cham­pi­on and his wave”

Cleaning Tools

From: Broom Cab­i­net lvl 5+, Red Box

Chain: Cloth > Buck­et > Sponge > Plunger > Spray Bot­tle > Brush > Dust­pan > Duster > Mop > Squeegee > Broom (max)

Concrete Mixer

From: Area-spe­cif­ic tasks

Items Obtained: Pile of Sand, Gaug­ing Trow­el (Mason­ry, Brick Mason Tools, Mason­ry

Chain: Con­crete Mix­er

Use: The Maze and Ceme­tery areas. Dis­ap­pears after fin­ish­ing an area, but will be giv­en again if need­ed

Detergent

From: Broom Cab­i­net (lvl 5+), Red Box, Clean­ing Box

Chain: Tooth­paste > Bar of Soap > Liq­uid Soap > Pow­er Deter­gent > Soft­en­er > Tur­pen­tine > Pol­ish­ing Wax (max)

Drawer

From: Brown Chest, Draw­er

Items Obtained: Pot Frag­ment, Vase (lvl 1–3, Draw­er Knob (rare), Closed Tool Crate

Chain: Draw­er Knob > Draw­er Knobs > Draw­er Box > Draw­er Box­es > Draw­er lvl 5 > Draw­er lvl 6 > Draw­er lvl 7 > ?? > ?? > ?? > ?? > ??(max)

Note: Max chains changed from 7 to 12 (10/23)

Empty Seed Bag

From: Large Seed Bag

Items Obtained: Gold­en Seed (com­bine 2 Stack of Emp­ty Seed Bags)

Chain: Emp­ty Seed Bag> Emp­ty Seed Bags > Pile of Seed Bags > Stack of Emp­ty Seed Bags (max)

Exotic Plants

From: Con­ser­va­to­ry Task Ful­fill­ment

Chain: Baby Cac­ti > Wine Cup > Friz­zle Siz­zle > Mon­stera > Orchid > Anthuri­um > Lil­ly > Venus Fly­trap > Giant Raf­fle­sia (max)

Use: Con­ser­va­to­ry Area Tasks

Item Text: “Feel­ing a prick­ling in my thumb; Pours the fam­i­ly for­tune down a craps table; Then spi­rals out of con­trol; Drags an inno­cent man along; May seem charm­ing and charis­mat­ic; But the red flags are hard to ignore; Dur­ing the final act of inno­cence; Caught smack in the mid­dle of a lie; The whole thing stinks of a coverup”

Fabrics

From: Sewing Kit

Chain: But­ton > But­ton and Rib­bon > Basic Fab­ric > Spool of Fab­ric > Qual­i­ty Fab­ric > Rich Fab­ric (max)

Item Text: “A pret­ty lit­tle rib­bon; A but­ton and a piece of rib­bon; Some pieces of fab­ric; Plen­ty of fab­ric; Ooh, this is soft; Is this silk?”

Flowerpot

From: Draw­er (lvl 6+)

Items Obtained: Seed Pouch

Chain: Pot Frag­ment > Bro­ken Pot > Cracked Pot > Pot lvls 4 — 6 > Blue Pot lvls 7 — 10 (max)

Garden Statue

From: Ignatius Boul­ton (3‑Day Event)

Items Obtained: Small Tin Can, One Cent

Chain: Rock > Urn Sculp­ture > Stone Pil­lar lvl 3 > Stone Pil­lar lvl 4 > Urn Sculp­ture > Stone Gate (max)

Note: May 2022’s update changed the chain from 12 lev­els to 6 lev­els

Gardening Gloves

From: Gar­den­ing Tool­box (lvl 4+), Plain Box, Green Box

Chain: Gar­den­ing Glove > Gar­den­ing Gloves lvl 2 > Gar­den­ing Gloves lvl 3

Gardening Toolbox

From: Chests, Box­es, Game store, Draw­er (lvl 7)

Items Obtained: Gar­den knife, Gar­den­ing Glove

Chain: Closed Tool Crate > Dusty Tool Crate > Tool crate > Tool Bar­rel lvl 4 ‑10 > ?? > ?? (max)

Note: May 2022 — max lvl 10 to 11; Oct 2023 — max lvl 11 to 12

Gardening Tools

From: Gar­den­ing Tool­box (lvl 4+), Plain Box, Green Box

Chain: Gar­den Knife > Gar­den Fork > Prun­ing Shears > Axe > Spade > Knife > Leaf Rake > Hedge Shears > Wheel­bar­row > Saw > Shov­el > Soil Rake > Hoe > Chain­saw (max)

Use: High lev­els are used exten­sive­ly in the Light­house and late in the Ceme­tery Areas

Item Text: “A sim­ple tool bas­ket; Per­haps some­thing help­ful is inside; These tools need a big­ger bas­ket; Now there’s more room for all your gar­den­ing tools; It looks like it’s start­ing to fill up again; Now it’s rein­forced and able to han­dle even more tools; Might as well go pro; It’s got cute lit­tle wheels, now; Take it with you; Easy access, where you go;

Golden Tree

From: Stack of Emp­ty Seed Bags (lvl 4 merge)

Items Obtained: Bronze Coins (lvl 8)

Chain: Gold­en Seed > Gold­en Sprout > Gold­en Seedling > Gold­en Tree lvl 4 — 8 (max)

Taps: 10 taps every 4 hours

Lamp

From: Toy Car (lvl 7+), Light­bulb Box

Items Obtained: Moth (lvl 1)

Chain: Bulb Box > Light Bulb > Fit­ted Bulb > Bronze Lantern > Dim Bronze Lantern > Bright Bronze Lantern > Wrought Iron Lamp > Lamp and Sconce > Vic­to­ri­an Lamp > Wired Vic­to­ri­an Lamp (max)

Wait Time: 7 min­utes

Note: Nov 2023 — Lev­els increased from 6 to 10; March 2024 found new names for items and updat­ed

Item Text: “Every bulb needs a box; The key to a light bulb moment; No more loose bulbs; A stur­dy lantern guides you well; Who turne doff the lights; Let here be light; This one can even be used out­doors; Hooray for wall fix­tures; Now we’re get­ting fan­cy…; Were we miss­ing wires all along?”

Lighthouse Treasures

From: Aban­doned Nest

Chain: Gold Knife > Gold Fork > Fan­cy Gold Spoon > Fake Dia­mond Ring > Cheap Sap­phire Ear­ring > Ruby Pen­dant > String of Pearls > Antique Pock­et Watch > Vin­tage But­tons > Mys­te­ri­ous Dice > Wiz­ard Fig­urine > Weath­er­vane (max)

Item Text: “Looks like Mr. Win­ston is miss­ing a knife; and a fork… Do you think gold makes things taste bet­ter? Not bad. You can bare­ly see the bub­ble inside the rock! Wait…Is this mine? “To Ruby.” Aw, how sweet! This mag­pie has some EXPENSIVE taste. Wow! It’s still tick­ing! So many but­tons… I’ve nev­er seen dice like these before! This wiz­ard looks familiar…Is this an H on the bot­tom? That’s the same shape as the fig­urine!”

Lindsay Boulton

From: Make­up Tools (3‑Day Event)

Chain: Lind­say > Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty > Safe > Bull > Bag of Mon­ey > Bear > Emp­ty Safe > The­ater Mask > Spray Can > Mod­ern Fac­to­ry > Hood Orna­ment (max)

Use: Car task ful­fill­ment

Note: The orig­i­nal name Lind­sey Hop­per was changed to Lind­say Boul­ton, alter­ing the last name (I think to avoid con­fu­sion) and the spelling (which was incon­sis­tent, orig­i­nal­ly)

Locket

From: Vase (lvl 1–3)

Items Obtained: Pri­vate Hand­some (Love Sto­ry)

Chain: Pouch > Closed Lock­et > Lock­et > Dou­ble Lock­et > Fam­i­ly Lock­et (max)

Note: March 2024 — Fam­i­ly Lock­et lvl 4 changed names to Dou­ble Lock­et

Love Story

From: Lock­et (lvl 5)

Chain: Pri­vate Hand­some > The Beau­ti­ful Debu­tante > A Roman­tic Ges­ture > First Date Nerves > Love Blos­soms > Corny Kind of Love > Sug­ar for my Sug­ar > Catch­ing the Bou­quet > Two Rings > Two Hearts Become One > Pop­pin’ Bot­tles > Itty Bit­ty Toes (max)

Note: Oct 2023 — orig­i­nal pho­tos in frames looked real­is­tic, image altered to more car­toony faces

Item Text: “Fight­ing for his love; Belle of the ball, now the queen of his heart; Rose to the occa­sion; Just like in the movie; Life nev­er looked so rosy; You make my heart pop! This heart is melt­ing; Life real­ly is a bed of ros­es with you; Be mine for­ev­er? First comes love, then comes mar­riage; Here comes baby in a baby car­riage; Leav­ing foot­prints in our hearts”

Maintenance Room Cutlery

From: Main­te­nance Room Trunk

Chain: Sil­ver Plate > Sil­ver Chal­ice > Sil­ver Cut­lery (max)

Use: Main­te­nance Room Tasks

Maintenance Room Trunk

From: Main­te­nace Room Area Task Ful­fill­ment

Items Obtained: Can­dle Hold­er, Sil­ver Plate

Use: For Main­te­nance Room Area

Maintenance Room Valuables

From: Main­te­nance Room Trunk

Chain: Can­dle Hold­er > Baroque Mir­ror > Heraldic Cush­ion > Brass Can­de­labra > Antique Lamp > Vin­tage Decanter > Mar­ble Bust > Col­lec­table Paint­ing (max)

Use: Main­te­nance Room Tasks

Maintenance Supplies

From: Work­bench

Chain: Elec­tri­cal Wire > Bat­ter­ies > Uni­ver­sal Glue > Springs and Screws > Plas­tic Bags > Recharge­able Bat­tery > Duct Tape (max)

Note: Feed Bat­ter­ies to Flash­light (Main­te­nance Tools); Feed Recharge­able Bat­tery to Pow­er­less Drill (Main­te­nance Tools)

Item Text: “A bunch of elec­tri­cal wire; Ener­gy on the go; Real­ly sticky stuff; A pile of springs and bolts; Rolls of trash bags; Renew­able ener­gy; When in doubt, duct tape”

Maintenance Tools

From: Work­bench

Chain: Pen­cil > File > Flash­light > Tape Mea­sure > Mul­ti­tool Pock­etknife > Uni­ver­sal Clean­ing Cloth > Spir­it Lev­el > Indus­tri­al Vac­u­um > Box Cart > Pow­er­less Drill > Selec­tion of Saws > Step Lad­der (max)

Note: Feed Bat­ter­ies to Flash­light to get Lit Flash­light; Feed Recharge­able Bat­tery to Pow­er­less Drill to get Pow­ered Drill

Item Text: “Not only for doo­dling; Not for your nails; Hmm, no bat­ter­ies; If you can’t mea­sure it, you can’t improve it; It even has a tooth­pick; Sur­pris­ing­ly absorbent; Keep­ing things on the lev­el; This thing sucks; Mov­ing large box­es has nev­er been so easy; Looks like it needs a bat­tery; These things can cut through any­thing; One small step for Mad­die…”

Makeup Tools

From: Lind­say’s New York Sto­ry (3‑Day Event)

Items Obtained: Lind­say, The Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty, Safe (lvl 5+)

Chain: Pow­der Puff > Bob­by Pin > Nail File > Cos­met­ic Brush > Eye Shad­ow Brush (max)

Note: May 2022’s update changed the chain from 11 lev­els to 5

Mansion Key

From: Fin­ish­ing Light­house Area

Use: Gain access to Man­sion Area

Masonry

From: Cement Mix­er

Chain: Pile of Sand > Pile of Cement > Pile of Rocks > Cement Bags > Paving Slabs > Bricks > Edge Pavers > Large Paving Slab (max)

Use: The Maze area, Ceme­tery Area

Mosaic

From: Shrap­nel merge

Chain: Mosa­ic lvl 1–12

Moth

From: Post Light (lvl 6)

Items Obtained: Silk

Chain: Moth lvl 1–6

Taps: Get 20 Silk ini­tial­ly, and then 40 before Moth breaks.

Use: Feed to Pool Toys lvl 6

Old Abandoned Lighthouse Nest

From: Light­house Area Task Ful­fill­ment

Items Obtained: Gold Knife, Gold Fork

Use: For Light­house Area

Orange Flower

From: Seed Bag

Items Obtained: But­ter­fly

Chain: Orange Flower Seed > Orange Flower Seedling > Orange flower Bud lvl 3 — 5 > Orange Flower (max)

Taps: 2 But­ter­fly at 3 min­utes, 15 min­utes, then every 30 min­utes after ini­tial merge

Paint

From: Tool­box (lvl 4+), Blue Box, Paint Box

Chain: Paint Can lvl 1–4

Peony Flower

From: Vase (lvl 6+), Flower Box

Items Obtained (lvl 5+): Water Leaf

Chain: Peony Flower Seeds > Peony Flower Pot > Peony Flower Seedling > Peony Flower Bud lvl 4 > Peony Flower Bud lvl 5 > Peony Flower (max)

Planted Bush

From: Brown Chests

Items Obtained: Plant­ed Flower Seed, Plant­ed Flower Bud, Plant­ed Flower Seedling

Chain: Seeds > Seedling > Small Bush > Bush lvl 4 — 5 > Blos­som­ing Bush lvl 6 — 9 (max)

Note: May 2022’s update changed the chain from 7 lev­els to 9 lev­els and obtained items from small tin can to plant­ed flower seed

Planted Flower

From: Plant­ed Bush, Plant­ed Flower Box

Chain: Plant­ed Flower Seed > Plant­ed Flower Seedling > Plant­ed Flower Bud lvl 3 — 4 > Plant­ed Flower lvl 5 — 9 (max)

Pool Toys

From: Casey & Skatie (3‑Day Event)

Items Obtained: Flip-Flops, Roller Skates, Sun­glass­es, San­dals (lvl 6+ after feed­ing Moth and But­ter­fly)

Chain: Inflat­able Ball > Swim­ming Mat­tress > Inflat­able Donut > Inflat­able Crab > Inflat­able Tur­tle > Inflat­able Dol­phin (max)

Note: May 2022’s update changed the chain from 12 lev­els to 6 lev­els

Scarab

From: Scarab Box

Chain: Scarab lvl 1–6

Use: None yet

Scarab Box

From: Ship­ping Con­tain­er

Items Obtained: Scarab

Chain: Scarab Box lvl 1–5

Screws

From: Tool­box (lvl 4+), Blue Box, Screw Box, Ship­ping Con­tain­er

Chain: Screw lvl 1 — 4 > Box of Screws (max)

Seed Bag

From: Flower Pot (lvl 6+), Green Box

Items Obtained: Flower Seeds

Chain: Seed Pack­et lvl 1 — 2 > Small Seed Bag > Large Seed Bag (max)

Sewing Kit

From: Red Chest

Items Obtained: Pin (Sewing Sup­plies), But­ton (Fab­rics)

Chain: Antique Knob > Antique Knob and Tassle > Hank of Yarn > Spool and Skein > Box of Yarn > Knit­ting Bas­ket > ?? > ?? > ?? > ?? (max)

Note:

Item Text: “It’s so shiny; How cute; Loose and looped; Don’t ask what the dif­fer­ence is; Nev­er enough yarn; Handy when knit­ting;

Sewing Supplies

From: Sewing Kit

Chain: Pin > Safe­ty Pin > Thim­ble > Box of Pins > Seam Rip­per > Pin Cush­ion > Sewing Nip­per > Nee­dle and Thread > Tape Mea­sure > Iron (max)

Item Text: “Also good for pop­ping bal­loons; Like a pointy paper­clip; Keep­ing fin­gers safe; Plen­ty of spare pins; Stitch­es be gone; A com­fy cush­ion for pins; Accu­rate thread cut­ting; Hum­ble nee­dle and thread, sav­ior of count­less tears; These things nev­er lay flat…; Noth­ing like hav­ing fresh ironed sheets”

Ship

From: Ship in a Bot­tle (Bot­tle)

Items Obtained: Ship­ping Con­tain­er

Chain: Sail­ing Ship lvl 1 — 2 > Pas­sen­ger Ship > Car­go Ship (max)

Shipping Container

From: Car­go Ship (Ship)

Items Obtained: Scarab Box, Screws

Chain: Ship­ping Con­tain­er lvl 1–5

Shrapnel

From: Vase lvl 1–3 (count­down), Ship in a Bot­tle (count­down)

Chain: Shrap­nel

Silk

From: Moth (lvl 6)

Items Obtained: Yarn (merge)

Table Saw

From: Lev­el 34 Task (A few after the Cement Mix­er)

Item Obtained: Thick Planks

Chain: Table Saw (max)

Note: Feed 5 Wood­en Bench­es. Nec­es­sary for Rufus Area and dis­ap­pears after area com­ple­tion

Tennis Bag

From: Game Pro­gres­sion

Items Obtained: Ten­nis Ball, Rack­et, 2 Rack­ets

Note: For Ten­nis Court area

Tennis Trophy

From: Ten­nis Bag

Chain: Ball > Rack­et > 2 Rack­ets > Ten­nis Drink > Wrist bands > Sneak­ers > Head band > Ten­nis Skirt > Ten­nis Tro­phy (max)

Note: For Ten­nis Court area

Item Text: “Grand­pa Char­lie loved ten­nis; It did­n’t mat­ter if he won; The game was the only thing; He often played with Julius; And nei­ther man kept score; Ursala was com­pet­i­tive; Deb was ambi­tious too; When they joined on dou­bles; Things got out of hand!”

The Beginning

From: Ignatius Boul­ton (3‑Day Event)

Chain: Small Tin Can > One Cent > Tin Can > One Dol­lar > 3 Cans > 9 cans > Dol­lar stack > Pile of Cash > Tin Can Fac­to­ry > Big Pile of Cash > Man­sion Gate > Brief­case of Cash > Stone Can (max)

Use: Ignatius Boul­ton Stat­ue Task Ful­fill­ment

The Scavenger Hunt Memo

From: Scav­enger Hunt Area Task

Chain: The Scav­enger Hunt Memo

Use: Com­pletes the Scav­enger Hunt Area

Toolbox

From: Fan­cy Blue Chest

Items Obtained: Paint Can, Screw, Wrench

Chain: Tool Box lvl 1–9, ??, ??, ??

Note: March 2024 — Chain lev­els increased from 9–12

Tools

From: Tool­box (lvl 4+), Blue Box, Tools Box

Chain: Wrench > Adjustable Wrench > Mal­let > Paint­brush > Pli­ers > Ham­mer > Crow­bar > Screw­driv­er > Paint Roller > Bolt Cut­ters > ?? > ?? (max)

Note: March 2024 — Chain lev­els increased from 10–12

Toy Car

From: Fan­cy Blue Chest

Items Obtained: Bulb Box, Light­bulb, Post Light lvl 3

Chain: Wheel > Wheels > 4 Wheels > Toy Car lvls 4 — 9 > ?? > ?? > ?? (max)

Taps: 9 taps every 45 min­utes

Note: March 2024 — Max chain lev­els increased from 10–12

Tree

From: Blue Chest

Items Obtained: Wood, Tree Seed

Chain: Seeds (spot­ted) > Seedling > Sapling > Tree lvl 4 — 6 (max)

Vase

From: Draw­er (lvl 5+)

Items Obtained: Shrap­nel, Pouch, Peony Seeds (lvl 6+)

Chain: Vase lvl 1 (six hours) > Vase lvl 2 (three hours) > Vase lvl 3 (one hour) > Vase lvl 4 — 11 (max)

Note: The high­er the lev­el, the faster the timer count­down

Water Bucket

From: Side Entrance Area

Items Obtained: Water Droplet

Note: Requires 25 ener­gy for one buck­et from the Old Well

Watering

From: Water Buck­et

Chain: Water Droplet > A Cou­ple of Droplets > Water Jug > Small Water­ing Can > Medi­um Water­ing Can > Large Water­ing Can > Water­ing Hose Roll > Water­ing Hose with Oscil­lat­ing Sprin­kler > Water­ing Hose with Rotat­ing Sprin­kler (max)

Note: (10/11/23) For the Side Entrance Area

Item Text: A sin­gle drop of water; Two drops of water. Now you can share; A mea­sure of water; Those flow­ers look thirsty; Good for those larg­er pot­ted plants; Get the gar­den watered in one go; Some of the plants are extreme­ly thirsty; Water the entire yard; Not only is it more effi­cient, it’s fun to play in as well!”

Workbench

From: Red Chest

Items Obtained: Pen­cil, File (Main­te­nance Tools), Elec­tric Wire, Bat­ter­ies (Main­te­nance Sup­plies)

Chain: Wheel > Wheel and Base Board > Base Sup­ports > Base Low­er Sec­tion > Com­plete Base > Base with Table > ?? > ?? > ?? > ?? > ?? > ?? (max)

Note:

Item Text: “A squeaky lit­tle wheel; Is this a roller skate; Or a skate­board; Why don’t these things ever have instruc­tions; A com­plet­ed base > Let’s add a table to it”

Wood

From: Tree

Items Obtained: Wood­en Bench

Chain: Wood lvl 1–6

Note: When tapped, will revert one lev­el low­er until Wood lev­el 3 is reached:

Wood lvl 6 gives Stool

Wood lvl 5 gives Wood­en Stool

Wood lvl 4 gives Wood­en Bench

Wooden Planks

From: Cement Mix­er

Chain: Thick Planks > 2 by 4 > 2 by 2 > Boards > Bat­tens > Laths > Edge Strip (max)

Note: Rufus’ area

Yarn

From: Silk (from Moth lvl 6)

Chain: Yarn lvl 1 — 2 > Ball of Yarn lvl 3 — 4 > Balls of Yarn lvl 5 > More Balls of Yarn lvl 6 — 8 > Weave lvl 9 — 11 (max)

Other Events, Boosters, Boxes, Chests

Expand to learn more

3‑Day Events

These were unlocked when you reached a cer­tain point in the game that required to you play the 72-hour events in order to get tar­get items.

As of the May 2022 update, I can no longer play these events. I’m not sure if they are playable any­more, but you can find the list of them HERE

Minor Merge Events

Click this LINK to see Minor Merge Event Items

Game Boost­ers

Boosters

All Game Boost­ers are obtained through merg­ing, tasks, events, or the game Store

Unlimited Energy

5 min­utes
10 min­utes
20 min­utes

Booster

From: Bub­bles, Chests, Boost­er Shard (lvl 4 merge)

Chain: Small Boost­er > Medi­um Boost­er > Big Boost­er > Huge Boost­er (max)

Amount: 2 hours > 4 hours > 8 hours > 16 hours (max)

Booster Shard

From: Chests

Chain: Boost­er Shard lvl 1 > Boost­er Shard lvl 2 > Boost­er Shard lvl 3 > Boost­er Shard lvl 4 (merge to cre­ate Boost­er)

Energy

From: Ener­gy Box, Bub­bles, Chests, Game Store

Chain: Ener­gy lvl 1 > Ener­gy lvl 2 > Ener­gy lvl 3 > Ener­gy lvl 4 > Ener­gy lvl 5 (max

Amounts: 2 ener­gy > 6 ener­gy > 16 ener­gy > 40 ener­gy > 100 ener­gy (max)

Gems

From: Pig­gy Bank, Game Store, Dai­ly Box

Chain: Gem (1) > Gems (3) > Gems (8) > Gems (20 — max)

Note: March 2024 — Name changed from Dia­monds to Gems with slight appear­ance change

Gold Coins

From: Pig­gy Bank, Coin Box, Bub­bles, Chests

Chain: Bronze Coin (1) > Goid Coins (3) > Gold Coins (8) > Gold Coins (20) > Gold Coins (50) > Gold Coins (120 — max)

Note: March 2024 — Name and appear­ance changed from Bronze Coins to Gold Coins

Hourglass

From: Event rewards

Chain: Hour­glass­es (max)

Use: Drag to sin­gle item with timer to skip time.

Note: Stack­able. If more time avail­able than nec­es­sary for item, then remain­ing time can be used for anoth­er item

Piggy Bank

From: Game Shop (free 1x dai­ly), Event rewards

Items Obtained: Gems, Coins

Chain: Pig­gy Bank lvl 1–4

Taps: Lvl 1 (~20 taps) > lvl 2 (~33 taps) > Lvl 3 (~45 taps) > lev­el 4 (~52 taps)

Note: Decem­ber 2022 update adds lev­el 4 Pig­gy Bank; If you’re tap­ping the banks before merg­ing them, you don’t get the full replen­ish on the merge, only the dif­fer­ence in taps.

Time Skip Booster

From: Chests, Event rewards

Chain: Small Time skip Boost­er > Medi­um Time Skip Boost­er > Big Time Skip Boost­er > Huge Time Skip Boost­er (max)

Amounts: 1 hour (small) > 2 hours (medi­um) > 4 hours (big) > 8 hours (huge)

Note: an update changed the chain from 5 to 4 lev­els, get­ting rid of the Colos­sal boost­er and leav­ing the max lev­el as the Huge

Time Skip Booster Shard

From: Chests, Gift Box

Chain: Time Skip Boost­er Shard lvl 1 > Time Skip Boost­er Shard lvl 2 > Time Skip Boost­er Shard lvl 3 > Time Skip Boost­er Shard lvl 4 (max)

Scissors

Cards

Ursala’s Blue Card: Can NOT be used to upgrade the lev­el of items with light­ning sym­bols

Boul­ton’s Light­ning Card: Can ONLY be used to upgrade the lev­el of items with light­ning sym­bols

XP

From: Merg­ing (lvl 4+)

Chain: XP lvl 1 (1) > XP lvl 2 (3) > XP lvl 3 (8) > XP lvl 4 (20) > XP lvl 5 (50 — max)

Box­es

Boxes

Area Reward Box

Area Com­ple­tion Box

Colored Boxes

note: box­es can­not be merged

Daily Task Reward Boxes

Gift Box

from spe­cial events and quests

Reward Boxes

Reward Box lev­el 1
Reward Box lev­el 2
Reward Box lev­el 3
Reward Box lev­el 4
Chests

Chests

Brown Chests

merge lvl 1 to get lvl 2

Fancy Blue Chests

merge lvl 1 to get lvl 2

Red Chest

merge lvl 1 to get lvl 2

Bronze Coin Chest

reward for task ful­fill­ment

Daily Box

gives 5 gems after com­plet­ing 6 Dai­ly Tasks

Energy Chest

DIY: PVC and Hardware Cloth Garden Plant Enclosure + Winter Cover

writ­ten 8/5/2024, updat­ed 9/6/2025

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Overview

What

Tem­po­rary/dis­as­sem­bly-pos­si­ble enclo­sure for patio and deck plants using PVC pipe and hard­ware cloth, fea­tur­ing doors

Why

Thiev­ing squir­rels, birds, and deer yet still allow­ing pol­li­na­tors, air, sun, and rain through

Time and Effort

Time: Sev­er­al hours to 1 day (maybe more)

Dif­fi­cul­ty: Mod­er­ate (depends on your equip­ment and mate­r­i­al sit­u­a­tion)

This is what start­ed it all. My beau­ti­ful can­taloupe brazen­ly stolen and eat­en right in front of my eyes by a crafty yet cute squir­rel

Materials and Cost

All mate­ri­als bought from Ama­zon and Home Depot

Mate­r­i­al

1″ 4ft PVC Pipe

1″ 6ft PVC Pipe

16-gauge 2′ x 50′ Hard­ware Cloth Roll

200′ 16-gauge Gal­va­nized Steel Wire

1″ PVC Hinges

1″ 90 Degree Elbow Fit­ting

1″ 3‑Way Fit­ting

1″ Tee Fit­ting

Cab­i­net Hard­ware Pulls

Quan­ti­ty

12 pipes

5 pipes

31ft

0.5 Roll

4 Hinges

8 Fit­tings

8 Fit­tings

2 Fit­tings

2 Pulls

TOTAL

Use Price

$80.40

$43.99

$24.80

$3.97

$36.68

$11.84

$26.00

$3.94

$4.38

$236.00

Owned Sup­plies:

Nee­dle Nose Pli­ers

Lines­man­’s Pli­ers

Diag­o­nal Cut­ting Pli­ers

Ratch­et­ing PVC Cut­ter

Sharpie

Mea­sur­ing Tape

Dig­i­tal Calipers

Rub­ber Mal­let

Bits/Driver

Screw Gauge

Planning and Schematics

Note: Draw­ings not to scale

Dimen­sions (L x W x H)

Out­er Dimen­sions: 45″ x 22″ x 53″

Door Dimen­sions: 20.5″ x 49″

Fit­ting Dimen­sions

3‑Way (For­mu­fit brand — 8 qty)

1¼ ” + 1⅜” = 2⅝” length

1.25in + 1.375in = 2.625in

90 Degree (Char­lotte Pipe brand — 8 qty)

1½” + 1⅛” = 2⅝”

1.5in + 1.125in = 2.625in

Tee (Char­lotte Pipe brand — 2 qty)

⅞” + 1⅜” + ⅞” = 3⅛”

0.875in + 1.375in + 0.875in = 3.125in

Pipe Lengths

Remem­ber that the ends of the pipes will fit into the fit­tings. All mea­sure­ments are approx­i­mate. Actu­al item dimen­sions may vary

Out­er Frame

42″ pipe (4 qty) — Length

19″ pipe (4 qty) — Width

50″ pipe (5 qty) — Height

Doors

17.5“pipe (4 qty) — Width

46.5″ pipe (4 qty) — Height

Over­all Weight

1 in, 4 ft PVC pipe = 1.4lbs

Over­all Weight of Enclo­sure: ~37lbs

Author’s Note

From start to fin­ish, con­cep­tion to assem­bly, this took a total of 3 days of time. Not count­ing wait­ing for parts, choos­ing parts, etc. The idea start­ed way back in 2022 when I was hav­ing issues with squir­rels steal­ing my toma­toes. I dreamed up and drew up plans, even going as far as to buy­ing much of the mate­ri­als to do it (orig­i­nal­ly out of wood and com­pos­ite wood). How­ev­er, the squir­rels quit steal­ing my stuff until this year when my veg­eta­bles and fruit dis­ap­peared one by one. The final straw was the baby can­taloupe! WARTIME. Since it would be placed on the deck instead of the ground like the orig­i­nal plans intend­ed, I need­ed a less weighty option and there­fore chose PVC pipe. Armed with the orig­i­nal plans, I altered them. You can plan all you’d like, but doing is com­plete­ly dif­fer­ent! So start­ed the 3 day-total-time jour­ney (real­ly, it took about a week wait­ing for all the pieces). Many, many cal­cu­la­tions, mis­cal­cu­la­tions, frus­tra­tions, and even blood shed­ding lat­er, I’ve — at this writ­ing — most­ly com­plet­ed the project. Just a few minor tweaks and a test run before final­iz­ing the hard­ware.

Over­ar­ch­ing Ques­tion: Does it actu­al­ly work???

As of August 2025: YES, IT WORKS suc­cess­ful­ly against thiev­ing squir­rels! They tried, hard with no suc­cess! (see Notes sec­tion for more)

Process

Gathering Supplies and Equipment

Need­ed: Han­dles, PVC pipe, Ratch­et­ing pipe cut­ter, PVC fit­tings, hinges

Calculating, Measuring, Cutting, Assembling the Frame

Eas­i­ly the most time-con­sum­ing part. Using the spe­cial­ized PVC cut­ter and also a dig­i­tal caliper saved a lot of time. Just set­ting up the frame is easy. The hard part is fit­ting the doors prop­er­ly with­out cre­at­ing too much of a gap (try­ing to pre­vent crit­ter entry after all) around the door and frame while remem­ber­ing that the fit­tings add more length to each side (cal­cu­la­tions are done for you already in the schemat­ics above). On top of that, there’s the con­sid­er­a­tion of hard­ware cloth size to make as the hard­ware cloth is best wrap­ping around the pipe. If this was wood, it would be eas­i­er to just cre­ate a remov­able frame around the out­side of the cloth. Lots of re-mea­sur­ing and re-cut­ting until I got it right (or close enough).

Use a rub­ber mal­let to make sure the pieces are snug in the fit­tings

Hinges and Handles

This was more com­pli­cat­ed than it need­ed to be. Hard­ware includ­ed with the (unthread­ed) cheapo Han­dles are just too short to span the 1 in width of the PVC pipe. With­out buy­ing more or hav­ing to run out to a store, I delved into my giant box of ran­dom screws. Thank­ful­ly, I man­aged to find 4 that were both long enough and the right size (screw and thread gauges are use­ful). The Hinges snapped eas­i­ly onto the PVC and most­ly stay in place. And no won­der they stay in, because it gouges the plas­tic like no oth­er if you remove and slide them around, so make sure you’ve mea­sured where you want them first.

WARNING: Fas­ten any hinges before fas­ten­ing han­dles so that the han­dles are ori­ent­ed prop­er­ly, or at least mark loca­tions well. Because I wait­ed a year, my han­dles are now in a wonky ori­en­ta­tion

May 2025 — Hinge Per­ma­nence

Final­ly decid­ed to screw in the hinges. I was way too lazy to take the entire cab­i­net apart for the win­ter, but it end­ed up endur­ing the win­ter just fine

Used an 11⁄64″ bit, lined up the hinges on the pipe, and went for it. End­ed up using ran­dom screws that I hap­pened to have, so they’re all mis­matched and end­ed up rust­ing over the sum­mer

Attaching the Hardware Cloth

This is 16-gauge hard­ware cloth which is hard to find in stores (at least where I am). It’s big enough to allow pol­li­na­tors, water, and air into the enclo­sure, but small enough to thwart rodent and avian rob­bers. This was the lim­it­ing fac­tor for size of the enclo­sure as the cloth I used was only 2ft wide (they sell them larg­er). And no, chick­en wire is not rec­om­mend­ed. Not only are the holes too large, but the wire is weak. Also, to note, because this enclo­sure sits on the deck, there is no need for bot­tom cov­er­age. If I were to use the wood­en schemat­ics made to sit on the ground, then it would be ful­ly enclosed by wood, or extra cloth would need to be sunk into the ground (1–2 ft deep) to deter dig­gers.

The exceed­ing­ly time-con­sum­ing and phys­i­cal­ly painful part of this was the issue of how to attach hard­ware cloth to PVC. With­out spend­ing a for­tune, I decid­ed on a roll of gen­er­al-pur­pose gal­va­nized steel wire and some pli­ers. How­ev­er, giv­en how long it took to secure every­thing (5 hours! In the bak­ing sun and even through a short down­pour), I’ve been think­ing of a bet­ter attach­ment method (See NOTES sec­tion)

Twisty-ties from let­tuce are nice and long
Nav­i­gat­ing cor­ners
Cut to bend
Over­lap­ping pieces
Tem­po­rary twisty ties to hold two ver­ti­cal pieces of hard­ware cloth togeth­er
Bend­ing these under
3rd lay­er of over­lap (top, back, and side)
Twisting the Galvanized Steel Wire with Pliers

After much tri­al and error, I found that this was the fastest way (at least by hand) to tie off the 16-gauge steel wire (per­haps I should have used some­thing small­er)

Cut
Thread and ori­ent
Grab with line­man’s pli­ers
Twist
Keep twist­ing (be care­ful, though, twist­ing in the same spot too fast and hard will snap it)
Tight

Fun fact: If you feel the met­al after twist­ing, it’ll feel real­ly hot

Grab some nee­dle nose pli­ers and bend it away from pok­ing peo­ple
Safer!

Keep Going Until Completion

What’s annoy­ing is that tying off the hard­ware cloth with wire will cause ran­dom pock­ets where it bows out. Just keep on until every­thing is secure. Be aware that the ends of the hard­ware cloth and the steel wire are very sharp!

While the cam­era did­n’t focus on it, cut out pieces to make room for the han­dles
Trim­ming excess of doors
Trim­ming ends to pre­vent scratch­ing of feet or deck
Where doors meet. While does­n’t look ide­al, it works because touch­ing wire acts like a latch to hold them togeth­er
Hinges can still be manip­u­lat­ed since they’re not yet screwed in
Note the spac­ing between the hinge hard­ware. You can open or close the space just by twist­ing the hinge (hence why it has­n’t been secured until the end)

Complete!

Most­ly. No lock­ing hard­ware yet. Com­ing back to this 2 years after the fact, I’m still hold­ing strong with just a ball bungee through the 2 han­dles.

Wel­come home, can­taloupe plant!
3 total bungee cords to hold in place while in test­ing phase. Works real­ly well
Giv­en the space at the bot­tom where some­thing can push its way in, all I did was place a spare paver brick and voila!

Winter Cover

The aim was to have it decon­structable, but I was too lazy, so I decid­ed to use it as sort of a win­ter­ized green­hou­se­ish thing. My region is Zone 7B USDA har­di­ness. Two options (so far) for win­ter­i­za­tion.

Plastic Sheeting

Suit­able for mild win­ters with low dura­tion freez­ing peri­ods, about 20–40F.

Mate­r­i­al

6 mil Green­house Plas­tic Sheet­ing 12′ x 25′ (much too large)

Zip Ties

Pack­ing Tape (for cor­ners)

Pic­tures!

Plas­tic Sheet­ing. I bought entire­ly too much. Prob­a­bly need­ed half of that.
6 mil thick­ness
Zip tie secur­ing and tape for the cor­ners
Cut it off for neat appear­ance
Left open­ings around seams for ven­ti­la­tion and access
Poked a few drainage/vent holes in the top with a screw­driv­er

Plastic Sheeting Winterizing Results

2 months: hard freeze ear­ly Decem­ber for 1–2 weeks, and it’s dipped as low as the teens. So far so good. The plants seem to be doing just fine in there. I have hard neck gar­lic, straw­ber­ry, my blue­ber­ry plant, and onions.

Post-Win­ter: For about 5ish years, the win­ter had been pret­ty mild. 2024–2025 win­ter was nor­mal for this area which trans­lates to peri­ods of very cold and snow. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, that meant that my plas­tic lay­ers did NOT work well enough. If tem­per­a­tures stay around 20–40F, then the plas­tic is fine. If there are hard freezes for extend­ed peri­ods of time, this is not good enough. All of my plants died except the straw­ber­ry which did­n’t mind at all and looks amaz­ing (in a 10-gal­lon fab­ric pot). The blue­ber­ry most­ly died but final­ly start­ed sprout­ing new shoots from the root late June 2025. I was dis­ap­point­ed and will update again this fall when I set up the new ver­sion of this using hard plas­tic walls instead of the sheet­ing. Stay tuned!

Twin-Wall Polycarbonate Sheet

4′ x 2′ x 0.24″ Poly­car­bon­ate Green House Pan­els. They’re a rigid plas­tic sheet­ing that are shat­ter­proof which sup­pos­ed­ly allows them to with­stand severe weath­er, and keeps the green­house both warm in the win­ter and cool in the sum­mer. The work­ing tem­per­a­ture range is: ‑42°F to 248°F (-44°C to 120°C)

Stay-tuned! I will attempt to attach this to the struc­ture and report when I’m suc­cess­ful!

Notes

9/2025 — Added a snap-on door stop made with a 3D print­er to pre­vent the doors from swing­ing too hard inward. Easy to drill and per­ma­nent­ly attach to PVC pipe if desired. Through­out the grow­ing sea­son, had plants inside then enclo­sure that were able to be pol­li­nat­ed no prob­lem. Doors made it easy to access plants. End­ed up mov­ing the corn plants inside after squir­rel rob­bery. The enclo­sure was a tad too short for the corn, so tas­sels extend­ed out, but suc­cess­ful­ly thwart­ed squir­rels that tried hard to get into the corn (they oblit­er­at­ed the corn tas­sels try­ing to pull the entire plant out). Suc­cess!! Just bought the poly­car­bon­ate pan­els for a new attempt at cre­at­ing a cold frame for the win­ter. Still have yet to attach actu­al door latch­es and am still using a ball

Ball Bungee Cord is easy to use
Door stop that just snaps onto the PVC. Can be per­ma­nent­ly fas­tened. This is not at the moment

August 2024 — It’s been almost a month since test phase start­ed, and squir­rels have left it com­plete­ly alone. No evi­dence of rot­ting, so good air­flow, pol­li­na­tors busi­ly doing their thing, vines climb­ing the cloth like a trel­lis… alto­geth­er very hap­py with its func­tion. Even the bungee cords per­form well and are easy to remove. Still have not secured hinges or installed latch­es… and I’m not sure I want to. It would make for a refined prod­uct, but the bungee cords work well.

August 2025 — Squir­rels robbed me of corn, so moved the pot into the enclo­sure. SUCCESS!!! First true test against the rodents. They des­per­ate­ly want­ed the corn, but could not get in. They even tried to pull the corn up through the top by yank­ing on the tas­sels. All that did was rip the tas­sels off the plant. They nev­er got inside! Yay!! It WORKS!!!

If I were to do it again, I would do sev­er­al things:

  • Buy hard­ware cloth that’s wide enough to not need so much over­lap. Like, one that can span from one side, to the back, and to the oth­er side. The top can be sep­a­rate.
  • If using the gal­va­nized steel wire method of attach­ment, then buy a Wire Twister Tool for Drill. Not only would that save tons of time, but phys­i­cal fatigue
  • Mea­sure the place­ment of the hinges before snap­ping them on
  • Paint it green or brown. White is so stark in the gar­den! Or if you have expend­able income, then buy For­mu­fit’s col­ored PVC
  • Fig­ure out a dif­fer­ent way to attach the hard­ware cloth (Ideas are all expen­sive yet remove­able: 2in Rub­ber Cable Clamps, 2 in Binder Rings, 6in Steel Wire Twist Bar­rel Key­chains, etc.)

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