Building A Garden Fence

Choose the material you plan to use as your fence.

Building a garden fence.

This fence made from palettes gives this backyard s landscape a modern and sophisticated feel. Hardier fencing may require a crown nailer or other method to attach it to your planks. Next we screwed 1x4 boards across the top bottom and center of the space. Unless you decided to build a very short fence this will mean adding a gate.

Throw a shovelful. Measure the area that is to be fenced with a measuring tape including the height you want the fence to be. Zip ties can be used to attach it to the metal t posts. Position the mesh wire level with the top of the wooden posts leaving a two foot gap between the bottom of the mesh wire and the ground.

You can really use any size boards. We began by putting 4x4 posts in each corner of the area we mapped out as the garden. Determine whether it will be mainly used to secure your house or just a decorative element. He put one in each corner first and i believe he tied some string between the posts to place the other ones in straight lines.

Purpose of the garden fence first thing to consider in building a garden fence is the purpose it is intended to be used for. This garden fence is probably one of my favorites. It is a pretty safe assumption that you will still want to be able to access your garden. Build this fence 21.

Instructions till the plot. The reason is that i love anything that looks rustic sturdy but still has that homestead feel to it. To build the fence around my vegetable garden my husband started out putting in 8 foot posts 4 4 inches or so around. Two of the posts were placed close together to serve as gate posts.

In the preceding fall i tilled two parallel strips into the grass each forty feet by ten feet these. The pallet garden fence. So if you like the same rustic touch then you might want to give this fence a glance. I intended to buy four by four cedar posts i don t like pressure treated wood but then a friend told.

This distance ensures proper holding power for the. In the long stretch in this photo we ended up adding another 4x4 post to the center of the expanse. If meant as a protection for your garden and landscape know which type of animals are prone to destroying your plants. Attach the mesh wire to the wooden posts using fencing staples.

The wooden pallet can be one of the best recycled materials from which to build a diy garden fence. Both light duty and heavy duty posts have tabs along the above ground section allowing you to anchor or attach the. Pallets can be found for pennies or free and they have a rustic yet modern design depending on the type of garden fence you create.