Garden fence build
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deezler
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Perhaps your fence design is a bit, uh, over complicated. 
EddieWalker
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When we first decided to fence in our garden, I looked all over Pinterest for pictures of how other people had made a fancy fence around their gardens. I was thinking that if it's going to be in the middle of our yard, and something we would have to see when we are sitting on our porch, I wanted it to be attractive.
The more I planned, the more complicated it got, and the odds of finishing it declined. Then I realized that if I built a simple fence, we could add flower beds to the outside of that area and make it really nice that way. Even better, my wife would do all the work on the flower beds!!!
Treated 6inch x 8 foot round posts in the corners. Another wood post mid way, and one on each side of the two 4 foot gates. Then T-posts every ten feed. It was still a lot of work because I didn't have all my fencing tools that I have today, but I was able to get it done with a pair of 2x6's bolted together to stretch the wire.
Now you don't even notice the fence, all you see are the flowers and plants in front of it!!!
The more I planned, the more complicated it got, and the odds of finishing it declined. Then I realized that if I built a simple fence, we could add flower beds to the outside of that area and make it really nice that way. Even better, my wife would do all the work on the flower beds!!!
Treated 6inch x 8 foot round posts in the corners. Another wood post mid way, and one on each side of the two 4 foot gates. Then T-posts every ten feed. It was still a lot of work because I didn't have all my fencing tools that I have today, but I was able to get it done with a pair of 2x6's bolted together to stretch the wire.
Now you don't even notice the fence, all you see are the flowers and plants in front of it!!!
chris the wrench
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Natures zip ties!
chris the wrench
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Make sure you grab the exterior labeled box!
Perhaps your fence design is a bit, uh, over complicated.
No....can't possibly be that!
. Okay, maybe I'm a over-builder...a bitWelp, I've got all my posts, 2500lb of concrete and the livestock panels so time to start digging holes. Borrowing my neighbor's PTO post hole digger, though did go buy a 12" auger to use since biggest he had was 10".
Got a long way to go, but happy to finally get things moving. We have great weather ahead this week according to the forecast so should hoping to get through the whole thing. We'll see.
Got a long way to go, but happy to finally get things moving. We have great weather ahead this week according to the forecast so should hoping to get through the whole thing. We'll see.
dieselscout80
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Personally I’d rather just tamp the posts in tight using screenings (fines washed out when washing gravel).
This makes it easier to remove and replace wood posts when they rot and they will eventually.
This makes it easier to remove and replace wood posts when they rot and they will eventually.
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I've used just plain 3/4" crush. No fines. No tamping either. Just wiggle the post a few times and the crush settles around the post and tightens it quite nicely. I learned that from watching power company's set posts.
I thought about setting the posts just in gravel, but with our clay soil I figured that would result in a hole filled with water around the post, being very slow to drain.
Instead decided to set in concrete to help anchor and fill most of the hole with clay soil to avoid a bunch of water getting in and sitting in the hole, around the post.
Am I thinking about it wrong?
Instead decided to set in concrete to help anchor and fill most of the hole with clay soil to avoid a bunch of water getting in and sitting in the hole, around the post.
Am I thinking about it wrong?