Garden fence build

[EddieWalker]

Sure looks nice. Smart to get those trees to turn color to make it look so fancy!!!!

 

[drumminj]

Sure looks nice. Smart to get those trees to turn color to make it look so fancy!!!!

Yeah, that was the hardest part!

 

[drumminj]

Me, every project.
You'd think I'd learn?
nah

I don't think any complex/ambitious project would ever be started if one didn't underestimate the effort involved.

 

[EddieWalker]

I don't think any complex/ambitious project would ever be started if one didn't underestimate the effort involved.

I need to remember this!!!!

 

[drumminj]

Unexpected rain today so time for another update...Not quite done yet, but got the door mounted this morning.

Discovered another lucky aspect of the door ending up 36" wide -- I made a threshold of pavers which fit perfectly in that width. And I'm halfway through putting up the 1x1" wire on the bottom of the fence then I'll (thankfully) be done with this project!

 

[ning]

I need to remember this!!!!

if you do, you'll never do another project
better to just rediscover every time

 

[EddieWalker]

... then I'll (thankfully) be done with this project!

I think you are just getting started. You need a walkway to the garden, you'll need gravel or something to walk on when in the garden, and once the garden really gets going, you'll need a green house to start your seeds and get everything started before you can plant them in your garden. Then there is watering, weeding, and the never ending improving of the soil!!!

 

[drumminj]

I think you are just getting started. You need a walkway to the garden, you'll need gravel or something to walk on when in the garden, and once the garden really gets going, you'll need a green house to start your seeds and get everything started before you can plant them in your garden. Then there is watering, weeding, and the never ending improving of the soil!!!

All very true!

The greenhouse is actually next. Supposed to rain on Thursday so hoping I can tomorrow on scraping off the topsoil and getting gravel down for the foundation while everything's still dry.

Yes on walkways...we still have 1/2 pallet of flagstone leftover to be used for various places...from driveway to shop, from garage apron to fence to back yard, etc etc. You're correct on all of this

 

[EddieWalker]

I just assembled a free She Shed for my wife. A client gave it to me after a tree fell on it. It's one of those plastic sheds that they sell at Sam's Club. She wants it for storing her pots that she uses to start her plants in. With the price of everything being so ridiculous, she saves EVERYTHING!!!

Now that the shed is assembled, she want's shelves. It NEVER ENDS!!!!

 

[Dcraigg]

Unexpected rain today so time for another update...Not quite done yet, but got the door mounted this morning.

Discovered another lucky aspect of the door ending up 36" wide -- I made a threshold of pavers which fit perfectly in that width. And I'm halfway through putting up the 1x1" wire on the bottom of the fence then I'll (thankfully) be done with this project!

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Well done, awesome job!

 

[drumminj]

Well done, awesome job!

Thank you!

Finished the project today. Lots of learnings. Ended up costing $2750 in materials, plus or minus $50 in screws. I won't try to value my labor, but mostly with me working on it solo (with a little help with the missus when I needed an extra pair of hands), looks like it took a little over three weeks working 7 days a week.

Even with all the saw work, I still have 1..2...3....10 fingers so I consider it a success . And apparently I lost 5 pounds in the process!

 

[ning]

Thank you!

Finished the project today. Lots of learnings. Ended up costing $2750 in materials, plus or minus $50 in screws. I won't try to value my labor, but mostly with me working on it solo (with a little help with the missus when I needed an extra pair of hands), looks like it took a little over three weeks working 7 days a week.

Even with all the saw work, I still have 1..2...3....10 fingers so I consider it a success . And apparently I lost 5 pounds in the process!

Price the labor as free in since you don't have to spend money on therapy

 

[drumminj]

Price the labor as free in since you don't have to spend money on therapy

Not mental, but might need physical therapy for my back!

I'm not good at taking days off (or so my SO tells me) so started on the greenhouse foundation today. Scraped off the topsoil and tried to level it out a bit -- I suck at using the loader/bucket to smooth out ground -- then put down some landscape fabric and lastly gravel for drainage and to help level out the 4x6s I'll use as the actual base of the greenhouse. Looking at the photo I still have some leveling work to do on the gravel pad.

Got some Simpson angle braces and mending plates to assemble the base and keep things square. Rain expected on Thurs so I'll probably wait until Friday to get the 4x6s.

 

[drumminj]

Brief update...been delayed due to warped and damaged parts to the greenhouse and now weather since I missed the dry weather window due to the delays. Given the price maybe it's worth the trade-off, but so far my experience has me not recommending the Yardistry products...

Hoping to get everything assembled on Thursday if it goes smoothly. Have the walls pre-assembled as best I can, the rest has to be done on-site. And have lag-bolts to connect the greenhouse to the foundation.

So looking forward to having my shop back and being able to get the tractor and mower out!

 

[EddieWalker]

Is the greenhouse a kit that you bought? All the wood and glass already cut?

 

[drumminj]

Is the greenhouse a kit that you bought? All the wood and glass already cut?

Yeah, it's the Yardistry kit from costco: 8 x 9.7 Greenhouse - Yardistry

 

[drumminj]

Some more (slow) progress -- finally got all the needed parts and some good, dry weather. Hoping I can finish it up tomorrow. Still need to install the ceiling panels, caulk everything, then do the door and shelving inside.

Did manage to crack one of the roof beams right at a joint.. Hard to describe but the SO was helping me put it up and all of a sudden heard some wood give way. You sister two beams together for the main roof beam so I think a few extra screws have made it all good, but will have to keep an eye on it.

 

[lman]

You're going to need to get a load of tomatoes to help recover your bank account. I don't have a fence. My dog is on patrol and does a good job managing the critters and I only paid $150 for him plus dog food. I did put a single strand of electric fence wire up to keep him from laying in the soft ground and damaging new plants. I take it down later in the summer.

 

[EddieWalker]

Now you need a She-Shed for all her garden tools, pots, hoses and crap they buy that never gets used for anything.

Did you run a water line into the green house?

Are you going to heat it?

 

[gsganzer]

That's a good-looking garden area. I'll end up doing something similar, but I'll probably make a second perimeter fence around the garden itself, the area between the two fences will act as a chicken run. We get grasshoppers really bad in the summer, so I'm hoping the chicken run will act as a "no-man's land" for controlling grasshoppers and other pests.