How To Build A Simple Vegetable Garden Fence
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How to build a simple vegetable garden fence. After having our Fall greens completely ravaged by a couple of rabbits and a groundhog we decided it was time to put a fence around the garden. To build the fence around my vegetable garden my husband started out putting in 8-foot posts 44 inches or so around. I used the remaining wood pieces from our wooden pack and hubby just cut them to the length we needed 2 x 24 pieces and 2 x 30 pieces.
With 30 or so deer lurking around it was clear that planting the annual vegetable garden would not be an option without first putting up a deer-proof garden fence. A split rail fence is one of the simplest garden fence ideas for anyone with basic DIY experience or even for the novice thats willing to do a little bit of research first. As you can see we built the garden fence in the yard using the white vinyl fence as one of the sides.
Dig a trench which is shallow but wide around the outside of your garden fence. Make space for the hardware cloth around the fence. How to make a Garden Fence Door.
If you happen to have a pile of old logs on your property you can repurpose them for the project. When the fence build was finished we added wire fencing to the inside of the wooden fence. The wire will keep out our dog and any bunnies that want to test the vegetables.
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. Slowly place the hardware cloth into the trench and around the fence. I wanted to.