While I was walking the aisles of Home Depot, I saw a garden bed trellis made with Wild Hog fence panels and I knew that would be the perfect solution, since we already had garden beds right where I wanted trellis to go. ![]() I’ve spent a couple years building raised beds for our vegetable/pollinator garden, but last year when I built the patio and pergola area in the back of our house, I realized that you could see all the way to that area from the front, so I wanted to create a little more privacy, with something for climbing plants to vine on. When we bought this house, it really just felt like the house was dropped onto a totally empty lot with no landscaping to speak of, so adding in things that help the house feel integrated with the land and neighborhood has been part of our long-term exterior goals. And in many places, I plant small plants or herbs in the open holes.Over the past three years, I’ve slowly built and added on to our garden, and now that the essential layout and garden beds are done, I’m moving on to fleshing it out with elements that help define the space and give it a cozier feel. I'll probably be redoing my old fence in the near future and I plan on adding a second row of cinder blocks as I am continually adding to my massive raised garden beds. With the blocks and a panel you get an easy 5'tall fence. I really did a good job of leveling the blocks with sand and it has held up for 25 years now. I just glue the blocks together using construction adhesive. 4x4s fit into the holes perfectly and I cement the post from the bottom to the top of the block. I'll plan to add a row of cinder blocks along the fence like the fence around the rest of my yard. I want to allow chickens to roam at times, so I plan on adding a layer of chicken wire. The level of nice and the finish is up to you. Attach the panel to the back side and have it go to the ground or even below grade if you have diggers. Just cement 4x4s every 8 feet and connect with 2x4s, top and bottom, leaving the bottom one up off the ground. My next project is to build a fence around my front yard like the one in your top pic. I draped 2 of them up and over a ditch attached to my fence for my merlitons to grow on. I put one around a 6'Diameter blueberry circle. I have 3 attached to 4x4s for my kiwi vines. ![]() I'm a believer in cemented in treated 4x4s and I love these hog panels. The rest of the work is cosmetic & attaching.īased on the pictures above it appears that they attached the wire to 2x4's attached to the posts & then simply covered over it with another piece of wood or left it visible Then all you need to do is add a bag of quick crete & then water - in about a day your post is ready to go. Dig said holes (at least 1/3 of post deep - deeper frost areas maybe more like a minimum of 4') with a post hole digger, pour just a little gravel in the bottom & then set your post & brace it. I use a string to get everything straight & mark where the holes will go. No matter the materials used, the layout is the most critical, especially the post spacing if going with panels. To attach those you can dado out a channel or simply attach to the wood members with a clip, big U shape staple, etc. ![]() It also appears that they are not using typical wire fencing, but instead panels which can actually make it easier on you as long as you have the spacing right. Having the wood that close to the ground is just asking for issues & as dogs like to dig, I prefer to bury the wire mesh a little into the ground. SLS Construction & Building Solutions LLC on Mar 18, 2014
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