Garden fence build

[chris the wrench]

My garden is 90x90 and it's too small for my wife and I.

Pictures please! Sounds awesome. Sorry to totally derail this thread…

 

[pmsmechanic]

While there are some very good ideas here most have missed one major point. I rototill gardens for the neighbors in the spring. The nicest gardens to till are ones with no fence at all. I realize that's not practical if you want to keep animals out, at least make 2 ends totally removable or leave an area around the outside for tractor maneuverability. Obviously if you have raised beds or a walk behind rototiller this doesn't matter but it's amassing how many people plan for most things but forget about the guy with the rototiller.

 

[lman]

The only thing I need to keep out of our garden is the dog. He likes to lay in the soft soil, so we put up a temporary electric fence and remove it at end of season so I can till it with tractor and 5 ft. tiller. The dog does a good job of keeping varmints from getting to the garden.

 

[drumminj]

While there are some very good ideas here most have missed one major point. I rototill gardens for the neighbors in the spring. The nicest gardens to till are ones with no fence at all. I realize that's not practical if you want to keep animals out, at least make 2 ends totally removable or leave an area around the outside for tractor maneuverability. Obviously if you have raised beds or a walk behind rototiller this doesn't matter but it's amassing how many people plan for most things but forget about the guy with the rototiller.

This is a good point! In our case, we have raised beds (will need to build more), and/or use a walk-behind rototiller for anything sown directly into the soil since it's not that large an area.

 

[drumminj]

I think I have convinced myself to use screws instead of nails. The strongest argument being I can use a Kreg pocket screw jig for the rails to not have to worry about the angle or having any nail heads sticking out and getting in the way. And I don't have to worry about my compressor keeping enough pressure/driving some nails short.

 

[EddieWalker]

Pictures please! Sounds awesome. Sorry to totally derail this thread…

These where back in Easter when our Grandson was here to hunt Easter Eggs. I rarely go in there, so I never get pictures of what's happening in there. My wife is a Master Gardener, and she does all the work. The flowers where rescued from a place that used to be a nursery, but closed down. They where just pots of dirt with a hint of something still alive in there. Of the hundreds of pots that she brought home, something like 3/4's of them came back to life!!!!

 

[D&D]

I think I have convinced myself to use screws instead of nails. The strongest argument being I can use a Kreg pocket screw jig for the rails to not have to worry about the angle or having any nail heads sticking out and getting in the way. And I don't have to worry about my compressor keeping enough pressure/driving some nails short.

Rather than making fence panels, you could put up your posts then wrap a smaller opening wire around. Make some decorative 1x with the router to cap your posts.

 

[drumminj]

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These where back in Easter when our Grandson was here to hunt Easter Eggs. I rarely go in there, so I never get pictures of what's happening in there. My wife is a Master Gardener, and she does all the work. The flowers where rescued from a place that used to be a nursery, but closed down. They where just pots of dirt with a hint of something still alive in there. Of the hundreds of pots that she brought home, something like 3/4's of them came back to life!!!!

That is a seriously large garden! Like you, we have raised beds with walkways. Don't think we'll ever need something that large though -- there's only two of us. But if needed, we'll likely clear a separate plot that's not connected, vs taking down trees that define a nice perimeter around the 'house/living' space on the property.

 

[drumminj]

Well, as far as a project update (I'll keep this thread updated during the build) I spent yesterday and today grinding down stumps that are either inside the proposed fenced bounds, or nearby. So hey, this is actually tractor-related!

We had the area forestry-mulched when we first bought the property, and I subsequently felled some extra trees around the proposed garden area to get some more sunlight. Cleaned that all up now so I believe we're now ready for post hole digging. Livestock panels come in on Thursday supposedly.

Ordered the Kreg pocket hole jig and will grab a metric buttload of screws from Home Depot this week.

 

[deezler]

How did you attach the mesh to the welded panels? Zipties seem to last about 1.5 years in the sun around me. I might use hog rings, Ive used those on gabion walls, but seemed kinda overkill for attaching the mesh.

The chicken wire to the cattle panels? Yeah I used zip ties. Probably some of them are cooked by now, but between weeds/vines/corrosion, its all staying in place just fine.
You can buy more substantial quality of plastic zip ties, or even metal ones too. Good selection online with better quality than what you just find in the big box stores.