Considering this Fencing Style

[digitS']

Okay, I'm not . . .

Are there some examples that I'm not seeing that are attractive, don't cost an arm & a leg, and wouldn't be difficult to build?

With a good supply of waste wood, I suppose the above example wouldn't cost much but it probably would be difficult to build. And, you should have seen DW's face when I suggested it as a replacement for the east fence in the yard.

Steve

 

[baymule]

Gee, where was your camera? We would have loved to see her face too! Cool looking fence! Not going in my yard though!

 

[so lucky]

Is that a fence or a scrap pile?

Steve, are you wanting a fence for privacy, wind control, property delineation, to grow things on, to keep the dog confined, or what? I betcha this group of folks can come up with some useful pics of (reasonable) fence ideas.

 

[thistlebloom]

Well, there's your problem, you're looking at the back side! I'm sure the front side is much more attractive....

 

[digitS']

privacy: probably the neighbors want privacy more than I do

wind control: one reason for taking the old one out is that I have had to pour more concrete because of 3 (?) broken posts. It has to allow some wind to pass thru

property delineation: the neighbor has an olde steel post for that

to grow things on: well that would be nice

to keep the dog confined: Garbanzo only visits once or twice a week. Gotta keep the neighbors' 3 dogs out.

or what? Mostly to replace what is there.

Steve

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

A couple that I work with are in the process of making a section of living fence. They have taken the idea of a herb garden in pallets and brought it to the next level. They are making a wall with it. They happen to have one 14 ft pallet that is taking up a big stretch, but it should be beautiful when done.

 

[MontyJ]

Well, there's your problem, you're looking at the back side! I'm sure the front side is much more attractive....

 

[lesa]

I just passed a yard, that had made a very simple fence and then grew grape vines on it. So, it was a living fence... The posts were wood and the "sections" were grapevines. Looked really neat.

 

[thistlebloom]

For privacy and wind flow, you could do one of those fences where the upright boards are alternated down the row from one side of the horizontal supports to the other.

Did that make sense? I can't think of the right fence terminology.....

 

[digitS']

That's what I built 15 years ago, Thistle!

I don't like it. I know - it is about the best way to have a 6' fence and good air movement thru it. So. How did I get 3 broken posts? I have a 2 by 4 set in concrete in a block, with a birdhouse on top. That's the way I'm bracing broken posts.

I've got a 2 by 2 running horizontally at the very top. Then, a 1 by 4 laid across that so the squirrels can run along the top of the fence. Yeah, I am glad I did that - it is fun . . . as long as they don't work their way all the way over to the other side of the yard and eat green peaches off the tree!

I'll tell you what I'm thinking about: all 1 by 4's solid with "diamonds" cut out of them near the top and that horizontal 1 by 4 for a "cap." Okay, nearly 100% wind resistance and 3 broken posts in 5 years instead of 15 .

steve