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Author Message   Nyquillama  Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 03:29 pm:    Hi folks, I'm new here but I've been lurking for a while. You seem like a wonderful online community, it can be hard to find such a place. I'll have a lot of questions probably, but as I learn I might be able to answer a few of them too. I've got some spring fever going and I was thinking about flowers. I want to dress-up my front south-facing foundation garden this year. Right now the garden is surrounded by fieldstones, but I think that I need a fence or something to discourage my dog from taking naps in the sunny locale. I can't afford much of anything and I'm wondering if anyone has an frugal ideas for a two-foor high fence that I could make with scrap materials or anything that would still look traditional? Please share any ideas you have. I hope to post a picture of the area for some additional suggestions on planting, etc later. Thanks, and nice to meet you all! Oh, a tiny bit about me. I live with my wife and son new son (9 months) in a small rural community near the south shore of Lake Superior, about 25 miles from Superior, WI (the tip of the "nose" of Lake Superior). It's a unique spot because the lake actually has a warming effect on a small area, which is how I can get away with being zone 4, with zone 3 all around me. Nyquillama - Wisconsin, Zone "4a"   Andy_p  My Favorite Photo Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 05:20 pm:    Nyquillama, My first suggestion is train the dog to stay out of the garden. My Sarah was trained by running a string all around the garden, I'd watch her and firmly say NO if she went beyond the string. It only took 3 days. If that doesn't work for you, why don't you make a miniature 'picket' fence. For the wood you can use old discarded wood pallets. Lots of warehouses / trucking companies put them out for free. Leave them out in the rain to get wet. They will come apart without much trouble or splitting the wood. Keep it in scale and it will look great. You may want to get pressure treated wood for the posts. One third of the post should be in the ground for stability. A nice paint job will make it look "Custom". Have fun. Andy_p - MA, Zone "6b"   Nyquillama  Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 09:51 am:    Thanks for the suggestion Andy_p! I would love it if I could train my dog to stay out of the garden, but I'm not home during the day and my wife barely has time to supervise the dog either. Other than the occasional garden tromping, she's really a great dog. I'm thinking that a fence would help with this and also look really cool. My house is pretty boring looking, so I was thinking about the fence more for looks. Menards has 3' sections of cypress picket fence that is similar to what you are suggesting for $3. They seem really well put together. Worth it? I would need about ten sections. Nyquillama - Wisconsin, Zone "4a"   Andy_p  My Favorite Photo Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 04:56 pm:    Sounds like a bargain. You will need posts also and fasteners. A fence for under $2 per foot works for me. Cypress lasts for ever, too. I need a new section here. I have the plans in my head and know the materials I need. It will be zero maintenance and permanent. Cost $10 per foot. As a kid I helped my dad build a picket fence. He was handy and came up with a unique plan that looked great and easy to build. I'll use his plans with todays materials. Have fun and take pics.... Andy_p - MA, Zone "6b"   Cooper  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 05:04 pm:    Welcome to gardenbuddies Kory why not come down to the social forum and introduce yourself Cooper - NSW, Australia, Zone "Warm Temperate"   Valia  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 07:09 pm:    How long a fence would this need to be? ... and do you have any natural materials lying around -- tree branches, rocks ... or other stuff, natural or manmade, that you could incorporate into the barrier? Anne, Washington State, Zone 5   Nyquillama  Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 11:51 am:    After much conversation with my wife we decided that we didn't want a fence in this bed anyway. I'm going to try other tricks with getting the dog to stay out. I'll go out and take some pictures of the bed today. And let you know what my plan is. It involves several things that I'm very new to. It's almost 40F, spring is here! Oh, and about the social forum. I'm a bit shy online, I think I'd rather wait a bit, if that's okay. Nyquillama - Wisconsin, Zone "4a"

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