What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

get yourself some creosote posts from the farm store for your main posts - keep the holes as small as possible and flair the bottom of the hole and concrete them in - and use treated 2bys on the ground horizontal and you can get away with untreated 2bys on the top horizontal. For your center horizontal you can either go with a treated sunk 2by or a metal Steel T post, sunk deep.

Those landscape timbers you are talking about using aren't meant for the vertical and curve as they go through the wet dry cycle and crack and split. Fence posts are center drawn and treated and are meant to take the cycles and the tension and weight of a fence.

Yea, I was thinking of going with fence posts or treated 4x4's. In may change my mind. I'm just cheap and don't want to spend the extra at the moment, although I realize it may be worth it in the long run.

As for the flanged hole and concrete, that's definitely the plan. I will be shouting for 6" diameter holes, especially if I manage to find an auger, and then I will just widen the bottom with a trench shovel.

 

[WthrLady]

I cannot find cattle panels ag a reasonable price around here, at last nowhere near the price of a 50ft roll of welded wire at the big box stores. I'm able to get 50'x4' galvanized welded wire with 2"x4" spacing for $29.99. One 16ft cattle panel is $18 I think. I am sure castle panel is a thicker gauge wire, but I don't need to keep out a cow.

Lucky you! I do.
Use good quality staples to get that fence up though. I have a staple holder too. It's a finger saver!

 

[WthrLady]

Yea, I was thinking of going with fence posts or treated 4x4's. In may change my mind. I'm just cheap and don't want to spend the extra at the moment, although I realize it may be worth it in the long run.

As for the flanged hole and concrete, that's definitely the plan. I will be shouting for 6" diameter holes, especially if I manage to find an auger, and then I will just widen the bottom with a trench shovel.

THink of it this way. If you do it right, you'll only have to do it once, saving time and money on having to tear it out and redo it.

 

[WthrLady]

Lucky you! I do.
Use good quality staples to get that fence up though. I have a staple holder too. It's a finger saver!

use larger diameter poles at the ends/corners and make yourself a 2x4 stretcher bar to put tension on your fencing and then staple it up.

 

[igorsMistress]

Good morning gardeners. @karenerwin I hope it's allergies and you're not getting sick! Although allergies aren't fun, I know this. I watered seeds this morning and cut some ginger root to plant in a few days. The potatoes are really taking off, I'll be adding soil to the bags soon, and the carrot tops are almost a foot tall. I've decided to build the full sun garden from concrete blocks with a deer net fence. I'm building that with my final bonus from my soon to be former employer and putting in some decent soil. Hopefully we'll have a good sized garden this fall to supplement the food budget. I want to try growing some butternut squash for soup. Have a great day everyone!

 

[Acre4Me]

Rain or snow for the foreseeable future. Which means cloudy and overcast.

Need to organize for the garden, I think I’ll try planting some seeds in March, like peas, beets, etc, to see if I can capitalize on Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of an early spring.

 

[karenerwin]

Good morning gardeners. @karenerwin I hope it's allergies and you're not getting sick! Although allergies aren't fun, I know this. I watered seeds this morning and cut some ginger root to plant in a few days. The potatoes are really taking off, I'll be adding soil to the bags soon, and the carrot tops are almost a foot tall. I've decided to build the full sun garden from concrete blocks with a deer net fence. I'm building that with my final bonus from my soon to be former employer and putting in some decent soil. Hopefully we'll have a good sized garden this fall to supplement the food budget. I want to try growing some butternut squash for soup. Have a great day everyone!

Are you retiring or switching jobs/careers?

 

[igorsMistress]

Are you retiring or switching jobs/careers?

I was laid off along with a bunch of other folks, so yes I guess I'm changing careers.

ETA I'm sorry, I hope that doesn't seem rude, I was multi tasking and just answered quick!

 

[BReeder!]

Another update on the cherry bushes. There's more blooms and leaves popping up every day! Still no blooms on the Joel (ther front plant), only the Jan (the back plant). The Joel is smaller and just a bit behind I think. It's growing leaves though.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning gardeners. I hope you are feeling better @karenerwin. With all these winter germs and viruses floating around you really need to be careful, eat well and rest. I wish you the best of luck with your career change @igorsMistress. At least the job market has improved somewhat from a few years ago. Good luck with the fence project @BReeder! I would go with the 2 x 4 welded wire, 4 feet high. A 5 foot fence will not keep deer out. Placing obstructions to prevent a clear landing spot will deter the deer. The hardware cloth may deter the rabbits, however they do make tunnels just not as large as the groundhogs. So chicken wire would be a little less expensive. I'm guessing I have a different species of chipmunks here in New England. They frequently climb fences and trees to get to where they want to go. The weather people are forecasting some wintry mixes later this week. Also have some colder temps coming back for a little while. I'm thinking of starting some of my seeds early as well @Acre4Me. Apparently I need to start the leek seeds now as soon as I can remember to buy starter soil. I have enough material to put up the tunnel row covers if the groundhog lied. This morning I spent some time designing my outdoor brooder and grow out pen addition. I'm going for a 6 x 5 foot area with the brooder box raised up 3 feet from the ground. This will be my final addition to the chicken coop complex. I don't plan on anymore building projects after this year. Have a great day everyone.