| How do you build yourself a fence when you | | | | foot six inches high by six foot across. |
| don't really want a fence to be seen in your | | | | This type of fencing does not need a lot of |
| yard? | | | | support from a fence post, it is not meant to be |
| This is often a problem for people for small yards, | | | | leant on. Posts of 2"x2" timber that |
| as they want to avoid that boxed in feeling. | | | | are about three foot six inches long, hammered |
| Another reason for this is that while many people | | | | into the ground should do it. The wire can be |
| do not actually want a fence, sometimes, one | | | | attached by a stapling gun. |
| becomes necessary. | | | | Assuming this part is all done. You now need to |
| This can happen when perhaps the neighbor has a | | | | do the 'disguise'. Low level fir trees about three |
| big inquisitive dog, or their little kids 'visit' your | | | | foot high are fairly inexpensive, and you can dot |
| flowers! etc. While shrubs offer a boundary line, | | | | these along your fence posts. Plant one at every |
| they can still be 'crossed' by dogs and children | | | | post, about a foot in front of each post. If you |
| alike. | | | | don't like uniformity, plant two, or even three, in |
| One way to get around this problem is to erect a | | | | front of one or two of the posts. |
| minimal low style fence, and then to disguise it. | | | | Along the run of wire, you can plant two or three |
| Sounds mysterious? Not really... read on. | | | | evergreen shrubs that will not grow very high. |
| As with any fence, before you start you must | | | | Your back row must be evergreen, because you |
| check your local by laws, zoning laws, building | | | | need to hide the fence all year round. If you plant |
| permit laws etc. You often are allowed to have a | | | | a small outdoor ivy plant in the middle of each six |
| higher back fence than sides or front etc, so you | | | | foot length of wire fence you can train it along |
| will need to know all this. | | | | the fence, it will only take a year to be |
| There will be three areas where most people like | | | | established. |
| the fence as high as it is allowed. Two of these | | | | Once you have the evergreens in, you can |
| are by the back and front door. A third may be | | | | choose a few annual shrubs and bushes for color |
| the vegetable patch. If the patch is on the edge | | | | in the spring and summer. If you want to have a |
| of the yard, then the boundary is a good place to | | | | trouble free fence area, just let your lawn grow |
| raise a high trellis for climbing plants like runners | | | | up to it. |
| beans or trailing cucumber. | | | | If you want a slightly more professional look, |
| Putting those considerations aside, the rest of the | | | | group more shrubs in a few random spots, |
| fencing will be very cheap. It is hiding the fence | | | | especially a corner, and add bedding plants each |
| that is your main expense. The fence itself will be | | | | spring. Building this type of fence need not offend |
| made of wire netting of any size. An average | | | | your neighbor, you can tell him that you are |
| guess for span size would be approximately two | | | | building a wire support for your shrubs. |