We have a dog.
He is a chewer.
Last year we had our first real garden.
We loved it!
But our dog, the chewer, and plants don't mix.
Wes and I knew that we would need to build some sort of a fence so that our garden would actually have any chance at survival.
We had to think for a while on how to afford a fence because money has been tight. Thank you taxes.
I really love the phrase, "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without," if only I could ever remember it without having to look it up on the internet...saying phrases correctly isn't my thing. :) I also like the idea of repurposing things..
Anyways, I decided to make the fence using wood pallets since company's just toss them all the time. So I started scavenging for wood pallets. Those things are a beast to rip apart by the way. I probably looked more like the crazy neighbor lady than I normally do, with my sledge hammer and circular saw trying to get those babies apart.
We also were given some wood and other types of supplies from family and friends. A BIG sincere thank you to all of you who offered something or another to get this fence up. We really appreciate it. We were able to spend significantly less because of it.
I usually like to do projects ALL by myself.
I'm not a team player. Sad, I know.
But Wes and I worked together on this one because this was kind of intimidating for me.
I dug all the post holes.
Wes cut all the posts and cemented them in. That was one of the parts I was worried about. I kind of think this part has to be exact in order for the rest of it to actually come together.
Anyways, I decided to make the fence using wood pallets since company's just toss them all the time. So I started scavenging for wood pallets. Those things are a beast to rip apart by the way. I probably looked more like the crazy neighbor lady than I normally do, with my sledge hammer and circular saw trying to get those babies apart.
We also were given some wood and other types of supplies from family and friends. A BIG sincere thank you to all of you who offered something or another to get this fence up. We really appreciate it. We were able to spend significantly less because of it.
I usually like to do projects ALL by myself.
I'm not a team player. Sad, I know.
But Wes and I worked together on this one because this was kind of intimidating for me.
I dug all the post holes.
Wes cut all the posts and cemented them in. That was one of the parts I was worried about. I kind of think this part has to be exact in order for the rest of it to actually come together.
Wes is that kind of man. Exact.
After taking apart all the wood pallets I cut all of them to size and the wood our neighbor donated to the project as well. I love using this saw (I'm not sure what it is called, miter?) over the circular saw. I feel like I should get a medal every time I use the circular saw and don't cut my arm off. :)
Then Wes showed me how to put the brackets up and I cut the horizontal 2X4s and got the fence ready for the pallets/planks/siding.
Last Friday and Saturday I started adding the siding.
I worked until it was dusk on Saturday to get it done. I hate leaving projects half done and I might have been tempted to finish it on Sunday.
The gate was another part that I had no idea how to make. I procrastinated it for days. I got some pointers from Wes. But I was still nervous about it and was about to call him at work and ask him if he would just make it instead of doing the other projects he has planned. But then today I decided to try.
I'm glad I did because it was actually not too hard and came together pretty quickly.
Here it is all finished!
If you can't tell I am pretty proud of how it turned out.
I sort of love it in fact!
We were going to have the kids paint it all sorts of wild colors but I'm sort of loving the old and new wood look and might just seal it with a transparent sealant.
I can't wait to start planting!
