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LocalOak

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Hi

My latest task is to put in a fence around part of our lawn that backs onto a steep slope, to prevent small children falling down a ten foot drop. We do have plans to put in a low, dense hedge, but they don't develop as quickly as children and we need something in place before the weather warms up.

I have considered picket, chicken wire and post and rail but am keen both to source the fence at minimum cost and to come up with something that is practical and not too ugly. I need one run of 5m and one of 10m.

Has anyone out there any experience or suggestions?

TIA

Toby
 
If it wasn't for the "minimum cost" stipulation I would have suggested willow or hazel hurdles...........woven willow/ hazel fence panels which are attractive, but deteriorate (at about the rate at which a hedge grows).

A good mixed deciduous hedge should be dense enough in about 2 to 3 years to keep kids out, so you need a cheap short-term measure until then. How about making a wall of straw bales?

Mike
 
OK then the criteria being CHEAP, moderately attractive, last for say 3 to 4 years allowing time for a planted hedge to grow.

Obtain some pallets, paint with preservative ( or not), paint them black , turn on end to utilise a long section, nail together with other pallets, add three posts to 5 m section and 5 to the 10 metre section, use half height posts by cuting them in half to reduce costs.

Not exactly ugly but very homely and cheap.

Remove after 3 years and continue to shape hedge to suit.

regards
Alan
 
Mike Garnham":h2l5ymxu said:
If it wasn't for the "minimum cost" stipulation I would have suggested willow or hazel hurdles...........woven willow/ hazel fence panels which are attractive, but deteriorate (at about the rate at which a hedge grows).

A good mixed deciduous hedge should be dense enough in about 2 to 3 years to keep kids out, so you need a cheap short-term measure until then. How about making a wall of straw bales?

Mike

What I'd do (possibily) is use fresh willow, about 1" straight clean stakes quite close together with a bit of horizontal weave to make inpeneratable - you'll find most sprout & you will have a green leafed hedge by august. Problem then is to keep it under control cos it grows like ..........

I've done this twice for a visual barriers using willow cut from a farm hedge
It looks scruffy for a few months before it leafs up.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions, need to run them past swimbo now, I like the willow one. We have some hazel in our garden which might do the same job.
 
You will be lucky to get hazel to root I'm afraid
Whereas the willow will be nearly 100% success rate- get it done before april though
 

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