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The wife’s picket fence is finally completed and just waiting for the morning glories and moon flowers to find their way up the arbors. The lot slopes so much that the front pickets are 39 inches and the back are 52. Trying to install the back arbor with the difference between the front and the back fence heights was a challenge since it looked off-balance. So I ended up designing a seat in the back for her to rest on between weeding and hoeing rows. The picket section behind it and the seat itself can both be removed to gain access to the garden from the back end if needed. She says the seat is her favorite feature. She will probably have potted plants, windchimes and all such nonsense hanging from or sitting on it before she’s finished.
-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa


































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pommy
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posted 146 days ago
Chicken coup next then Tom lol…........
Andy
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mrdull
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posted 146 days ago
Looks great, I should have done this, I have 4-4’x6’ raised beds and a 3’x16’ raised bed, I had mulched the path between it all and my jack russel with 3 legs tried to excavate thru two layers of fabric under the mulch and 6” of mulch to dig a hole in several places about 10” deep. I put in an electric fence about 7” off the ground to keep her out. But this was after the destruction, good thing my wife likes the dog so much.
I also like your composter, like pommy said next the chickens and guineas.
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john
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posted 146 days ago
Very nice work Tom , it looks great !!!
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Karson
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posted 146 days ago
Tom: it looks great.
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James
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posted 146 days ago
Good job Tom, looks great, and I’m sure the lady is pleased.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 146 days ago
Nice job Tom.
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Christopher
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posted 146 days ago
This is very nice!
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flcopper169
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posted 146 days ago
Wow…What a garden…. Great job… You’ve got to add some updates from time to time….
Rob
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a1Jim
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posted 146 days ago
Are you leading us down the garden path? Super job
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griff
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posted 146 days ago
This has to be the best looking garden fence I`v ever seen. very good job.
-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none
miles125
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posted 145 days ago
Simply wonderful and wonderfully simple….Great job.
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Splinterman
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posted 145 days ago
Hey Tom,
Now that really turned out a nice job…....your Lady would be very happy…....well done.
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shinju
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posted 145 days ago
very nice job!. simple ,clean. that’s the trick. a very lucky lady enjoy,shinju
Roz
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posted 145 days ago
Hey this is a great outdoor project. I have been thinking of doing something like this around my garden too. Do you have problems getting the tiller and other equipment in? roz
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
ND2ELK
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posted 144 days ago
Hi Roz
The arbors are 44” wide and I do not see a problem getting the tillers in. We have is a 17” rear tine tiller and a small Stihl tiller. If a person wanted to use a small garden tractor tiller they might want the arbors to be wider. Thanks for asking!
Tom
-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa
Roz
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posted 144 days ago
Tom,
I see you thought all the details through as usual. Nice job.
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
timmytimmy
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posted 141 days ago
Wow, looks really nice! I better not let my mom see this or she will get ideas…
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doms
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posted 133 days ago
that looks superbe! Great job!
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Rog
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posted 44 days ago
Great job and yes you just gave me ideas for my new garden that slopes too…and I have a arbor like yours already. PS is that a composter from country home products??????
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ND2ELK
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posted 44 days ago
Rog: It is a Compostumbler. Go to www.compostumbler.com Thanks for asking.
Tom
-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa