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26-JUN-2009 David Mingay

jun 26: Rustic

We've built a fence. We wanted to reduce the wind tunnel effect between our two buildings. A panel fence would blow down in no time around here, but LA devised a structure that lets some of the wind through and has space inside that will be filled with climbing plants. The boards are sawmill off cuts that are beautiful but cost us almost nothing.

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Michael Todd Thorpe28-Jun-2009 00:09
I think this is very nice, and with age, will become even nicer...
Linda Alstead26-Jun-2009 21:59
You see, he doesn't tell the whole story....

The sawmill offcuts are beautiful indeed in a sort of Picasso-esque way. They are voluptuous somehow. The particular bits in this photo I can identify although I didn't see him shoot the pic. They are the last two boards I dragged up from the drive and cut to size. Each board is different because it's straight from the tree, not depersonalised into a square. David did the nailing of them to the rails. Their honey colour will turn silvery as it weathers in. Inside my wind-friendly fence are four climbing, twining plants chosen for their scent - a jasmine, a honeysuckle, a climbing rose and a clematis. Their blooming season will last from April to November and that means their scent and nectar flow (for the bees) will too. Inside the fence are a couple of special animal habitats - an insect nest (block of wood drilled with lots of different sized holes) and a bird box. Finally, it's topped with a weather vane. To slow down the wind before it reaches the fence are three flowering shrubs, again with an extended season of bloom. Do you get the picture that I'm thrilled to bits with the fruits of two days of our labour? DM mentioned the bargain-basement nature of this project. I reckon about £50 plus two days of graft all-told.