A new fence

I spent Monday weeding, deadheading, watering — all the chores the late summer garden needs in order to look presentable. Mark looked at his garden chore list and discarded all his assigned tasks. Instead, he said he felt like building a fence. Lo and behold, a couple of hours later, he'd done just that.

I bought him a huge skein of ochre-colored jute as a Christmas present a few years ago. He scored a big haul of bamboo piled by the curb outside an Orthodox Jewish organization on garbage day earlier this summer. (Go figure!).

So the materials were on hand and it was just a case of cutting, tying and designing on the fly. The supports are old angle iron left over from another project, driven into the ground and forced up through the center of the four end poles.

Everyone always wants to take this path into the garden, but it leads you through the work area and storage space and is not the nicest way to begin. So we needed an aesthetic stop sign which this fence certainly is. This will make visitors take the proper path that leads you through the front garden and around the back to the deck for maximum mystery and impact. 

All in an afternoon's work for my talented garden guy. He can weed tomorrow!

Comments

[Erin @ The Impatient Gardener]

That Mark is so darn handy. Let me know when he's available for hire!

[Barbara H.]

Great job, Mark. Love it.

[S. Adler Sobol]

Hi Linda and Mark -- The fence is lovely! I am guessing that the bamboo you found were remnants of a sukkah -- a temporary hut with the roof usually covered with vegetation that observant Jews will dine in during the autumn holiday - Sukkot. I am doing myself (and anyone else who reads this) a disservice by not researching this more. I always thought of Sukkot as an agricultural / harvest festival -- but I am most certain that this is incorrect. Susan

[Gail]

It's marvelous...I just passed a pile of bamboo and will head back to get more! I am inspired by his fence.

[Lisa at Greenbow]

I have a neighbor that occasionally puts out bamboo to be hauled away. Mark has given me a great idea. This is perfect for your style of garden. I hope it is near your tea house. Beautifully done Mark.

[Altoon]

A lovely addition to the garden. I was going to mention that the bamboo was probably left from a Sukkah, but Susan beat me to it. It did begin as an agricultural celebration.

[Curt Heuer]

Love Mark's fence. Also amazed at all the available bamboo that everyone is finding at the curb.

[Cindy at enclos*ure]

Really impressive. I had bamboo growing in a past garden, and I don't miss it, since it's a thug. But I do miss always having the poles for projects.

[Linda Brazill]

Cindy — We only grow Fargesia which is a clumper and so far has been well behaved. It is reaching its mature size and is getting a bit big for the space where I planted it. Our bamboo doesnt make canes that big; more like pencil thickness.