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Chatting => Frugal Living => Topic started by: hammers07 on June 05, 2012, 19:28

Title: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: hammers07 on June 05, 2012, 19:28

i'm having problems on my allotment plot with badgers digging up my potatoes (well we have badgers on the site so i assume its them).  I therfore would like to fence off my plot. I would love to have  a picket fence all around it but it would be very expensive.  Does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives ?

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: sunshineband on June 05, 2012, 19:29

How's about using pallet wood?

Free, and plentiful and can be very stylish too  :D

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: hammers07 on June 05, 2012, 19:35

so can you pickup the pallets free  - where from ?

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: sunshineband on June 05, 2012, 19:37

Mostly on industrial estates

You just need to ask

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: mumofstig on June 05, 2012, 19:39

I've moved this over to Frugal Living - seems the best place for it  ;)

Do you have any large factories or shopping centres nearby. They often have pallets stacked out the back - they have to pay for disposal so they're usually glad for you to take them away  :)

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: hammers07 on June 05, 2012, 19:45

i will have to take a look around and see what i can find thanks for the advice

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: sunshineband on June 05, 2012, 19:47

Best thing for prising the wood apart is a crowbar  ;)

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: GrannieAnnie on June 05, 2012, 22:24

This is my little fence my OH made me from pallet wood.  He never did get the rest of it finished! lol

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: Madame Cholet on June 05, 2012, 22:36

I cheated and just cut off the top  rail and cut Vs into the lengths then nailed the pallets together

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: sunshineband on June 06, 2012, 12:42

Quote from: rachelk on June 05, 2012, 22:36

I cheated and just cut off the top  rail and cut Vs into the lengths then nailed the pallets together

That's not cheating, it is being sensible  :D

On our site you would need to add some netting to keep out the rabbits though , or add in extra pales to make smaller gaps

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: Alastair-I on June 06, 2012, 12:51

Quote from: hammers07 on June 05, 2012, 19:28

i'm having problems on my allotment plot with badgers digging up my potatoes (well we have badgers on the site so i assume its them).  I therfore would like to fence off my plot. I would love to have  a picket fence all around it but it would be very expensive.  Does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives ?

Good luck!  When a badger decides it wants something there's little that will stop it - but I can't see them going for spuds at this time of year.  Thay have a particular love of peanut butter and it's been found that there is no rock heavy enough to stop them getting at peanut butter placed under it.  If they can't shift the rock sideways, they'll just dig under it.. (many years ago my thesis involved badgers and their diet)

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: sunshineband on June 06, 2012, 14:24

So perhaps you should divert their interest from your plot with some peanut butter elsewhere  :D

Title: Re: building a sturdy but cost effective fence
Post by: angelavdavis on June 20, 2012, 21:05

Quote from: rachelk on June 05, 2012, 22:36

I cheated and just cut off the top  rail and cut Vs into the lengths then nailed the pallets together

I did exactly the same, and here is the result:

(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg76/angelavdavis/Allotment%20spring%202011/23072011027.jpg)