A Garden Fence

It's only January, & it's unusually cold (40's), but I just couldn't resist getting outside to work on the garden today.

A neighbor had put an old, somewhat broken adirondack chair out on a "free" pile on the sidewalk several weeks ago. I grabbed it, planning to cut it up to make posts for a fence around the trench garden bed I dug a couple weeks ago. This afternoon I decided that today was the day to get started.

When I got out there with my saw, I noticed that it was actually very beautifully designed & had nice brass fittings, so I decided to go a different route. Instead of hacking it up, I just took it apart, & dug the sections down into the dirt at the spots where the dog is most likely to try to walk in the garden bed. I also was able to make a little gate for the sitting area in the corner to help keep her tender paws off the sharp pottery shards back there.

The chair back is on the left, the seat & leg rest are on the right, & the arms are at the corners in the front.

Then I cut up some old trellis that Jackie had had out there, & took the string off a curtain rod that was left in the house when we moved in, & put in the low posts-&-string section in the middle. Glad I never got around to putting that stuff out with the trash. I'm not entirely satisfied with that section, but it'll do for now.

Now I just have to wait patiently for another six or seven weeks for the weather to warm up enough to start putting some seeds in. Seems like an eternity!