2 questions, not related {save} - February 17th, 2004 at 04:52 AM
#1 My husband and I were talking about the garden that I'm putting in this spring and he brought something to my attention that I had totally neglected to think about. My original idea was to put a nice little fence around the veggie garden. Something about 3' tall....totally to make it look nice. Not at all functional. What didn't I think about? The deer that come down the mountain and walk right through our yard. So, now the fence has to be tall enough to keep deer out of my veggies...but it wouldn't be as easy as putting up a tall fence (is anything ever that easy??). Since we live on the side of a mountain, the sun doesn't pop into my yard until at least 10 in the morning in the summer (around 11 or so in the spring). So the fence has to be something that the sun can get through to get to the veggies during the rest of the day. I don't wan chain link fence, because I really do hate it. Not saying its not nice, but I grew up in the city and we always had chain link fencing....I hate it. So, I need something to keep the deer out....but something pretty. HELP!! Oh...we thought of putting a deer feeder at the rear of the yard to keep the deer out of the garden. We'd keep the feeder full during the summer.
#2 I want to put an arbor in my yard above a pathway that we have that goes from the house to the garage that is at the rear of the yard. The pathway is made of stone that was laid. There is a hill in the middle of the yard and there are steps that go up the hill to the next level of the yard. I want to put the arbor over the steps so that as the flowers grow up the arbor, I'll be able to see the flowers on the top of the arbor. I bought plans for an arbor online (actually, I got them for free with a coupon from the welcome wagon). Will it be easy to adapt the plans for the slope of the hill?? I thought I had a pic of the steps on my site, but I don't...just a pic of the few steps to the very rear of the yard. There are about 10 steps that are like regular stairs on the hill that I want the arbor. Any help or advicve would be great. I'll be sure to post pictures when we get the arbor built.
#2 I want to put an arbor in my yard above a pathway that we have that goes from the house to the garage that is at the rear of the yard. The pathway is made of stone that was laid. There is a hill in the middle of the yard and there are steps that go up the hill to the next level of the yard. I want to put the arbor over the steps so that as the flowers grow up the arbor, I'll be able to see the flowers on the top of the arbor. I bought plans for an arbor online (actually, I got them for free with a coupon from the welcome wagon). Will it be easy to adapt the plans for the slope of the hill?? I thought I had a pic of the steps on my site, but I don't...just a pic of the few steps to the very rear of the yard. There are about 10 steps that are like regular stairs on the hill that I want the arbor. Any help or advicve would be great. I'll be sure to post pictures when we get the arbor built.