New Fence

[EmmaG]

We ordered our new fence today, hopefully it will be with us within the next two weeks, and then we have to put it up!!! lol

I will post some pictures when it is erected :)

[Kazz]

Drum roll here I think.................dddddrrrrrrruuuuummmmm - rrrrrrrrooooolllll. :)

Yes pictures would be great Emma. So all systems go then when the fence is up did you ever decide on the border plan???

[Fran]

Looking forward to the piccies Emma!

[yola]

What kind of fence is it? Wooden? Can we have some before and after pics :D

[EmmaG]

Kazz, yes the border plan you helped me design is what we are going to base the garden on, it might get tweeked along the way, hopefully the fence will be delievered next week and then we can start putting it up, it will take a few weekends to do.

Hi Yola, the fence is wooden, shiplap but with an integrated lattice top, the panels are 6 foot, and we have chosen two syles one convex and the other concave so it will be a wave effect!!

[Fran]

Sounds lovely Emma! :cool: Looking forward to your piccies :D

[EmmaG]

Thanks Fran, I will take loads of pictures when it it erected :)

[Mags]

That sounds really nice Emma, it'll be nice to see it when it's finished...:D

[yola]

Yes, that does sound nice! I have a similar wave thing going on, but with trellis tops on posts above brick walls. Are you going to paint/stain or leave it natural Emma? Are you/OH putting it up yourselves or getting some one to do it?

Look forward to seeing the finished thing!

[EmmaG]

Yola, as the panels are treated we are going to leave them natural. The suppliers told us a good tip of drilling three holes (at an angle) at the bottom of the panel to let any water drain from them, they seem to be good quality. Yes me, OH and my dad are putting up the fence, we have 32 holes to dig!!! lol

[Grete]

Hope you have a fun erection ;)

[Moli]

Sounds good Emma, look forward to the finished pictures...

[Kay]

Sounds lovely. Good luck with puttiing it up. Perhaps you could show before, during and after pics.

[EmmaG]

tada!!!!! fence was delivered today :)

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1114.jpg

Very pleased with it, and it will be erected over the next two weeks :)

[Mags]

Wow..that's a lot of fence Emma, looking forward to see the finished pics :D

[Kazz]

Ohhh I like the look of that, best of luck hopefuly some cold days too cold for rain but too warm for snow is what we need.

Karen

[EmmaG]

lol 31 panels Mags :)

Thanks Kazz, cannot wait for it to go up, we are away at the weekend but hopefully going to put the first side up on Sunday :)

[Moli]

Like that a lot..:D

[EmmaG]

Thanks Moli :)

[dandysmom]

I like that fencing very much, Emma! That's a big job facing you now .......

[EmmaG]

Thanks Eileen :) My dad and OH are putting up the fence and my OH's brother in law is coming over on Sunday to help dig holes :) so there will be 4 of us digging holes :) as long as the weather isn't too bad, luckily it has been raining so the ground won't be too hard.

[EmmaG]

going up :)

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1117.jpg

[EmmaG]

another

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1118.jpg

[dandysmom]

Looking good, Emma!!

[Elaine]

That looks good Emma:D

[Kazz]

Good it looks totaly brilliant.....

[EmmaG]

Thanks everybody, we are very pleased with it, it looks better than we thought it would, and it is higher which is nice. The wave isn't 100% accurate as our garden slopes down slightly.

Another picture, we got in 9 panels, another 6 to finish this side and then we have 16 panels for the other side, which we are hoping to do next weekend.


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1124.jpg

[EmmaG]

Dad said "any squirrels are going to get a bit sea sick running along your fence :-D "

[EmmaG]

The panels in time will also turn a nice shade of grey :)

[Kazz]

I think they are great no need to convert me and I love the colour of wood gone "aged" naturaly...

[EmmaG]

Thanks Kazz, it will be interesting to see what the garden looks like in say 2 years time :)

[Mags]

That looks really good Emma and I like the wave effect too!:D

[Grete]

That's looking really good :) The wave effect is really attractive and the fact it's not level just makes it more attractive IMO :)

The seasick squirrels comment made me laugh ;)

[EmmaG]

a few more pictures, nearly finished one side of the fence.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1138.jpg

Tempory border for some of my shrubs


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1136.jpg

Next side to be done, we managed to get one post in today

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1127.jpg

[EmmaG]

another pic of the side that is almost done

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1128.jpg

[alexgirl73]

That is really nice Emma! You must be very pleased with it.

[Kazz]

That looks smashing Emma I bet its cold though being out there its when you stop I have found trouble brews in the cold dept...:)

I love the wave effect though it will look great, the side you're just starting on can only look better though - what do the neighbours think - well chuffed I imagine.

[EmmaG]

Thanks Alex, yes we are very pleased with it.

Kazz, as you say it is fine when you are working but when you stop you realise how cold it is, although today wasn't too bad, but it was very wet this morning. The neighbours who's side we have done are very pleased, although they do have a lylandia fence up one side but it has made it look a lot nicer and we can still talk through the fence where it dips down.

Hopefully weather permitting, my dad will finish off the other side this week. The garden is so muddy now though!! lol

[Elaine]

Looks really nice Emma.:D

[EmmaG]

Another pic of the side that hasn't been done, you can see he already has a lot of plants up against his wire fence, and he doesn't want us to take down the wire fence so our new fence will go against his fence.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1134.jpg

[Moli]

Looking good Emma...;)

[EmmaG]

Thanks Elaine :) and Moli :)

[Mags]

It looks great Emma .....certainly transformed your garden...:D

[EmmaG]

Thanks Mags, I will post up some more photos once the other side has been done. Over Christmas I will hopefully get the borders in, going to be a lot of work though as we have heavy clay soil.

[dandysmom]

Good job! It is a really nice fence! Heavy clay soil....tell me about it... :roll: :-D !!!

[EmmaG]

Thanks Eileen :) clay soil is a bit back breaking isn't it?? lol

[yola]

Ah - but think of the calories you're burning Emma :-D The fence looks excellent - looks like quality manufacture too - should last a good few years :D

[EmmaG]

Thanks Yola, a few packet of crisps and mince pies were eaten today, to give me energy of course!!! lol

I have looked at soo many types of fencing, some of them a ridiculous price (£70 + a panel) and we needed 31!!!! not including posts and boards. These ones costs us £30 per panel which I think is an excellent price and cheaper than getting a normal panel and putting a smaller lattice panel on top.

[EmmaG]

a few more pics, now of the other side (taken though bedroom window lol) just a few more panels to put up now and it will be finished.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1142.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1144.jpg

[yola]

Looks like you're having the same weather as us today :roll: Yuk!

The garden looks so 'finished' and well groomed with that lovely fence :D

[EmmaG]

Weather is horrible here today Yola, the garden is very muddy it should look really nice in spring though :)

A few more pictures from the bottom of the garden

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1149.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/DSCN1150.jpg

[Grete]

It's looking fantastic Emma :)

[Mags]

It looks excellent Emma, that was a brilliant choice of panels.. :D

Your garden looks completely different now the tree has gone..:)

[EmmaG]

Thanks Grete :)

Yes Mags it does look different with the tree gone, the kitchen is nice and bright, you don't really realise at that time how dark it is. Very happy with the choice of panels.

Sometime over Christmas, all of the plants in the borders at the top of the bungalow will be moved into new borders along the fence :)

[Kazz]

Wow that looks simply brilliant. Well done to you all hard work I imagine but the right time of year

[EmmaG]

Thanks Kazz, I have still got the original plan you designed for the garden :)

Well the plants that I moved from the weekend all look ok :)

[Kazz]

Thanks Kazz, I have still got the original plan you designed for the garden :)

Well the plants that I moved from the weekend all look ok :)


Awww really have you....:-D .....sure it will all go the way you want it too :-D Looking great as a blank canvas.

[EmmaG]

Thanks, well I thought the plan that you did works really well :) I will need some advice in the near year as to plants though ;)

[Kazz]

You never know I may come and help you plant it....now that could be taken as a threat...:)

[EmmaG]

Really?? that would be excellent :)

Been away at the weekend, and in a magazine I picked up I saw a great photo of a garden very similar to how I would like ours. I will scan the photo in later and post it up :)

[dandysmom]

Sounds interesting would like to see that, Emma!

[EmmaG]

Here we go, I love this photo :) very similar to what I would like. With a seating area at the bottom of the garden, borders on each side, but we would have a patio area at the top of the garden

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/Picture1.jpg

[EmmaG]

Ariel view, to give some idea of overall design.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/Egarnham/Picture2.jpg

[dandysmom]

I love that! Brilliant design, can just see something similar in your yard. Going to be a lot of work and time involved, but won't it be lovely when it's done!

[Mags]

Love the design Emma, hope you can transform your garden into something similar.. :D

[Kazz]

That is really really nice Emma fantastic. And I think in honesty yours will be better than that, ;)