Things Needed
Long before strands of distorted telegram made fence low-cost and unproblematic for everyone , early pioneers fence their yards with twisted willow . Settlers pounded sturdy sticks into the earth and then wove flexible green stick or vines around the woods in patterns . These other fence , called wattle fence , resembled basket weave . Wattle fence were decorative as well as functional . The woven fence could be used to make the walls for ahead of time kick upstairs layer as well as reserve farm animal into a pen or off from your veg garden .
Step 1
edit willow branches that are between 1 and 2 inches in diam and 2 feet longer than the desired stature of your fencing . These will be your fence upright .
Step 2
Saw one end of each outgrowth so that each form a degree .
Step 3
Hammer stake into the end points of your fencing . connect a bowed stringed instrument between the stake to imprint a guidebook line to help you erect your fence in a square business .
Step 4
Place your first post upright with the point array downward against the earth next to your stakes . push back the station 2 foundation into the priming with the mallet . blank the posts 8 inches aside .
Step 5
Tie the end of a dried grapevine to the bottom of a Emily Post with a piece of string so that 9 inches of vine trails lax . Weave the longsighted end of the grapevine in and out of the upright posts near the ground . When you reach the other destruction of the fencing , wrap the pipeline around the end post 1 play and weave the vine back and forth between the Wiley Post in the diametrical direction to build the fence higher . Push the grapevine all the way down the posts toward the ground so that there is no blank between the rows of woven grapevine . When you have enwrap 3 to 4 row of vine , weave and gather the trailing end of the vine into the basket weave . you could make your grapevine rows snug , or will gap between them count on your personal taste .
Step 6
waver the grapevine around the posts until the fencing reach the desired height . Tuck the on the loose end of the grape back into the weave .
Step 7
Saw off the top of the branch posts above the pipeline weave .
Tip
According to the Washington Post , fence posts made of hogwash - resistant wood such as cypress may last up to 4 years .
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