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Jun 2, 2016 7:00 PM CST
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Name: Straw Man
Southeastern NC (Zone 8a)
I am new to the forum and wanted to say hello. I have been gardening since I was a little fella. My father was an avid gardener and I used to help him in his vegetable gardens. That is were it started for me. I have been gardening off and on every since.The last few years I have been straw bale gardening with great results. I relocated last summer so I was not able to put in a garden. Were I am at now is a good location but there is still a lot of clearing to do so this year because of limited space I put in a small container garden. Next year I hope to get back to straw bales. I basically l live in the middle of the woods so I had to build an enclosure for my containers to keep out the critters...hopefully anyways. Being as there are plenty of saplings on the property I decided to build a wattle fence. It was a new experience for me and I greatly enjoyed building it. It is still a work in progress but it serves it's purpose as is. I attached a couple of images. One is an image of one of my straw bale gardens and the other is the wattle I built. I hope you enjoy them. It was nice meeting you all and I hope to see you around the forums. Good luck and take care.
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Good luck in all your gardening endeavors.
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Jun 2, 2016 11:03 PM CST
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Name: Zuzu
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Welcome to NGA, Strawman. I like your wattle fence.
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Jun 3, 2016 12:11 PM CST
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Name: Straw Man
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Hello zuzu. Thank you.
Good luck in all your gardening endeavors.
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Jun 3, 2016 1:50 PM CST
Name: greene
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Welcome. I like the wattle - very nice and a good price. Thumbs up
One of my friends uses found material to make fencing - here is a fence made of old bed springs:
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Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith"
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Jun 3, 2016 1:59 PM CST
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Welcome! to NGA, Strawman! The wattle fence is perfect!
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Jun 3, 2016 2:02 PM CST
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Jun 4, 2016 5:32 AM CST
Name: Karen
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Welcome, Strawman!

I'm plagued by critters, too. It's an endless battle. Sad

Karen
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Jun 4, 2016 6:04 AM CST
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Name: Straw Man
Southeastern NC (Zone 8a)
Thanks everyone. Smiling
Good luck in all your gardening endeavors.
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