Build Vegetable Garden Fence

Once you ve plotted the area that the fence will surround and gathered all necessary supplies use a post hole digger or an auger to dig holes at each corner for your wooden posts which will anchor the entire garden fence.

Build vegetable garden fence.

A more robust option is to build dual vegetable garden fences deer are confused by multiple obstacles. At least four wooden posts will be needed one for each corner of a square fence. Next we screwed 1x4 boards across the top bottom and center of the space. Two of the posts were placed close together to serve as gate posts.

Electric fencing is also an option for a vegetable garden fence. This option requires building a 3 foot high fence built approximately 3 feet inside the previously recommended 8 foot high garden border fence. Ensure that the second fence is visible. We began by putting 4x4 posts in each corner of the area we mapped out as the garden.

A more expensive yet highly effective choice is that of a sonic fence. You might want more if installing a non square or very large fence and extra. You can really use any size boards. To build the fence around my vegetable garden my husband started out putting in 8 foot posts 4 4 inches or so around.

He put one in each corner first and i believe he tied some string between the posts to place the other ones in straight lines. Nails galvanized hammer or nail gun. The more solid the fence the less likely deer will be to jump over it. Wood or stone is also an option.

2 sets hooks and eyes galvanized a vegetable garden fence is a great way to protect your harvest from squirrels rabbits and birds who love to eat the things you plant. A gate if it s tall enough to keep deer out anything should work step 1. The simplest recommendation for deer is an 8 foot high wire mesh garden border fence.