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The Northern Defensive Barrier

#1 Post by D-Rider » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:55 pm

At last I've finished my fence ... the one that stopped me getting to the Festival of 1000 bikes a few weeks ago. Hopefully this will stop any more thieving souls from entering from the alley-way the back of the garden.

It has been quite an effort for me and my youngest lad, Joe - plenty of concrete and tree roots to battle with but at last the 29m of northern border is secured!

Half way through .... the bit we'd done ...
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..... and the bit still to do ....
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And the finished job ...
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Just the clearing up to do .... which includes the dozen trees we felled .... and the final part of the southern defences - the other project we have underway ....
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#2 Post by fastasfcuk » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:13 am

cracking job andy hope it stops the fuckers.
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#3 Post by Samray » Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:57 am

:smt023

reminds me of that wall I did for Hadrian. :smt003
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#4 Post by furygan man » Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:45 am

Shall we start a DIY thread then now??...i've got some plastering pics to post :smt003

...by the way aren't you going to paint it gold and black??
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#5 Post by kneescratch » Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:03 am

Nice Job!!!

Andy cut some wedges for the top of the panels otherwise the thieving scumbags will just lift the panels and step right in!!! :smt013


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#6 Post by D-Rider » Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:22 am

kneescratch wrote:Nice Job!!!

Andy cut some wedges for the top of the panels otherwise the thieving scumbags will just lift the panels and step right in!!! :smt013


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#7 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:25 am

Nice Job
May I suggest some razors in the top to help any inveterate climbers?


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#8 Post by D-Rider » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:38 am

Aladinsaneuk wrote:Nice Job
May I suggest some razors in the top to help any inveterate climbers?
The mrs wants the garden prettifying ..... so I'm considering that the inside of the fence may support a trellis that in turn may support some very attractive climbing roses etc. These may well climb right to the top of the fence .....

They can do you for stopping unwelcome visitors with razor wire, broken glass, machine gun nests etc but I believe natural hazards such as thorny plants are fine
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#9 Post by Kwackerz » Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:04 am

D-Rider wrote:
Aladinsaneuk wrote:Nice Job
May I suggest some razors in the top to help any inveterate climbers?


They can do you for stopping unwelcome visitors with razor wire, broken glass, machine gun nests etc but I believe natural hazards such as thorny plants are fine

Not if you have a sign prominently displayed...

Check your nearest military establishment for details... :smt002

I do a nice line in razorwire and reels of barbed wire by the way..
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#10 Post by D-Rider » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:21 pm

.... so if I were to use some razorwire (with suitably displayed notice) as a support for my climbing roses, this may even have the benefit of making them self-pruning .....
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#11 Post by Kwackerz » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:53 pm

Like your thinking, Batman. :smt005

Having not employed razorwire in a horticultural manner, I couldnt comment. :smt005
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#12 Post by Willopotomas » Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:53 pm

Looks more impressive from that side mate.. Looked blummin good from the garden side! And I could see what you meant by all those tree roots.. YIKES! :smt068

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#13 Post by Pierre » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:32 pm

Very impressive, who said you were just a pretty face :smt002
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#14 Post by MartDude » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:59 pm

Pyracantha makes an effective barrier. Very prickly, evergreen (usually),loads of florets, followed by lots of orange/red berries, to which birds are very partial in the autumn.

Perhaps interplanted with some of the red-foliaged Berberis, - some varieties of which have even more ferocious thorns, which can break off flush with the skin, so what's embedded can't be removed easily, and the wound then turns septic. Especially if you periodically coat them with e.g. dog-poo.

You can also grow climbers through them - annual sweet peas, everlasting sweet peas, nasturtiums, tropaeolum, some clematis (Montana??) all work.

Bloody good job, Andy. Looks like very hard work. Well done
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#15 Post by Nooj » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:17 pm

MartDude wrote: - some varieties of which have even more ferocious thorns, which can break off flush with the skin, so what's embedded can't be removed easily, and the wound then turns septic. Especially if you periodically coat them with e.g. dog-poo.
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