Facts About Border Fences

Deer Border Fencing

• When you live in the country, a garden border fence is a requirement -- and it must be tall. Deer are good jumpers and love to eat most anything you plant in your garden with few exceptions. While white-tail deer can jump up to 15 feet high, they usually don't. Because of the placement of their eyes, deer have lousy depth perception. They also don't like being in enclosed spaces. Making a garden border fence 6 feet high placed on posts 8 feet apart usually suffices to keep deer out. To keep rabbits out, use garden border fencing material that prevents them from squeezing through the wire gaps. Set posts in concrete for secure footing by digging down 1 1/2 feet, placing the post in the hole and tamping with dry fence-post concrete. The concrete hardens as it wicks the moisture from the ground.

Brick or Stone Garden Border Fences

• Build your own stone or brick garden border fence to make a lasting statement. Create a form to lay a ribbon of concrete to serve as a footing, lay brick or stones, and then secure with mortar in between. Build the border fence in 5-foot sections at a time. Natural stone and recycled brick serve as long-lasting additions to the garden and allow you to keep good soil in place. Make these stone or border fences as tall or low as desired.

Wire Border Fences

• Wire border fences can make an artistic statement in the garden, especially if you find old metal bedposts, cut them down to size and put them in place around a garden plot. Some gardens sport a variety of garden art salvaged from old tools and farming equipment. Adding a bedpost border fence complements such a garden. You'll also find a plethora of wire border fences available online and at your local home-improvement and hardware stores.

Wood Border Fences

• When you live in forested areas, there's usually plenty of old wood lying around. Branches and long limbs make easy garden border fences and serve to separate garden beds or plot areas. If you need to remove trees from an area to plant a garden, cut the tree into manageable sized logs and use these as border fences. Make a garden border fence from any durable material that strikes your fancy and fits your overall landscaping theme.

Plant Border Fences

• Some gardeners use shrubs cut into shape to create a border fence, while others use a variety of flowers or bushes in the same manner. The advantage of putting in a hedge border is that if you don't like it, you can remove it and try something else. Enclosing a garden with berry bushes or honeysuckle adds to the quaintness of your garden area.