Picket fence around garden

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As a young girl in China, my mother's American Dream included John Wayne and a white picket fence. She never did get John Wayne or the white picket fence,

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This spring our big project was putting in a fence around our vegetable garden. We've always wanted to add a fence, but it became a necessity this year to act as a deterrent for the chickens when they're out foraging around the yard. When debating different options, we kept coming back to a picket fence. At my childhood home, we always had a white picket fence around our yard, so this project brought back a host of memories for me! Last year our vegetable garden was sized 20x40, which worked…

This style includes the lollipop pickets with the optional pocket rail so that both sides of the fence will look identical. The cedar post caps on the gate

Welcome guests to your garden with this charming DIY gate crafted from an upcycled fence panel.

This title begs the question, why do people always have white picket fences, and why not black picket fences, or pink picket fences? Why even specify white if there are no other options? Maybe there are, and we don't hear much about them. White has a monopoly on picket fences, I perceive.

Our garden is one of my favorite places to be in the summer. It's a little wild, completely imperfect, but it never fails to give us an abundance of fresh, delicious vegetables every day. Each year I hesitate to post pictures of our garden... sometimes I feel like I do everything you shouldn't do in a garden. None of my rows are perfectly straight, I always plant my tomatoes too close to each other, weeds and grass grow abundantly no matter how hard I try, but I think that's the beauty in…

From picket fences to modern designs, enhance the beauty and functionality of your vegetable garden with these stunning fence ideas.

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