Recycled Fence for Garden Screen
This weekend has been a great time in our garden. I managed to get five fence panels from my boss to grow some creepers over to create a green screen in our yard.
The panels were going to go to the rubbish tip as he had no use for them, so I gave him a carton of beer ($40) and he helped load them into my ute. Beer may not be an important part of your culture, but this small is an Aussie gesture of thanks. Beer can also be a form of currency when you get your mates to help out with the labor! This is the first of many recycling projects over the coming months.
I had to purchase three star pickets to hold them up ($30), and a roll of tie wire to hold everything together ($8). The plants which we placed at the bottom to grow up the fence are variety of Mandevilla called Sun Parasol ($8 each). We chose these as they like part shade, which is what they will get since they are under the Mango tree.
All up this only cost me $94 and kept me amused for half of the day. Now I can’t wait for the screen to grow, then I’ll hang my hammock from the Mango tree and no one will be able to see me reading my book or sleeping.
Tags: recycling, garden screen, mandevilla, beer, creeper, vines
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LOL. Beer helped dig out our entire front yard and build several rock retaining walls. Yummy free lunches brought over by the Mother In Law also helped! I must say I am very envious of your mango tree. My old house had one and the mangoes were quite nice…when you could find one that hadn’t been eaten by bats.