DIY Garden Fence (using curly willows) -In Progress-

Well, my furry children keep trampling through my garden and I am pretty sure that is why I have dwarf plants... Or it could be my lack of a green thumb. But hey, if you have dogs, why not blame them? They don't mind! So, I decided to build a fence around my small attempt-of-a-garden. I planted lettuce, cucumbers for pickling, watermelon and okra. (Can you tell I'm pregnant?)

I got the idea from the place I currently work. They have a kitchen garden (a garden of food they can use in the kitchen). The fence they have they made themselves. I have curly willow trees and a lot of left over branches that were not sold last year that I found in my backyard after mowing down 3' grass and weeds (not exaggerating, some weeds were probable 4+ feet tall).

Curly Willow

Young Curly Willow branch. What I will be using to tie the branches together.

Close up of the Curly Willow.

These are what the dried out branches look like.

These are what the young branches look like without the leaves.

Tied

I used my shovel to move the dirt just enough to hold the dried branches in place while a tied another dried branch perpendicular to the first. I used the young flimsy branch to tie the two. The plan is that the green branch will dry out in that shape so it will not come undone.

Small garden section.

The area from the sticks across to the wheel barrow is where my garden is. I tried to 'ghetto rig' (for lack of a better phrase) the area to make do while I figured out what other material I could use.

Close up of the second level of sticks.

Behind that are garlic ( I think) that were already growing there from the previous homeowners. Completely trampled on from my pups but still alive and kicking...

A better 'Ghetto Rigged' garden fence. It will look better once I clean it up... I promise.