Tuesday 21 April 2015

Fitting Cleft Sweet Chestnut Fencing

After I nearly wrecked my mothers garden with the rotovator on Saturday I finished a fencing project I'd been doing for her (not selflessly - I'm getting paid!). 
 It was fitting some cleft sweet chestnut from Say It With Wood, a nearby firm that makes there own sweet chestnut fencing. Some bits came assembled (trellis and arches) and some came as just big bundles of split wood (palings). 






It took a bit of figuring out which bits went where but once it was all up it looked really good. It's very rustic and not to everyone's taste but I really like it. Being sweet chestnut it should last a long time and needs no regular maintenance. I was lucky with the weather when fitting this which made it a really nice job - the sweet chestnut was terrible for splinters though! 
What would be your favourite type of fencing to have around your garden? I'd love this if I could justify the cost but for now I'll stick to stock fencing and rabbit wire!

17 comments:

  1. It looks great and is my cup of tea, although the cost would make me re-consider, its stock fencing here and a few sections of post and rail :-)

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  2. I'm with you and love it, I'm not a fan of slick modern gardens

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  3. You've done a very good job Kev! Seeing that... I'm sure your mum would easily forgive you for anything! I really love the uneven rustic fence with the pergola doorway to her beautiful room garden:)

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  4. Oh how lovely! Yes, this would be my choice too!
    Well done!
    I guess your Mum is very pleased with it.

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  5. Utterly charming. Well worth the investment long term I would think. We don't have that available here in Australia unfortunately. It will provide beautiful bone structure during the winter time when things are always looking less lush and productive. Good juob

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  6. Great rustic fencing Kev. I like the way it divides the garden into different rooms. Will you plant hedging or a climbing rose behind and around the chestnut fencing? I much prefer traditional English gardens to decking.

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    1. Hi, Yes I will plant roses and clematis. There are quite a few existing ones and they should recover ok. I am looking forward to them all flowering. I am very pleased with it all. Kind regards
      Kev's Mum

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  7. i love this fencing! it is some of the nicest i have ever seen!

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  8. Wow that is really nice. I have resisted putting a fence in my garden due to it making the tilling harder but that looks so nice I want to fence mine again :)

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  9. Its so beautiful and so is mum's garden , I can see where you get your love of gardening from if that was your garden growing up

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  10. How lovely! Beats my pallet fencing (no surprise) I really really like it (That's me being envious)

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  11. Im really loving that " picket" fencing
    So old worldy

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  12. Looks great Kev, very English country garden!

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  13. Thanks everyone for your nice comments. I am very pleased with it all and Kev made an excellent job.
    Julie
    (Kev's Mum)

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  14. Thanks everyone for the comments! Mum's really happy with the comments as well!

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