Saw a garden path photo on Facebook today that really inspired me. Would love to see some member garden paths.
Here’s one of my rustic paths that winds through the pomegranate section along the side of my lot. I put it in a few years ago. I used a QUIKRETE® Walkmaker form for the cobbles and filled in the gaps with a sand topper mix that I swept and watered in.
Mr. Clint, That is a great looking walk, just what I was looking for to finish my deck. How wide of a path does the form make? Looks easy enough for even me.
Chikn
You can go as wide as you want, really. Just make multiple rows. The form itself is 2’x2’. I liked that I could buy a couple of sacks of ready mix and build the path a bit at a time. Mixing in color was easy as well.
The fence is 6 feet high (5 feet high near the edge of a cliff).
A deer could certainly jump it, but so far, it’s kept them out for a full year. The terrain upon landing is uneven, which further deters them.
I have seen a deer jump another orchardist’s 8 foot-high fence to get apples, so I plan to eventually raise the height of my fence by jamming metal poles into the tops of the log posts and then running wire every 2 feet up until a higher height is achieved.
I forgot to mention there are black bear in the area. I plan to install many more log posts around the perimeter to help reinforce the structural integrity of the fence.
Definitely want to keep the deer AND the bears out!
The gate I plan to build will be a hybrid inspired by the following 2 images, which I pulled from the internet. I do not own these images, and I do not know where these scenes are located. They look beautiful nonetheless.
I hope to build a cabin higher up on the mountain someday, with a combination of wood and stone masonry. This picture from the internet is one of many inspiring examples:
Unless you are going to live there year round, who needs a house? It looks like you already have all the comforts of home, and everything you need standing beside you.