Every garden owner composts waste from the garden. I don't think I need to convince you about the advantages of such a fertilizer. I also decided to take advantage of the benefits of nature, which is compost soil. The only problem left was how to hide a not very aesthetic prism. So I came up with the idea that I would cover it with a colorful fence, next to which there will be a flower bed in the summer, and a bird feeder in the winter.
Here's how the composter and the fence that masked it were built.
Prism preparation
- First I dug a waste disposal pit 180x80 cm deep for one shovel
- Then I marked the places where the four tubular posts should be placed with the stakes, thus delineating a rectangle with dimensions of 200x100 cm. I carefully measured its diagonals to get the perfect shape.
- When I placed the posts, I mounted the boards to them, which were the sides of the prism (8 with dimensions of 12x2.5 cm and 2 m long, and 8 with the same dimensions, but 1 m long). I bought them at a sawmill. They came from pine and I specially chose one without knots. When nailing the boards, I was careful to maintain the correct plumb line.
- Then I started to frame the prism. I used old stone window sills for this purpose. I cut them to size, spread them over the turf, leveled them with wedges and screwed them to the flat bars with galvanized screws. I pressed the joints sensitively so that the stoneware would not crack. I covered the gaps between the composter plates with soil and tamped them down firmly.
Fitting the fence
- I started work with nailing longitudinal patches. I fastened them to the flat bars using carpentry clamps and wood screws with large heads.
- On the top batten, I marked the places where the rail was attached with a pencil and then nailed them.
- Then I made a wicket measuring 45x100 cm. I painted it yellow to make it stand out from the rest of the fence.
- Finally, I put a pillar under the feeder. The hinges of the wicket are also attached to it. I secured the post with a timber protection. At the point where it is buried in the ground, I wrapped it with pipe insulation tape.
You will think, dear readers of the "Recipe for the Garden", why so much trouble? After all, the whole thing is disproportionately expensive and time-consuming compared to the purpose it is to serve. For me, however, I wanted German reliability, Swiss precision and Kuwaiti extravagance to remain in the shadow of Polish fantasy.
Jakub Kuraś
Preparation of rails- advice of Jakub Kuras
- Whether in a DIY store or a sawmill, we carefully inspect the boards. Do not buy those with a lot of cracks and knots.
- We grind the edges with sandpaper.
- We carry out the first painting with a wood protection, carefully saturating the bottom and tops of the boards with the preparation.
- After one day, fill out any unevenness and drill holes for the screws.
- After light sanding, pull the rails with the wood protection again.
- The third painting with the protective emulsion is done after the fence is installed.
- Let's plan painting only on a sunny, warm day. Then everything will dry up nicely.
