Could you put the second fence on the outside of the tall fence?
you say "permanent" do you mean, like, stone walls? Can the bed be moved? What is most permanent, the tall fence or the beds?
How much total square footage do you have inside the tall fence for garden space?
The shorter fence does not have to be plumb. If you build it leaning
toward the tall fence, the open area above is restricted. This would
also discourage pullets from flying out.
pieces of rebar into the ground opposite the tall fence posts, slip three-quarter PVC pipe over that and make an arch to the tall fence,
putting the PVC onto long spikes pounded into the posts, then just lay poultry mesh over that and wire it to the PVC to keep it in place. No hens flying out; no raptors flying in.
Yes, I know. It will be bare in no time. I hope to allow the chickens
That will make for a very clean moat unless it is covered with kudzu.
Is this your ideal flock size? Can you expand the garden in any direction? Gardens and moats can be of any configuration.
Before we continue wrestling with this design dilemma, let everyone contemplate Bev's typical do-with-what-you-have-as-you-need-it-and-can-afford-it approach. Not
typical only to her but to most. When we start homesteading we don't
know how many tomatoes, trees, birds, lambs or horses we will ultimately have.
should be designed for flexibility of expansion or contraction. Hell
of a lot easier to it right than to do it over and sure as hell better to not have to compromise. So make a master plan and commit it
to paper. Easy to erase and redraw. Hard to move raised beds, buildings or stone walls.
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