To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] was Tree Planting, now Fencing in rocky ground
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:03:02 -0500
In some extremely rocky areas where it's virtually impossible to
dig/bore postholes, I've seen folks build a circular 'crib' of woven
wire, 3-4 ft in diameter, filled in with stones/rocks as an anchoring
point for wire fences.
Heavy and sturdy enough that it won't move significantly, no matter
how much tension is applied.
USDI Bureau of Land Management & USDA Forestry Service Technology &
Development Program used to publish a "Fences" handbook, which
covered many different techniques of fence-building, encompassing
board, woven & barbed wire, and electrified high-tensile, with good
drawings/photos of brace assemblies, construction of wire cribs, etc.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY