We haven't been paying close attention to the fence at the back of the Garden Constant lately. For one thing, it's been more or less standing where it was when we moved in. For another, the city hasn't been hassling us about it. More likely, we don't like to poke around too closely at the installations and fixtures at our house because there's usually some fantastically expensive problem needing to be fixed just lurking below the surface.
When it became clear that the tree growing up between the fence boards was not going away and would eventually cause the entire fence to tip over into the alley, it was time to act. The first step was to remove the existing boards so that the tree could be removed. What we found was about what we expected: The boards had become spongy and snapped off at the bottom rail or split lengthwise around the nails.
This left us with a gap in the fence of about six or eight feet, which we plan to fill with welded wire attached to a steel fence post set between the two existing wood fence posts. The wire fence will be covered with some kind of vining plant (probably a gourd, or morning glory or English ivy) to screen the back yard until we can get a line of trees started.
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