A braided fence by one's own hands is an excellent addition to any site

A country house opens up great opportunities for those who prefer a beautiful and colorful design of their site. For example, the decoration of any garden are wicker hedges, which always look original and colorful. In addition, this design is quite inexpensive, and erect a wicker fence with your own hands is easy and simple, because it is made of twigs, branches that are bound Fly among themselves.

Harvesting of branches

To begin with it is necessary to be reserved by a material, namely twigs. It can be a vine, willow, hazel and any other shrubs and trees with flexible branches. Installation begins with the fact that at a distance of about 50 cm from each other pegs are driven in. If the bars weigh a lot, the distance will increase. A braided fence with its own hands is created, as a rule, from rods and branches harvested in the spring or autumn. As the pegs can use pine branches of greater thickness, their lower ends are pointed and treated with bitumen or vitriol. Twist the stakes horizontally with rods. For weaving willfully approach the willow branches, because they are quite flexible. So, you need to stock up for work:

- willow twigs;

- pegs of metal;

- carpenter's hammer;

- strong wire.

How to make a wicker fence?

By the way, if a functional and durable hedge is planned, then the rods must have a thickness of at least 2-3 cm, and for making a decorative fence , branches with a thickness of 1-2 cm are suitable. Most often, the fence remains natural, but you can make it different. For example, to give the branches a certain shade, you can use stain or manganese, vitriol and even lacquer.

Before you start making wicker fence Its Hands, you need to prepare the branches: peel them from the bark, then dip them into the water with thick ends. This is necessary to isolate the juice. A week later, the bars are cleaned with a special device called a "sneeze" - this is a kind of narrow fork with internal edges sharpened. It consists of two parts, between which a branch is inserted and pulled by itself. By the way, it is this part of the work that is most complex and lengthy.

Once the vine is prepared, it is dried. The fence itself can be made using horizontal or vertical weaving - it depends on the wishes of the owner.

Wicker fence Its Hands is erected in several stages:

1. Fence supports are installed - they must be of equal height and thickness. If the weave is vertical, then between the poles you will need to install cross-pieces - They will form the basis of the frame of the future fence.

2. Horizontal weaving starts from the bottom of the fence. The rods "snake" one after another lead to different sides of the supports. The ends of rods need to be fixed with a wire for reliability of a design.

3. The vine needs to be constantly consolidated with the help of a carpenter's hammer, while the ends of the rods should be located on the inside of the fence.

So the wicker fence is ready with its own hands. The photo shows all the beauty and harmony of this design, if it is executed correctly. You can use a similar hedge inside the site, for example, when dividing it into zones, but you can cover the entire plot as a whole.