Georgia Gardening: Happy New Year!, 1 by cedar18

cedar18 wrote:
Hi Becky, Thanks! Yes, they are 4x4 x 10' sunk about 2' down. This fence was a huge project and cost a mint. We had to build a 3' retaining wall on the back side and brought in 9 loads of soil, compost, etc. and the garden is still sloped.

DH is SO talented and he built it all, fence, gates, arbors and the trellises you can see on the side and back walls (I am just the unskilled laborer/assistant). The gate is a nice story. The metal 'sculpture' part is the back of a garden bench (the kind you get at HD etc with wooden slats). It belonged to my best friend and her husband. He was an MG, retired and worked outside a lot and rested on this bench. Unfortunately he died and the bench rotted, leaving just this metal part. My friend hated to get rid of it and I told her we 'd think of something to do with it in the garden.

So DH designed the gate to match its curve and it hangs above the gate, a tribute to our late friend.