On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:54:25 +0100, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:


"Moonraker" wrote in message
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On 14/04/2012 11:20, David WE Roberts wrote:

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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I have a bit of a problem.
Very small garden, 25 years of growing, much in pots, needing frequent
replacement of compost, and thus getting rid of old stuff.
Until 8 years ago I could take it up to the allotment and dump it
there. Having had to give up driving I can no longer do that.
Hence the level of my garden has risen somewhat. The soil is rising up
against a new fence I had put in 2 years ago. I had it installed
quite low in order to keep next doors rabbit out!
What I think I need is some pieces of rigid plastic, about 8 - 10
inches high and the length of a fence panel, ie 6 feet, which I could
push down into the soil on the fence line, to hold back the soil, just
to protect the fence.
In your tours of fencing suppliers etc have any of you seen anything
like this or is there anywhere I can get such a thing.

Pam in Bristol

You can get green plastic edging designed to go for instance round the
edge of a lawn.
IIRC this is wiggly and about 6" high.
Two layers of that, overlapping, should give you your 8-10" high.
If you haven't yet got to the full height, put one row in then add
another as the soile gets higher.

You can also get concrete "boards" designed to keep the wood fencing off
the ground and reduce rotting. How about those?


Depends if you have concrete posts and replaceable fence panels :-)
If you do have that arrangement you would normally have at least one
concrete 'gravel board'.
In which case another gravel board on top would be an obvious upgrade so I
assume Pam doesn't have this arrangement.

With wooden posts I guess you have to protect the posts as well as the
panels.

However, it might be possible to dig down and put flexible plastic sheet
(damp proof) available from builders merchants against the fence and then
back fill.
More work than pushing rigid plastic down but would probably do the job.

Cheers

Dave R

I don't want anything as obtrusive as concrete, or as heavy. I have
wooden posts in those metal sockets, so need to keep the soil below
the top of the metal and off the fence panels.
The lawn edging strips sound OK. I can't dig down very far and don't
want to disturb plants, so want something I rigid enough to just push
in. I wish I'd had the fence a bit higher off the ground and had
gravel-boards at the bottom. Too late now!
Thanks guys!

Pam in Bristol