Inexpensive Yardgard Fence

We purchased wire and T posts after consulting with our city so we knew where we could put posts in the ground. Our fence is 36 inches tall, but you can buy taller wire at most home improvement stores. We chose black galvanized wire.

The posts were 5 feet tall and in the ground came to about the height we needed. We borrowed a fence post pounder from a good neighbor, but you can rent them very cheaply and they make it much easier to put posts in hard dirt. We were glad to just get the fence up, but we were not happy about the ugly posts. The first year we were just glad the fence did its job.

We first attached the wire mesh to the posts with fencing clips, but you can just use wire from any metal coat hanger with needle nosed pliers. We put 3 fencing clips on each post. The posts look short, but it is the white tops that are not easy to see.

The wire normally runs for about $45 for fifty feet at 36 inches tall, but mid-summer it is on sale for half that price. Taller yardgard mesh is a little more costly, according to the height. The posts were $5 each. We placed a post about every 8 feet. Taller posts also cost a little more.

Next we ordered sleeves for the posts to cover them and it looks so much better. You can buy post sleeves in 2, 3, 4 or even up to 8 foot lengths. We figured the 8 feet lengths were cheaper if we cut them in two. They came with caps but we ordered a few caps extra because we needed double what came free. The caps were less than $1.50 each for half the sleeves we used.

We removed the fencing clips and used zip ties to attach the fencing to the posts. After a harsh winter we check all the zip ties and we have replaced them with black wire ties. The wire ties hold well and we even use one section for a gate that joined at a post to a second roll of the fencing mesh. We have had our fence now for 6 years and we love it.

For the some posts we splurged and spent $4 a cap to add a little decoration to the top of the posts in the front. We have had NO skunks in our yard since we put up the fence and no rabbits eating our garden vegetables. We also think it looks nicer than the common chain link type fences. It is also the cheapest type of wire fence we found locally or on line.