A fence filled with stones

Gabions are filled with stones

• When you get a fence out Gabions want to build, you can buy ready-made wire baskets in stores or on the Internet. Make sure that the wire is galvanized so that it does not rust, but in general this is usually the case.
• The wire baskets are available in a wide variety of sizes and you can even order made-to-measure items from some retailers. The grid size of the wire mesh is also different and depends on the stones with which the gabions are to be filled later. This grid should be about half the size of the stones so that they don't fall out later.
• For a longer fence, you will need several wire baskets that you connect together on site. For this there are wires in the form of spirals that you pull through the mesh of two gabions so that they are firmly connected to each other.
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• Which stones the gabions are filled with is up to you and depends a little on how you designed the paths and other paved areas in your garden. For filling you can use square, round, flat or broken stones with very irregular shapes. There is also a large selection of stone material, with dolomite, sandstone, granite and quartz being popular as filling material.

Gabions as a fence, bench or raised bed

• You can use gabions in your garden instead of a garden fence. If this fence is a good one at the same time Privacy screen place several of these gabions on top of each other until the desired height is reached.


Build a gabion raised bed yourself

As a nice variant to beautify your garden and your flowers and plants ...

• You can certainly plant this fence. To do this, fill some earth between the stones and place your plants there. The rock garden plants, which are very frugal, get by with little water and nutrients and need little space for their roots, are best suited for this purpose. But you can also in front of the fence Climbing plants that tend to cling to the lattice and in this way completely green your fence over time.
• To the gabion as Garden bench To use, just place a long wooden board on the top surface. So that it stays there, secure it from below with the wire mesh. If you set up several of these benches in a corner, you can build a whole seating group out of them.
• Gabions are very practical because the material is insensitive and durable as a border for a raised bed. There are very narrow gabions for this purpose, so that the frame does not become too wide and you can still easily reach your plants.