Just the other day, the importance of fences was starkly impressed on us: A flock of sheep escaped their enclosure and ate almost everything I had planted — with an overabundance of optimism — outside ...

Lily asks: A friend of mine says she is going to build a wattle fence around a small vegetable garden. Rather than appear unworldly, I didn't ask her for a description of this wattle fence. What is a ...

A gardener presses a willow branch down after weaving it through sticks planted in the ground. Joel Wintermantle Chicago Tribune Back when everything came from the land, fences were made from what you ...

Learn how to make an old English-style wattle fence, the perfect accent for any garden. Learn how to make an old English-style wattle fence with Shelley Ryan and Susan Churchill. It's the perfect ...

IN a world of manufactured exactness, a warped birdhouse, an arbor of old branches or a fence woven with grapevines brings immediate charm to an otherwise mundane space. Imperfection lends it allure.

Planning ahead for spring, on a frigid day in January, an Annapolis resident pruned a crepe myrtle tree. Afterward, he was left with a pile of slender, pliable branches ranging in length from three to ...

Back when everything came from the land, fences were made from what you found. Rocky areas are still crisscrossed by stone walls that kept early settlers’ livestock in and critters out. To build ...

N othing defines a garden space better than a fence, and a simple enclosure will give a vegetable garden the presence it deserves. A modest fence will keep dogs in and rabbits out (though little else) ...

CONTRADA PETRARO, Sicily – They come in the middle of the night and are gone by morning. But without fail, they leave their calling cards: Pronged footprints and gashes in the ground where they've dug ...

CONTRADA PETRARO, Sicily >> They come in the middle of the night and are gone by morning. But without fail, they leave their calling cards: Pronged footprints and gashes in the ground where they’ve ...

CONTRADA PETRARO, Sicily-They come in the middle of the night and are gone by morning. But without fail, they leave their calling cards: Pronged footprints and gashes in the ground where they've dug ...