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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Woodland Care.

If you want to keep livestock in or critters out of a garden, you might want a fence.  Did you know you can build them from sticks?  Let's make a wattle fence!

 
 

Here's a gent showing us how to build a wattle fence:


Minimum requirements:
  - Make a wattle fence
  - At least 36' long
  - At least 36 inches high
  - No openings bigger than 3"

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - The sticks you're starting with
  - Where the fence will go
  - Posts in place
  - Fence midway through construction
  - Finished fence with measurement if length isn't obviously 36'
 
For my next trick, I'll need the help of a tiny ad ...
The new gardening playing cards kickstarter is now live!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-cards
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