Building Wattle Raised Beds

Wattle has been used to build all sorts of things - fences, borders, screens, arches, windbreaks, etc. We're using it to build raised beds for our garden, and it has worked out fabulously. There are definitely some things we wish we'd known when we started that nobody talked about in other videos we've watched, so here's our two pence on "The Things You Should Know When Building Wattle Structures." Be sure to harvest branches from appropriate areas. Do not disturb protected areas (primarily wetlands). Do not harvest where it is restricted. If you need a permit to harvest branches, be sure to obtain one. If the riparian area ("pretty-isn little wilderness areas") are on private property, be sure to ask permission before harvesting. Since hazelnuts don't grow wild where we live, through experimentation, we found that black walnut whips work really well for wattle-ing. If you don't have either hazelnut or black walnut trees where you live, you may have to do some experimenting of your own to find a suitable type of branch for wattle weaving. Whatever you choose, the best type of branches are long, straight, and strong but still somewhat flexible.