A split-rail seemed a good choice. It wouldn't obscure my one-story home but would provide it with a simple border along which I could plant shrubs. And I could festoon it with seasonal decorations.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – It took 25 people an entire day to build a new fence at Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park, but for Evan Kenmore the work started long before the first shovels hit the ground.

What made snake-rail fences so practical was they were easy to build, repair, dismantle and relocate. After logs were split into the rails, you didn’t need many tools to build the fence.