Journal
Notes from the yard. Craft, product, and dispatches.
We publish what we’d want to read if we were about to install a fence, stock a yard, or buy our lumber. No launch-announcement fluff.
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Product
Cedar, pressure-treated or galvanized steel: which raised bed is right for food?
· NorthStar, Company · 8 min
Craft
How many fence panels for 100 feet? The count, worked through.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Dispatch
Where to buy fence panels in the GTA: five ways, compared honestly.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Dispatch
What a corrugated metal fence costs in Ontario (2026).
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Product
Metal fence panels versus vinyl and wood: which one for an Ontario yard.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Craft
How to install corrugated metal fence panels: posts, spacing and fasteners.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Craft
Corrugated metal fence gates: what we build and how they hang.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Product
Black corrugated steel: why one colour, and how it looks in a GTA yard.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Craft
Metal fence panels through an Ontario winter.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Product
Corrugated metal fence panel sizes: 6×8 standard, and what to do at odd bays.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Product
Lattice top fence panels: what the lattice does, diagonal or square, and which wood.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Product
Privacy fence panels, 6x8: solid cedar, solid treated or steel, and what no sight lines means.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Craft
How long does a cedar raised garden bed really last?
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Dispatch
Fence panel prices in the GTA: NorthStar versus the big-box stores (checked September 2026)
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Product
Corrugated metal fence panels: the wood-frame build, explained.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Product
Pressure-treated fence panels, 6×8: solid privacy and shadow box, explained.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Craft
Fencing lumber: everything a wood fence is built from.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Craft
Fence boards: premium vs. standard pressure-treated, and what to look for.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Product
Wood fence styles, explained.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Dispatch
Pre-assembled fence panels: factory-direct versus big-box.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Craft
Fence panel sizes: nominal versus true dimensions.
· NorthStar, Company · 5 min
Dispatch
How contractors buy fence panels factory-direct.
· NorthStar, Company · 5 min
Product
Commercial versus residential fence panels: what actually changes.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Product
Fence panels for landscapers: buy, don’t build.
· NorthStar, Company · 5 min
Dispatch
What a wood fence actually costs in the GTA.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Product
Prefab fence panels versus stick-built: the honest math.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Craft
How deep to set a fence post in Ontario.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Product
Cedar versus pressure-treated: when each one wins.
· NorthStar, Company · 7 min
Craft
Why cedar.
· NorthStar, Company · 5 min
Craft
Why your fence panel is cupping.
· NorthStar, Company · 6 min
Product
What is a good neighbour fence? The shadowbox pattern, explained.
· NorthStar, Company · 4 min
Dispatch
Why we opened with a full line.
· NorthStar, Company · 5 min