My poorly constructed fence has lasted, surprisingly, about 20 years. One side is leaning outward. Can I just get a cable around the post(s) and pull them straight using a turnbuckle and stake in the ground?

Is there a better way? I am not too good at repairs and know this fence is on its last legs.

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What you are suggesting doing should work for the short run. I know that you have not indicated why you are not replacing the whole fence, but if you are going to replace the whole wooden fence eventually, you should be able to do it a section at a time, if there is something else that is keeping you from replacing the whole thing all at once.

Wow... 20 years for a wooden fence... that's great! Clough's point is a good one, though. With wood you'll always have maintenance. I'm assuming that the "breakdown" that is causing the fence to lean is at the base of the posts... if you don't want to replace the existing fence altogether, you might consider installing metal fence posts... one at a time... at your leisure... until the fence panels turn into sawdust.

Are the posts leaning, or rotted off at ground level? I fixed a fence last summer by pounding steel posts in beside the wooden ones and running lag boots into the wood posts. Good enough for what isn't my fence to fix.