Baymule’s Fence

[SageHill]

A neighbor, Chase, came over last week and we looked at the pine logs laying on the ground. Little sawdust piles gave away the insects that were already burrowed into the logs, no mill would take them now. We lamented the waste. A few days later, he came up with an idea, make raised garden beds! Yes! Then the logs won’t be a total waste.

Chase used his two days off, Wednesday and Thursday to come help me out this week. He dragged out the logs, having to limb and top several. Using 2 logs for runners, he stacked the other logs on them.

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The reason the logs are stacked up instead of making raised beds, is because I need to focus all my energy on fence. If we made the raised beds, I’d feel like I needed to develop them into a garden, and I can’t divide my time and energy. Maybe this fall or winter.

With the logs out of the way, Chase cut a few more trees that were in the fence line.

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This one fell into the other trees and hung up.

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He pushed on it with his tractor.

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It was still hung up. He chained it to the tractor and backed up.

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It fell down.

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Raised beds! OMG fantastic way to use them and huge bonus the beds will look great too. Fence first, but get those beds in too.

 

[Baymule]

Monday morning I got a text, want to build fence today? Of course I did, so Bennett came over and speared 2 rolls of wire on his tractor forks. It took all day, but we got them up, and mostly clipped to the T-posts. I’ll try to get pictures today.

 

[Baymule]

It rained and drizzled all morning yesterday and finally the sun came out. Peggy and I used 3 bags of clips, finished clipping the bottom wire and next one up. We had to sit on the ground for the bottom wires. Then we clipped middle, top and a strand of barbed wire until we ran out of clips. Still have a lot of clipping to do. It didn’t take long to draw a crowd of inspectors.

 

[canesisters]

That is one NICE straight fence line!!!! Good Job!!

Mine always look like some kind of modern art instillation

 

[SageHill]

Looking good!

 

[Ridgetop]

Starting to wonder if it cheaper to stay here and buy alfalfa or go to Texas and fence at the price of wire!

 

[Baymule]

Starting to wonder if it cheaper to stay here and buy alfalfa or go to Texas and fence at the price of wire!

You and I should have had Mr. Benny at the hardware store in Groveton order us in a truckload at $240. Sure didn’t see $450 coming!