fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

[Baymule]

Oh, I know that feeling! Watching the bulldozer last year on my front fence row was phenomenal. Then I hired a fencing crew to put up new fence and that also was phenomenal. What they accomplished in TWO DAYS would have taken me months to do. Check out my fencing thread. It’s still an ongoing process, I have the back field to do.

 

[Baymule]

Here’s my fence thread. I suggest that you do the same or your fencing will get buried in pages and pages of your journal. It feels pretty good to see where I started, and the progress I’ve made.

Baymule’s Fence

A little background for any who might not know. My husband and bought 8 acres with a double wide in Lindale, September of 2014. We fenced it and cross fenced it. We learned a lot, did some things right and some things wrong...

www.backyardherds.com

 

[fuzzi]

Here’s my fence thread. I suggest that you do the same or your fencing will get buried in pages and pages of your journal. It feels pretty good to see where I started, and the progress I’ve made.

Baymule’s Fence

A little background for any who might not know. My husband and bought 8 acres with a double wide in Lindale, September of 2014. We fenced it and cross fenced it. We learned a lot, did some things right and some things wrong...

www.backyardherds.com

Thank you!

I have a journal thread on BYC, and started adding links to accomplishments on one post.

I can see that happening here, too...

 

[fuzzi]

Tree Guys came, conquered in about 6 hours.

Before

After

(the shed isn't mine, was there when I bought the place 18 years ago, AND technically it's not on my property)

Before

After (opposite view)

Before

After

I told the company owner, Frank, that I wanted to leave the privet in that corner as a screen, between my neighbor's yard and mine.

Before (looking east)

After (looking west)

That oak worried me, as with hurricanes trees tend to fall to the south. My house would have been hit!

Only allowed 10 pictures per post, oh well.

 

[fuzzi]

Last two

Before

After

The PVC is our washing machine and kitchen sink gray water pipe. It was broken during the excavation of a tree. The guys went and bought more PVC and replaced it.

 

[fuzzi]

I'll be doing a little clean up in the newly cleared area, to remove some little shrub sprouts, and roots that might impede my lawnmower. Oh, and rake it a little, though Frank already did a bit of smoothing with the Bobcat.

And then...fence.

 

[Mini Horses]

Nice job!! AND in pic with guy in yellow/orange shirt, I see fig tree leaves. Is that wonderful thing in your yard??

 

[fuzzi]

Nice job!! AND in pic with guy in yellow/orange shirt, I see fig tree leaves. Is that wonderful thing in your yard??

Yes, we do have a fig tree. Last year we had tons of fruit. This year the raccoons got them.

That was Chris.

We had a huge mulberry tree behind the old shed, leaning on top. Here's Chris, standing on the Bobcat, using a chainsaw. He also did most of the work with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth, but it doesn't show here. It made me laugh.

 

[fuzzi]

A couple of videos for those who are interested.

Clearing the vines:

Taking down a tree:

I was fascinated, spent most of the day watching them work.

Don't worry, the vines will grow back.

 

[fuzzi]

I watched a video today about goat fencing.

The guy uses electric a lot in his pastures, had the bottom wire low and a strong charger at first to train the goats.

Made me think about making an electric fence outside the chain link, for browsing to help keep the woods from creeping back.