Bruce
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Mike CHS
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This has been a fairly unproductive weekend but we got a little done. Teresa spent most of the day yesterday processing a bushel of apple. I finished up getting set up to finish the fence line and I spent quite a bit of time moving and setting the electric netting and drilling some more post holes where I decided I need ed anchor points since a lot of this fence is following the inside of the property line which curves. Teresa had some church business to take care of this morning so I decided to go ahead and anchor one roll of wire and at least get it started down the hill so we can finish it tomorrow. Once I got it rolled out to the point it started uphill, I thought since there was only another 100' up the hill I should just went ahead and finished rolling it out.
Once I got it rolled out I though I might as well put the stretcher on the fence so we can start stretching in the morning. I got the stretcher on and thought I might as well stretch it a bit to make it easier on Teresa in the morning since Jay won't be able to work tomorrow. I got it stood up and thought it wouldn't take much to finish tightening it up and we can start with the staples first thing in the morning.
It stood up so pretty and tight I thought I might as well staple the anchor posts and I can start with the T-post clips in the morning.
I figured I would do a couple of T-posts and of course by now anyone reading this post knows I went ahead and finished it and reset the last post on the run in cement to be ready for the morning to start another roll. Only 4 more to go.
The Maple trees beside the drive were started from seed before we brought them from South Carolina a little over two years ago.
Once I got it rolled out I though I might as well put the stretcher on the fence so we can start stretching in the morning. I got the stretcher on and thought I might as well stretch it a bit to make it easier on Teresa in the morning since Jay won't be able to work tomorrow. I got it stood up and thought it wouldn't take much to finish tightening it up and we can start with the staples first thing in the morning.
It stood up so pretty and tight I thought I might as well staple the anchor posts and I can start with the T-post clips in the morning.
I figured I would do a couple of T-posts and of course by now anyone reading this post knows I went ahead and finished it and reset the last post on the run in cement to be ready for the morning to start another roll. Only 4 more to go.
The Maple trees beside the drive were started from seed before we brought them from South Carolina a little over two years ago.
goatgurl
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I wish you'd come to my house to make it easier for Teresa, 
have so much that needs done and no one around to help.
I had huge maple trees all along the road in front of my house in west Virginia. I loved their shade in the summer and their color in the fall. I hope yours grow strong and prosper.
have so much that needs done and no one around to help. I had huge maple trees all along the road in front of my house in west Virginia. I loved their shade in the summer and their color in the fall. I hope yours grow strong and prosper.
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If that's what you call UNproductive... geeze, I'm just a big ol' slacker, lol! Ya did good!
Love the maples!
Baymule
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We planted 4 Crepe Myrtles by our driveway. We're thinking about planting some more. They are a dark burgundy color.
I love to see trees planted down a driveway, it makes it look so nice. You will enjoy your maples, starting them from seed only makes them more special to you.
I love to see trees planted down a driveway, it makes it look so nice. You will enjoy your maples, starting them from seed only makes them more special to you.
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Mike CHS
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I wish you'd come to my house to make it easier for Teresa,
I had huge maple trees all along the road in front of my house in west Virginia. I loved their shade in the summer and their color in the fall. I hope yours grow strong and prosper.
The most practical layout for the fence would have been on the other side of the Maples but I love the view with them when you come around the corner on the drive. There was 3 more but the deer girdled them scraping antlers on them.
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Mike CHS
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We usually try to take at least one day on weekends off except feeding critters but it seems like I have spent a ton of time on fencing that I want to be able to say that's it for this year.
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Looks beautiful, but seems like a lot of potential pasture to graze is outside the pasture... Is there any way that you can set it up so the sheep can graze the driveway area? Maybe putting the fencing right up close to the driveway on that really steep section way in the distance would work? Then you'd only have to worry about the end line running vertically down hill to close it in? Is the pasture fenced uphill from the driveway part of your property as well?
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Mike CHS
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Joe there is another 2 1/2 acres just past the curve in the driveway that can be fenced and most of it can be maintained with machines although parts are 10 degree slopes. You can't really tell it well in the picture but the slope just past that big oak tree at the far end is a little less than a 15 degree slope so I have to weigh my options long term. I will probably have a gate there leading down to the gate by the tree and also have a pair of gates stretching across our drive to the neighbors gate. That way we can both use either side to handle animals and use the opposite side for loading or dropping off.
We use the electric netting in places that doesn't have permanent fence (including our back yard) but there are places that I'll sacrifice the convenience of permanent fencing in favor of aesthetics. Especially that one since that is our view out of the living room window.
The picture doesn't show it but the slope just beyond that big oak tree is an incline of almost 15 degrees so I need to leave me some maneuvering o[
We use the electric netting in places that doesn't have permanent fence (including our back yard) but there are places that I'll sacrifice the convenience of permanent fencing in favor of aesthetics. Especially that one since that is our view out of the living room window.
The picture doesn't show it but the slope just beyond that big oak tree is an incline of almost 15 degrees so I need to leave me some maneuvering o[
