More Fence Work

Who needs paper when you need to figure how long to cut each wire fence section?  Not Murph, he writes on anything available.  Nothing in this project goes unused that's for sure.  Recycle, Repurpose, Reclaim.

Putting up the 'dog fencing'.

roll

hold

measure again

and cut

Now that looks about right.

Getting a lesson on the process.

Thank heavens for Kory!

Pulling it tight.

A little trenching.

A little more pulling.

Switching the hinges on the Strawberry Bed Garden so it swings the other way.

Moving the HEAVY cast iron bathtub to a new home.  Again thank heavens for Kory!

Shifting gears back to the fencing.

Murph says if you don't switch it up, you might get bored with what you are doing.

Kory putting the finishing edges on this big section of fencing,  Now I need to go back and put staples in each cross-section which might take a few days.

Another awesome day's work.  We are trying to get all the fencing up and beds ready to plant by Mother's Day but that might be pushed a little because of freeze warnings.

More Fencing Work

 We had some very special visitors to the farm today.  And they got their hands dirty.  They helped me with projects that would have taken me a few days to finish.

And it was their 13 birthday! And I made donuts.

We all worked hard doing different jobs.  Many hands make light work.  This is what we ended up with at the end of the day.

We now have new fencing for the Pumpkin Patch.

Raised beds going into the Goat Pen Garden.

The four raised beds now are being fenced in.

Along the way, we found along the way.

I think Murph could be praying for more help.  

These beds when finished are going to be amazing.

Now there is wire fencing on the wood fencing to keep the dogs from digging up the veggies and the kids from picking the veggies.

Ernie worked hard forking the Pumpkin Patch.

These guys were great.  They worked so hard and were eager to help.

And this is how we got to this point.

Murph recycling, repurposing all the wood we could scrounge up.  The price of wood is absolutely out the roof right now.

Fiona cleaned out the compost bin down to the bare ground.  Now to make more compost.

Fiona dug.  Ernie passed it to me and I decided where it should go and spread it out.

And she did it with her hands.

We moved the cast iron bathtub.

Ernie moved concrete blocks.

Somebody had to keep Pappy busy and Saffi was our girl.

Fiona decided that filling the hard-sided bucket work=ed better than my garden buckets.

Ernie working up a good sweat.

The girls shoveling up the last of the dirt pile.

Ernie still working on the Pumpkin Patch.  The seeds are going to thank him for breaking up all that dirt.

An almost full bucket that is super heavy, well it is for me!

Ernie taking a shot at it.

Fiona filling the whiskey barrels.

Those plants are going to be so happy.

It didn't take her very long to get them looking great.

Working On The Fencing

We have to fence in all the raised beds because the yahoos love to pick the veggies and the dogs like to jump in and dig up the dirt...veggies and all.

Murph and Jeremy dugs all the post holes 36 inches down!  And then it rained.  So during our time on Friday (our usual PJ Day), we used Solo cups to get all the water out of the holes.

Everyone had a cup and everyone worked but they didn't realize they were working.

This is a shot of the fence line from our bedroom window.

Jeremy and Murph cupping off the excess post.

The 'finished fence.  Haha, that's a joke.  There are about a million this we learned we had to do to keep the veggies safe.  More to come on that in a later blog.

Working In The Goat Garden With Murph

 

We repurposed an old gate to the gate that will lead into the Watermellon Patch when we can get it started.

We have raised beds with cattle panels that will be trellising for the cucumbers and long beans.

Plans for something amazing!

Thinking about removing the bird feeder.

Lots of special help.

Murph working on the fencing for the Watermelon Patch.

It is a process...and we are loving the journey too.