Fencing the Back Forty

[walbourn]

cuddlyeconomist and I have spent the Memorial Day weekend fencing. Three long days of fencing. It is 187' of fencing in 29 sections, plus two gates. We had a landscaper do all the cleanup to pull out the old fence, dig up old post footings, haul out piles of ivy and blackberry from the neighbors, etc. We hired a contractor to do the post setting based on our experience doing the back of the fence last year, and those guys did on one day what would've taken us many long back-breaking days and we'd likely not set them as straight. We managed with the help of some friends on Sunday--thanks loree, tithonium, jeliza, and other non-LJ folks--to get all the railings put up, and 25 of the 29 sections boarded in. We do have a few odd-sized boards to cut, some finishing details with the facing boards and braces, and what-not to finish up, but mostly we ran out of 8' 1x6" boards to finish up the remaining 4 sections which are of course climbing up a hill. And the will to keep moving. And light.

It of course was rainy almost the entire weekend. It got sunny and dried off everything this afternoon, but much of it was muddy and damp. Always a fun combination with corded power-tools. Nothing shorted out though, and we were able to borrow a number of fabulous tools from our neighbor's roommate who happens to be a carpenter.

We have some details to wrap up this week once we get more lumber, we'll likely to get to the gates in a few weeks, and the there's plenty of clean-up to do to the yard proper, but it has been a very productive if physical taxing weekend. The end result should make for an excellent entertaining space this summer.