It feels like all Matthew and I have done for the last 3 to 4 weeks is build fences. At this point, if I ever build another fence, it will be too soon. First there was the back fence tear down and rebuild. Then we built this fence and gate along the other side of the house:
It serves two purposes for us: keeping Ruger in the yard (the fence between us and the neighbors on this side is in bad shape) and keeping our nosy neighbors from being able to look in on us. It was a total pain to build because of the slope, and all the tree roots in the ground, but I am happy with the finished product.
Next we went to work on replacing our garden fence. The old one was falling apart, and with chickens and a dog roaming the yard, we really needed a fence that was a little bit taller and a lot more sturdy. I had a hard time finding a good picture of the old fence - I had to go back 2 years to find this one (and looking at it makes me really anxious for the gardening season to start!)
And the new garden fence!
Matthew and I had help with the back and side fences, but we were all on our own for the garden fence. Its not perfect, but I think it turned out surprisingly well for our first solo fence building project! You can see at the end of the fence the other project that we have been working on - our chicken run. Its not finished yet, but we are about halfway there:
Its been a bigger project than we thought it would be but we are learning a lot from doing it. I really enjoy tackling things like this with Matthew. We work really well together and between the two of us I think we can figure out a way to make most anything work.
The kids showed us that they make a great team too. They spent a lot of time with the drill and hammer "fixing" their play structure and making all sorts of upgrades to it:
Next up is the garden....it seems our work this spring will never be done! The garden beds got trampled through during fence building, and the soil ended up so compacted that there was no way we could plant in it. So unfortunately, we had to have the whole thing tilled up again:
While I always love how farmy it looks when freshly tilled, its a heck of a lot of work shoveling it back into beds. I am anxiously awaiting the day that we can get all these projects done, and life slows back down to a relatively easy pace. But looking at the size of our to do list....I wont hold my breath!
It serves two purposes for us: keeping Ruger in the yard (the fence between us and the neighbors on this side is in bad shape) and keeping our nosy neighbors from being able to look in on us. It was a total pain to build because of the slope, and all the tree roots in the ground, but I am happy with the finished product.
Next we went to work on replacing our garden fence. The old one was falling apart, and with chickens and a dog roaming the yard, we really needed a fence that was a little bit taller and a lot more sturdy. I had a hard time finding a good picture of the old fence - I had to go back 2 years to find this one (and looking at it makes me really anxious for the gardening season to start!)
And the new garden fence!
Matthew and I had help with the back and side fences, but we were all on our own for the garden fence. Its not perfect, but I think it turned out surprisingly well for our first solo fence building project! You can see at the end of the fence the other project that we have been working on - our chicken run. Its not finished yet, but we are about halfway there:
Its been a bigger project than we thought it would be but we are learning a lot from doing it. I really enjoy tackling things like this with Matthew. We work really well together and between the two of us I think we can figure out a way to make most anything work.
The kids showed us that they make a great team too. They spent a lot of time with the drill and hammer "fixing" their play structure and making all sorts of upgrades to it:
Next up is the garden....it seems our work this spring will never be done! The garden beds got trampled through during fence building, and the soil ended up so compacted that there was no way we could plant in it. So unfortunately, we had to have the whole thing tilled up again:
While I always love how farmy it looks when freshly tilled, its a heck of a lot of work shoveling it back into beds. I am anxiously awaiting the day that we can get all these projects done, and life slows back down to a relatively easy pace. But looking at the size of our to do list....I wont hold my breath!