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It is Fenced!!
Before eight yesterday morning our fence was halfway down. Before four in the afternoon the new fence was up. By four-fifteen two dogs had tested their new boundaries and were pleased.
Gavin promptly lifted his leg on the front corner of the yard and then in the back. He kicked dirt about with his back feet and claimed the new fence suitable.
Patty nosed along the entire length of the fence and after being told to get out of the gardens didn’t bother with it again.
You all have a good one!
New fencing
Although we will have to tighten our belts a lot for the next couple of months to pay for it, we are having the fencing that runs down the alley side of yard replaced. I need to do this to take some pressure off The Curmudgeon and me.
This means The Curmudgeon won’t have to walk all over the yard with the dogs when he has them out because with the new fencing he’ll be able to let them run loose. I can take them outside with me when I’m gardening and they’ll get more exercise.
The picket fence will now be replaced with solid fencing. The dogs can’t get through it, and If I’m lucky, I can take that old fencing and rig something between the two yards. I figure I can hook the pickets and rails to the chain link and voila, instant privacy fence there since that fence is about half the length of the alley side fence.
Installation could begin as early as Thursday.
You all have a good one!
Bye bye pickets.
Ch ch ch changes….
Today’s sunny weather had me craving Spring something fierce. I can’t wait to go work in the garden and get walking again.
I have hopes of making some rather large changes to the yard and garden this year. The pond is going to have to go, I can’t do the upkeep alone, there were some things The Curmudgeon could do easier than I can and he can do them no longer. Know anyone in PA who wants some lovely, large Koi? Have them contact me.
I’m hoping to install new stronger, dog-proof fencing between the yards, across the front, and down the alley side. I want my poor dogs able to run and play in their yard without me having to hold them on a leash every time they go out.
So far here’s what my Spring looks like:
- Re-home Koi and fill in pond
- Find a fencing company
- Build raised planting beds and patio with pergola
Looks like I’ll be keeping a certain landscaping company in the money and working my buns off to boot.
You all have a good one!
It grew to 150 feet…
As we wait today for the tree guy to come, I remember the day my mother, The Curmudgeon, and I went looking for a tree to plant here. We went to three different nurseries. I was looking for two trees one for here and one for the side garden area. Mom said she would buy one.
Finally, in the third place we tried, I found a Sweet Gum I liked, it was about five feet tall. We walked for a long while when Mom stopped, pointed, and said, “There it is. There’s the perfect tree.” She was right. It was a big leaved fast growing native shade tree, a six-foot tall, beautifully shaped Tulip Poplar.
A storm passed through here Saturday night. Lightning struck her tree. This beautiful tree that shades the entire side of the house and keeps us cooler in the summer. I’m hoping the tree guy can save most of the tree. I know we’ve lost a large part of the top…
I’ve lost Mom, I don’t want to lose her tree too.
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