Fence Mending.

4-16-08 VERMONT: I spent most of the day doing fence mending. The lower corner of the pasture by the road is muddy and a fairly steep hillside. The fence posts get tired and lean down hill, more so in wetter ground. Every couple of years, in the spring, I straighten them up and usually hammer a rock into the gap at the base of the post made by pushing the post upright. The corner post was so tilted that the rails fell out. I needed to use a “come-along” [a hand operated winch] to get it upright. I straightened about six post and replaced five broken rails, but will need another batch of rails to finish the job.

This afternoon there was a brown bat flitting around the pond, but outside the house, Judy.

Chloe had a tussle with a thistle and came in with a dozen burrs imbedded in her coat. Comb and scissors to the rescue.


Run Off.