Building the Fence

This is my partner Ken and I (we owned a small landscaping company for four years) setting the poles for the back fence. The bottom of each pole is painted with creosote, which is where I got the idea of staining the whole fence in creosote. We rented a two-man gas hole-digger with a twelve inch auger, and drilled into clay for two days. Setting the poles in (as they are above) was quite a reward. I could have done without the forty wheel-barrows of concrete though.

Just Finished

Late in October the fence was finished, and a couple of warm days gave me the opportunity to stain it before winter. There was a lot more grass on the property before the different gardens went in. The fence is about nine feet tall at one end and seven at the other, with a length of about sixty-five feet. It provides a great place for planting annual vines, and clingers like Engleman Ivy and Trumpet Vine love it.

Back to the pumpkin patch...

Walk to the gazebo...