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March 19, 2005

Almost Done

I have to finish clearing the old fence this weekend, because 1) I'm sick of working on it and 2) next weekend we're out of town and the weekend after that the posts are arriving so it will be time to start installing the fence. I mean hopefully the posts are arriving (that is another fiasco that I'll rant about in another entry...)

The day started with the usual removal of the old rusted barbed wire (bob war) in the very fun manner of crawling into the sticker bushes and cutting it out. Have a look at this nonsense.

Got all the wire cut out, then started pulling posts. Got a few done and Shannon arrived with some lunch (and some baby clothes from her morning shopping trip!) Enjoyed lunch and she was missing working in the field so I asked her to put together some SnapMax vine shelters - have a look - for the research vines. It was such a beautiful day, so she enjoyed sitting in the grass putting them together while I pulled out the rest of the posts with the tractor loader. Then it was time for some more bush hawging, but then things of course got complicated. Seems I saved the worst for last, as the final section of fence needing cleared was on a hill, so getting in with the tractor can be a little wild. Not something you need to have your pregnant wife watching for sure.

So I did what I could and quit about 3pm since we have a concert to see tonight - Cherish the Ladies (the band from our wedding) - is playing with the Baltimore Symphony so we're heading up to check it out. But the remaining section of brush will be there tomorrow...

Posted by Stephen at March 19, 2005 10:24 PM