On the Fence

As mentioned before, our property is on a corner.  We love the way this allows our driveway to swoop around, and we can enter from either street. 

The down side is that despite the very pretty picket fence, our yard feels a little too exposed to passing eyes- providing a grand view of the multicolored plastic playsets (you know, the ones I swore we'd never own... before we had kids!)

The white string (which runs in front of the tractor)
 marks where it needs to go.

After a couple of visits to the local municipal building, we obtained a permit to put in a 6 foot tall privacy fence. 

It has to be at least 30 feet from the property line, which is a bit further in than we were hoping, but those are the rules! 

We plan to plant a variety of trees and bushes on the street side of the fence, so that'll be fine.

The fence will come back from the corner of the house.

We ordered the fence panels & posts, and had them delivered. 

Next was renting the auger... there were 26 holes to dig!  Way too many to do by hand.







Progress!!!!

Mike tried to level the ground as much as possible down the 200 foot length of the fence, but it got really high on the end furthest from the house.  

So, although we were trying to avoid it, we had to do one "step-up" of the fence panels. 

While we would have rather it been all even, once the plantings are done it won't be as noticable.

And the fence is up!!!

Next Mike made the gate (so we won't have to walk  all the way around if we need to get to the other side!)

He took a panel and cut it to fit the opening he had left.  At Lowe's, he bought a heavy-duty set of hinges & a handle.

Gate open

Gate from the inside of the yard



Now we just have to stain it- we want to make it hunter green so it doesn't stand out as much.  Then colors in the future plantings will really pop! 

We plan to go out to select & purchase the stain this weekend, but since it's still going to be quite wet from all this rain, we'll have to wait until everything dries out a little to complete the project... more to come!