fencing the property

I have been working on our side fence for a couple of weeks now.  With the imminent arrival of a puppy the fence needs to be in tip top shape.  Puppy proof.  Not vine laden bending over wire that we put in 12 years ago.  So I have ripped out the vine and bit by bit taken down the wire fence.  It is quite satisfying.  The chicken has helped by eating the lizards and termites hiding along the fenceline.

Newsflash - chicken update.
We are down to one chicken now.  The other one disappeared.  There was a hole in the back fence, a lot of feathers, some blood and no chicken.  Somewhere in our neighbourhood a dog is licking its chops.

The remaining chicken seems to be quite content and has started laying again.   Although she looks warily at the back corner.

Anyway, I have been working on the fence today.  Currently there is no boundary between us and the neighbour.  It makes me feel a bit anxious - maybe we enjoy boundaries in our lives.  This is my side - that is her side.  She is an eighty year old widower.  Who knows what sort of trouble she could cause with no fence separating us.

We have decided to outsource the fence building part.  Men with machines are much better at digging fence hole posts.  I am looking forward to our shiny new wire fence with real posts instead of star pickets.

It's all happening here.  And it needs to happen before we go to China!