Saturday, November 10, 2018

Fence UP !!

The most exciting thing that happened this week occurred sometime last night.

The guys worked 4 days this week getting the fence in place and yesterday chased out most of the livestock, all but one black cow.

She left through the last small gap last night so after today's work the land inside the fence should be free from cows, horses, pigs and mules.

The guys will continue to work on making sure the fence keeps out animals while putting rocks in hollows where pigs could possibly push under the fence.

Very exciting as Cory's been planting avocado pits and although livestock doesn't eat macadamia or other trees we already planted, they could still be trampled. A nice rain last night should encourage growth.

Cory ordered one more roll of fence, when this arrives the guys will move a far part of the fence to cover more of a hill top where there is good soil.


This morning, Cory and I spread out the shade cloth and picked a good place for a nursery / hoop shelter to be built. The guys will start to flatten out the ground next week.

We also looked at the garden area. Cory started some seeds this week and ordered some more.

In non-plant news:

Our friend did make it up the mountain to work on the dog but sadly too late to vaccinate or see any livestock. We're planning to host her and some staff overnight on the 19th so that a full veterinary clinic can be held on the 20th.

Cory finished putting up (probably temporary) tin walls in our shower and a curtain.

Fritz and I completed 6 days and started the 7th of schoolwork.

We connected with our college kids and encouraged them.


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