Old Fence Line

Part of the ongoing, highly anticipated fencing project (no swords or foils involved) is clearing up the old fence line. In this old line is fence posts, wire fencing, stumps, a tire!, trash, previously cut cherry trees, poison ivy, and trash. Groundhog holes and maybe an occupied Skunk hole.

Last year he cut down numerous cherry trees, before they leafed out, which were also covered in well-established poison ivy vines. Some as thick as saplings. We left these where they fell, now we need to deal with this area before the fence is installed.

I wanted to keep a few trees that are in this line. There is a nice Maple, another tree that I'm not sure what it is exactly, but there are several others in the yard and we might as well keep it for the shade it will provide.

While brush-hogging on Saturday he got the Ford tractor stuck, but it turned out to be only hung up on a tree stump. He had trouble starting the tractor after bringing in the Stihl chainsaw to liberate the tractor, realizing later that the starter has failed. Darn!

He had planned on spreading fertilizer on the Orchard Grass (19-19-19) later on, but now that's not going to happen. He called around for a compatible starter motor, but none found on-hand close by - the closest was over an hour away. It will be delivered on Tuesday. This changes our plans.

I went with my beloved Aunt Pat to visit his mother, while he continued to work - by hand - on the old fence line. We had a nice visit and when we returned we were stunned at how much work he got done. Hasn't looked this good in 40 years.