We got a few things done today, like driving into town and getting some things. After that we came home, chilled, watched a bit on the tube, read email and blogs. Then later I went out, got on the riding mower and cleared the brush and grass from the inside of the fence of the front of the pasture. I did that because we wanted to take the inner part of the fence, the part to keep the goats we once owned from going through the strands of barbed wire, down so that we could use it to build a chicken-run. It will make quite a big one too, since we now have 200 feet of welded-wire fence to use. When taking the fence down, we made it a family affair. Rain and I took all the wire clips that held the fence to the t-posts off while the kids carried the small bucket for us so we could put the clips in it. Once that was done we pulled the fence away from the posts and rolled it into a big-ass roll of wire. *grin* Then we rolled it to the front gate of the pasture (about a 100 yards) and out. Then we came in and took a break. After the break we went out and measured where we took the fence down from, so we'd know how much wire we had - 200 feet :-) Then we rolled the wire to the side of the chicken/duck coop (another 50 yards or so). Used the 100 foot tape-measure and figured out where to put the t-poles for the chickens' new run, and then came in for another break. When that was done it was time to feed the birds. After I did that and filled their water bowls, I grabbed the t-pole pounder and started putting the t-poles up. Not long after I got started, Rain and DD came out to help, which they did. After about 45 minutes to an hour, we were done. Tomorrow we'll put the fence up and connect it to the poles. Then we're going to use the kid's old swing-set (w/o the swings) and put a tarp from the back of the wood shed, over the swing-set, so they'll have shade on sunny days and somewhere to get out of the rain/snow if they want. We may use an old, holey 24' foot round swimming pool cover instead of a tarp, but we haven't decided yet. Well, that was our day, hope yours is going well and ends well.
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