Other than trim being put up in the house, it's been minor the last couple months.
Big changes recently in the yard. We have built a new welded wire fence, and ripped out some of the old fence, connecting the back and side yards.
The Posts.
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Strawberry Break!
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This weekend we got the bracing and cross beams up and the fencing on.
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Then we began to remove the old section of fence dividing the front and side yards.
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All gone!
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The old gate.
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Then we built the new gate, re-using a section of the old fence,
and adding in some bracing.
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Tool clean-up.
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Here's a comparison with the original yard and fencing, from 2001.
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Then we built the new gate, re-using a section of the old fence,
and adding in some bracing.
Here's a comparison with the original yard and fencing, from 2001.
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