Look Within

This week has been dedicated to adding a couple of fence lines that will serve as a corral for a new cattle yard I hope to install by the end of winter.  It is interesting how building infrastructure typically means a trip to the local rural supplies store and then spending dollars on fence posts and wire.  This time I was determined not to spend a dollar on this fencing project. I had a mix of used star pickets in the shed and some left over wire after fencing off the olive grove - I was short four end assemblies though and needed to come up with a solution.

While the farm can do with more tree plantings, there is still a significant amount of forested area and I decided to cut strainer, line and brace posts from limbs of trees.  I was quite happy with what I had cut and after digging in a few holes this is what they looked like.

I personally love the curves of these posts and it makes a nice change to the milled pine one typically sees out in the field.  With the end assemblies up, next comes the line posts and wire.

With each wire that gets run out you can really see the fence develop from imagination into reality.  Its pretty hard work but soon enough the job gets done.

Once the tie wire and ring clips were fastened to the wire mesh, the job was done.

Now while I will always need to look outside for fencing wire, this entry just shows how much money you can save by looking within the property first to see what it can offer.