With most of the old backyard area taken care of, save for the old wood/PVC storage rack and a couple partial fence panels, I was getting myself geared up for the work on the east fence line. I took a moment to finish moving the remaining PVC pipe to the new staging area at the northwest side of the compound, with the remaining wood going to the staging pile for firewood, since most of this wood was too old to really be viable in any project. Once the rack was cleared, it didn't take long to separate and cut up the rack into pieces and moved to the same staging pile for cutting up later. From there the two panels came down. One of the panels was a section cut to around 6' in length while the other one was around 8ft but needed to be disassembled. The 2x4's were old and on their way out. I salvaged the pickets and threw the old 2x4's onto the scrap firewood pile, to be cut up later.
At this same time I also picked up another load of gravel, but the new target area is the old backyard area. Some of this area was already covered with some gravel before I made the change of plan on the fencing arrangement. With the new south fence line, the patch of grave I laid in the backyard area stretches out about ten to twelve feet from the fence line. I decided to add to this patch and use this area along the south fence as a road to take us to the rear of the compound, for when we move trailers to the rear and maybe the occasional overflow vehicle. The load of gravel got me to within a couple feet of the west fence line, even though the gravel path will reach out to the main driveway. I did save some gravel for use along the inside of the east fence in the garden area. After removing the old chicken wire fencing, there was a narrow patch of ground that needed to be covered to blend the garden with the new fence line. After moving the panel and pickets to the staging area at the east fence line, I picked up three 2x4's and 4x4 posts so I can get another length of the fence set up. The three boards would allow me to assemble one panel with the pickets from the salvaged fence, with a few extra pickets from a short piece of fence I still had available. The other panel would be used as a whole panel, with the post being offset to allow for a 6' spacing versus the regular 8' spacing for regular panels. Before I could get started with the fence however, I would have to clean up the area thoroughly. There was high grass, weeds, and blackberry briars that needed to be removed. There was some old chicken wire fencing that was still mixed up among the weeds, and lastly, two boats and some other miscellaneous crap staged in the area with the boats. All of this would have to be moved. The plan was to move the two boats and the miscellaneous crap to the inside of the east fence line, just in front of the firewood staging area. The miscellaneous crap was a crate of parts for a kayak rudder, a keel for the catamaran boat still sitting along the southern fence line, and an old kids bike, which will be used for setting up the pedal power system for one of the boats, when I do get to that project. I chopped up the grass and weeds and briars using the weed and hedge trimmers, freeing up the chicken wire so I could fold it up. The folded up wire bundle was stacked on the burn pile to burn out the intertwined weeds before tossing this with the rest of the metal scrap. With the area cleared away, I brought out the post hole auger and drilled out a hole. Even though I took time to line up an 8' board, the auger somehow worked itself off center some, causing the post to set just outside the 8' spacing. As much as I wanted the spacing to be proper enough to be able to anchor the 2x4's without incident, I ended up having to anchor some short 2x4 cuts to the side of the post to provide the anchor point for the 8' 2x4's. Before anchoring the 2x4's, I used one to measure out another 8' spacing before sinking the 2nd post. From there I hung all three 2x4's, then added the pickets, needing to use the extra pickets from the short section of panel I still had left over. This netted three short boards, which can be used later as extender boards on posts, if need be. I measured out a 6' spacing so I could auger the last post hole and sink that post for the 6ft panel. This is fine since the last panel that will be hung after this is going to be a 4' section, ending at the southeast corner of the fence line. I decided on this instead of just adding two 8' panels since I would only have to buy one 8' panel, use the 6' panel I already have, and just get a 12' 2x4 and some pickets to make up the short panel that will close in the last little section of fence at the corner. Our next move will be to pick up an 8' fence panel and hang it, which will then allow us to hang the already supplied 6' section. From there I can get the board and pickets, plus some posts, probably three posts. With the corner post in place, it appears that I'll need only two more posts to cover the remaining area alongside the Dog Kennel Greenhouse before I can fully close in the rest of the south fence line up to the southeast corner. With that done, all that'll be left is the main gate before I can experience the completed perimeter fence for the compound.
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