J and I decided that no matter how broke we are, we need to take $100 a month and buy something related to fencing. There is a lot of property that is not being used because we do not have it fenced, and while the goats can "free-range" for the moment, J's dad will have goat for dinner if they wander into the hay field much more.
We had a lot of t-posts on the property, so I decided to mark out where the posts will go. I would've actually set each post as I went, but in Central Oregon you need to drill post holes and I'm just not that good with the roto-hammer. So I set up a string line and marked out ten foot intervals.
Something that you should know about my husband is his need for perfection where fencing is concerned. It is not a desire, it is a need. He has been known to use a laser sight and reset fence posts to the point of insanity (mine, at least). So when I began this, I knew that I would be held to high standards. I was prepared with a wheel measurer (I don't really know what this thing is called but it rolls along and tells you how far you've gone) and a level (I'm not sure what I was going to do with this, but it looked good).
I took the string line and stretched it from the goat pen to the horses. I then collected all of the t-posts in the back of the golf cart. I figured that even though I couldn't actually set the posts, I could lay them out where they should go. Exactly every ten feet, I took a fence post and the sledgehammer and pounded the post in as far as it would go (usually about 6 inches). I then made sure that the post was perpendicular. This was really just for show as I knew that the posts would be pulled out when we drilled (if they didn't fall over before that). I set 25 posts in two separate lines. A good day's work. Now I just need J to help drill the holes, set the posts, and stretch the wire. Oh, before that, he needs to weld about four H corners. We might be finished by the end of summer.
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