Fence Progress

The new fence is coming along slowly. The weather has been very hot and apparently our fence builders don't do too well in the heat. They don't seem to be real fond of starting early to beat the heat either, so it makes for a rather limited time frame!

Other than cutting the electrical line to the boat house (Oops!), all has been going well...and to be honest, I forgot about that line coming up from the boat house, so it wasn't all their fault!

When I came home today, it was beginning to look like a real fence!

Instead of enclosing the entire house, as I originally planned, Terry thought it would be better to enclose only the lake side. As I thought about it, that ended up being the best option for now. In order to provide the best access to and from all parts of the property, the fence is going under the house. That will provide some additional shade and shelter for the dogs and will also give us an area to store yard equipment inside the fence and somewhat protected. (The plastic fence on the left is temporary.)

The deer are curious and don't seem to be thrilled with the obstacles now in their way, but they still have reasonable access to their normal paths. They don't know it yet, but they will be thankful that there is something between them and the dogs!