Building fences

We got this whole fence line put up right before we left.

That's a pretty good-looking fence, wouldn't you say?

The day was overcast, with sprinkles of rain throughout the day. It rained the night before, so the ground was wet and muddy. We were all walking on about 2 inches of mud, caked to our shoes.

Here's a hole Don had to dig a bit more on with the shovel.

We went to Matt and Wendy's house this past weekend and helped them build a fence to make an enclosure for a pasture. Matt had a 'bobcat' with an auger to dig most of the post holes. Once in a while an adjustment had to be made by hand. That's when Don demonstrated his expertise gained from digging fence post holes while growing up on the farm! We all worked together and got about 60 of the posts and rails in before we had to come home Saturday eveing. The grandkids were there helping a good share of the time. I guess we'll be going back next weekend to help them finish the project. They said there are about 100 posts, so we're more than half way done! We are glad to be able to help our kids with their projects.