.... and he blew the fence down.
I know many many people are having a rough time with the weather and the flooding, our own story is tame in comparison. We noticed yesterday morning that some of our fence panels were flapping in the wind, and when we looked closer we found two of the posts had snapped. They hadn't come down completely, but a few more huffs and I think that would have been the case.
We were lucky that the rain wasn't as heavy as forecast yesterday meaning we could get out into the garden and get the panels off before they became damaged as we're hoping to reuse them. The posts then lifted out fairly easily. This afternoons job is to dig fresh holes for new posts, and then hopefully we can get the panels back up next weekend. In the meantime the chickens will have to put up with the mud bath that is their run - meeting next doors dog would not go down so well!
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| First loosen the nails holding the panels to the posts.... |
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| ... at both ends. Joe used a chisel and a sledgehammer for this. |
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| The wriggle the two apart, |
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| and get the fence panel out of the way. |
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| Next the gravel board needed removing. |
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| Finally the rotten posts came out. |
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| All clear and ready for the new posts. |
On a similar note, remember the
drip we were struggling with a month ago? For several weeks we had no problems, and we were really hopeful that reshaping the leading had done the trick. But alas, this week the wind has blown from whatever direction it is and we've had more water coming through the roof of the bay window. We now need to get an expert eye in to take a look at this one for us.
