I had to Google "grape stake fence" to see what you meant. My neighbors
have some wooden fences that use wider boards, but resemble those, and
they have also had to replace or reinforce posts that rotted at the soil
line. Your new fence looks nice, and I suspect, should last quite a while.
On 3/9/20 5:27 PM, Moose wrote:
On 3/9/2020 7:08 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
Thanks for the comments, Moose. I have no idea where the Grape
Hyacinth came from. Several years ago, I found them near the street.
These were 100 ft away from that spot.
The Spring Beauty and Speedwell are common east of the Mississippi
River.
The fence was a mistake. I had it installed when my wife wanted
another dog, a Poodle like her Mom's. Before she found a dog she
liked, a long-haired black kitten wandered into our lives and adopted
us. He climbed the fence with ease. Now it is covered with vines
and foliage planted by perching birds, and is an eyesore. So much
for good intentions.
I'm now on the third property line separator on the north side. When I
bought, in '81, there was a big, healthy Eugenia hedge. Lovely, but
robust and requiring regular trimming. Then a new virus showed up,
infecting all the many Eugenia hedges and such.
So in '91 came the grape stake fence my then neighbors HAD to have. As
is common with such wood fences, the posts have been cracking at the
base and sections leaning over.
Now our current neighbors are doing a major re-creation of their front
yard. So, another new fence.
<https://photos.app.goo.gl/fkVwUySGv2saXwxYA>
I guess 29 years is a pretty good run for the old fence. This new one
is FAR better built, so I figure it's the last one I'll have to deal
with.
Good Neighbor Moose
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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