Staining the Fence

Sadly, not a new fence. This is the fence that the neighbor put up to keep his grandchildren from chasing our chickens underneath his horses' hooves.

Yup, that one. Doug volunteered to stain it to protect it from the elements. He felt really badly that our neighbor was shouldering the cost of the fence. He could do the stain, right? So here it was...

He got a lovely natural cedar stain...

And now the fence looks just lovely. And it won't turn grey in a winter. Not that I would mind, but whatever, I wasn't on the committee for this fence.

More fence news. Doug is still not sure what type of fence he wants. What he is sure about, though, is that he wants to do it himself. He also does not want to follow the city ordinances, which state that you cannot have a fence forward of your house. Now, we have a lot of property forward of our house...and Doug doesn't want to consign all that land to the front yard.

So it's going to be a while until the real fence gets built. So I proposed a compromise: can we at least put up a temporary fence, using chicken wire, or whatever, so that I am not constantly retrieving our toddler from the side of the road when trying to accomplish any small task in our yard? Doug said he would look into "rodent" fencing. His words, though said with a wink and a smile.

Here's hoping.