Wednesday, February 15, 2017

April 2016

The chickens rototilled our garden for us this year.  Here's what it looked like when they were done.
With 300 tree seedlings on order, we qualified for free fencing furnished (but not installed) by the Colorado Dept of Wildlife.  We pondered how to get seventy 10' long fence posts installed until someone mentioned that we could probably rent a skidsteer with an auger.  Linc had a blast putting holes all over the field, finished all the holes in a day then went over to the neighbor's and augered right into the public water line.  Oops!  Linc excavated the broken line in the dark with the backhoe and fearless Ian finished patching the break somewhere around 3AM (long after Linc had given up and gone home to sleep).

With some help from friends (thanks Dev, Ian and Kelly!), Linc and Jeanne managed to get about 1000 feet of 7' high deer fencing and four 16' long, 7' high gates installed in a matter of days.  This made Linc very happy.


Feeling accomplished, we joined some friends on a nice day hike in Dominguez Canyon to an abandoned homestead.

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