We’re continuing to replace the old DOW elk fence around the orchard. L & S Mountain Fence is doing an excellent job for us. They did the elk fence we put around our front pasture and the lower fence around the back cedars pasture. Those pastures allowed us to safely put the horses out back in summer.
Ours was one of the first DOW fences put up in North Fork. It was installed in 1981, and it has long since passed its use-by date. Many of the posts were rotten, and the fence itself was very coyote-porous.
We’re replacing the section along the road on the inside of the rock wall. The first task was to remove the old fence.
With all the old fence out, the new corner posts were set, and the line was pulled to define where the rest of the posts would go. We still haven’t cleared all the rocks from the north fence line, so Larry continued the west line instead. We’ll be getting Enos back with the bulldozer to work on the north fence as soon as he’s available.
With the line set, Larry started to drill all the holes for the new fence with his heavy-duty post hole digger. It’s going to be a wonderful fence when it’s finished! Larry got all the line posts set in concrete for the west section, and he’s ready to start welding the braces on.
