Pig fencing & chook ark
Posted: Saturday 24 January, 2004
The weather has been kind to us lately considering the time of year, so today I've managed to dig holes for the 20 fence posts for the extended pig pens. The ground was easy to dig - not so wet as to be a quagmire, but soft enough that the only problems were the odd stone, piece of wire and a couple of boulders. Tomorrow I'll set the posts in concrete, making sure that the bottoms are surrounded with gravel to assist drainage - the last thing you want with wooden stobs is the bottom encased in concrete, since rainwater will have nowhere to escape to and the post will rot. Next weekend if they have set well we'll hire a nailgun and attach the rails, build and hang the gates and staple the sheep netting.
As previously mentioned we've decided to buy a bigger Forsham ark to accommodate our planned additional hens. We've been offered one from McCash's Country Store in Perth at a bargain price, so the other job next weekend will be to hire a van from Arnold Clark in Stirling to collect the ark in Perth - 22 quid plus petrol is a lot less than the delivery charge.
While we're in Perth we'll probably pop to Hugh Grierson's too to collect a beef and lamb pack. We bought one of each in the autumn and can honestly say Hugh's is the best lamb we've ever tasted. His beef isn't bad either...
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