A productive day

This morning we checked the weather and found that no rain was predicted 

So we decided to go out back and work on fencing off the new orchard/veggie garden 

We had kept the old pool fence and used the three sections to make the long side of the 

Orchard fence 

We also had the posts, I can’t remember what they had been used as, and used those 

To secure the panels 

We had to go and buy something to make up the front and gate 

Pool fence panels were very very expensive 

So we had to find something else. 

Timber is expensive as well as wire, plus that’s way more work so we didn’t want to go

That way 

I spotted these farm gates 

The big one was almost perfect as a fence panel, and the gate that matched was a good size 

We figured we could make up the difference by adding a few posts 

And it worked. For almost half the price it would of cost in pool panels 

I could of gone ever cheaper with the plane farm gates. But I wanted it to look a tad fancy 

Hubby had to go into the chook pen to screw  in the timber to close a gap 

As you can see the site managers were keeping an eye on proceedings 

I had given them some weeds I had pulled from the rose garden 

They loved it. So now if someone says my garden is full of weeds and needs attention,

I’ll just no. I’m growing food for my chickens. That’s a great excuse right there lol 

We put the grazing pots in and they were all over them 

Thank goodness I’ve got the wire  overnight the plants. 

Hope they will continue to grow 



So a very busy day has ticked another job off the list 

Hubby will go in with the rotatory hoe and dig it all up and level it all out 

Then I can start planting. 

The passion fruit will be planted along the fence

I’m thinking six fruit and citrus trees will go in once bare rooted trees are available 

And next summer lots of pumpkins, watermelon, cantaloupe, corn and maybe even squash will get planted 

Amongst the trees 

I’m getting very excited about next years summer crops