Mending Fences - November 3, 2019 @goldenoakfarm

After lunch, when it finally hit 50F, I dressed in my mended coveralls and warm coat and hat and went up to start the pen fence repairing. My supervisors, above, were instantly on the job, critiquing my methods, speed, and quality of repairs.

I started with one of the sections with a broken end post as they are the hardest. I got one done, and laid out the other one. It was the worst one, unfortunately, as it is the one we climb over to get in and out.

I got the broken post off, and the sun had disappeared and the wind picked up. I started reattaching the new post, and got ¾ of the way done when my husband arrived with a truck of leaves. I looked down what I had left to do, and discovered I’d put the post in upside down. I quit.

Mostly damp/wet leaves for the pen

We’ve got several families raking leaves and bagging them. We provide the bags and pick up the filled bags to store, if they are dry. Sadly, there’s been enough rain lately that most of the leaves have not dried. I’m hoping with the forecast for no rain this week, we do get lots of dry leaves.

I’d started to get cold and by the time I got into the house, I was feeling frozen. This is part of the legacy of Lyme disease, inability to control body temperature properly. It took 4 hours and a roaring wood stove and 2 quilts to warm me up. The hot supper my husband made helped also.

A shot my husband took on Halloween

On Monday it’s supposed to hit 50F around noon, and be sunny, so I’ll be back out there, removing and putting in correctly the new post and then fixing that 50’ length of fence. Not sure if I’ll get a 3rd section done.