fence rising

Today, with the help of a few friends, Marcus and I framed and hung the walk-through gate to the garden, put up all the corner braces, and got much of the tension wire set.

It isn’t an enclosure quite yet, but it’s pretty damn close. A day or two more of solid work and we’ll be there. Wrestling with the wire rolls (each of which weighs somewhere around 250 lbs) after a rather damp weekend promises to be somewhat challenging, and I’m not a contractor at heart. I’m ready to return to what I do – pushing around wheelbarrows, cleaning out the flower beds, sowing winter rye. Soon, soon, let the fun begin.