Fence Panels

I've had fence panels for a couple of years, but had not gotten around to putting them up because of other house projects and yard work. A few of my friends insisted that I get that done this year and have offered to help me install them. The timing is good because my dog and one of the new neighbor dogs behind me haven't been the kindest to each other through the chain link fence. I took my friend Stephanie up on her offer to help last Saturday. We got a break from the rain long enough to install some fence panels along the back of my yard. It's rained most days for the past few weeks. I normally like rain in the springtime because it helps the plants, but there has been a LOT. The plants (and most of the people I've talked to about the rain) need the sunshine too! At least there have been a few dry breaks when I could dig holes and put up some fence posts... and I suppose a benefit of the rain is the ground was pretty soft.

I knew the back of my yard would be challenging because there is a large root coming from my neighbor's yard. Luckily there was just enough space behind the root to dig a hole for the post. However, the fence panel did not fit as-is. My handy skill saw made it easy to cut the bottom of some of the pickets on the far right fence to fit over the root.

The others required some leveling of the soil and removal of some monkey grass before I could attach them to the posts. I split some of my large hosta plants and transplanted them and some monkey grass in front of the fence. I also moved some periwinkle up there too. I want to prevent erosion as much as possible. Since I have tiered the back yard with some landscaping bricks, I contemplated getting a mulch dump from the city to fill in some of the places that need more soil. However, I still have 5 fence panels to install, so I suppose that will need to wait until next year!

Such a difference!