Early on Monday morning, the fence installer (Nick) arrived to walk the new fence line with me, to show me his handiwork and to explain how to operate it:
The fence line stayed out of the woods to avoid fallen, short-producing branches and he kept a 5 to 10 foot path around the fence for me to keep mowed:
We took Seamus and Fergus with us as we walked both the south and north hay fields. He installed a gate at the far end of the north field so that I can access the rest of my land which is mostly wooded. I may some day have the local Amish install barbed wire back there to provide another place for cattle to roam:
From the north field we had a nice view of the house and barn:
We walked the full fence line in both fields and he showed me the preparations he'd made for installing frost-free hydrants in the barn and fields for watering the cattle. He also installed the fence controller, a box which electrifies the fence wires and monitors the voltage. This is all more sophisticated than anything I've ever experienced before, but I'm sure it'll be a blessing. But this was the day Hurricane Sandy was arriving and I had to decide whether to ride it out where I was or try to get home to Albany first. I'll post about that tomorrow:
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