Ponies Fenced In

Well, I finally finished building a new fence to contain the ponies, restricting them to about about six hectares (15 acres) of our 40 hectare (100 acre) property. They weren't too pleased about it but they'll get over it. I have plans to further subdivide that paddock too one day, to help control grazing, so they'd better.

The fence was about 450 metres and forms two sides of the paddock, with another side formed by the boundary with our neighbours Matt and Sue, and the fourth side is actually the small (1 hectare) paddock I built last year, with a new gate installed to allow the ponies to use the trees for shelter and access the water troughs in the same place as always. It includes eight new strainer posts, twelve new stays, over 100 star pickets, and two new gates. Next step is to electrify it!

On Saturday I set out the house position again, as accurately as I could, on the newly leveled site. We have settled on the design for the house now and are in the process of getting the deposit to the kit company. With a bit of luck we'll be pouring the slab before Christmas. Sarah and I also adjusted the driveway position slightly so that it meanders through the trees as it winds past the house out to the stable site.