Fence Magnificent!

As promised, here are photos of the construction of our fancy new fence!

First, the before photos:

The Jungle overtaking the fence when we moved in.

After Adrienne cut back the overgrown ivy -- note how thick it is coming over the top. 

The neighbors had a trellis attached to the back of the fence, with 200-300 pounds of vining plants on the trellis. Mr. Bunkport, our contractor, feels that this is the reason the fence failed, & that it failed before its time.

When we started working with the neighbors to replace the fence, they removed their trellis & cut back the plants from their side to get ready for Mr. Bunkport to work his magic. Here is the fence in May:

Mr. Bunkport & Company were on another job that went unexpectedly long, so it took them until this past week to get to us. Happily, the work went quickly!

The wood was so rotten, that it took one guy with a hammer & his bare hands just an hour to pull the whole thing down.

Fence gone! Trellis & vining plants remain!

Rotten retaining wall removed!

Remnants of vining plants that needed to be cleared for construction!

Ready to begin!

Then, two guys & a Jack Russell terrier came over, spent 4 hours in the yard, & voila! Fence!

Adrienne enjoying the extreme privacy afforded a 4'11" woman by a 6' fence.

The wood makes it smell wonderful out there. Having the work completed makes me excited to start planning the next backyard project. Maybe it will be reusing the random bricks & paving stones that we dug up out of yard to make a little patio area to break up the extensive dirt patch back there.

Lastly, in veg news, we dug up our first carrot:

It was delicious!