Man, this sheep thing is getting real. A few weeks ago, I contacted Andy at Karras Farm to firm up dates for the GRAND SHEEP PICK UP. As of right now, the sheep will be coming towards the end of April.
My original fencing plan was to begin last fall. Cluckingham Palace was a true adventure and the construction timeline was longer than I had anticipated. So here it is 2017 and we are creating the boundary.
WoollyShire Farm had two 'kind of' fenced in pastures when the property was acquired. By 'kind of' I mean, there was fence standing but I am unsure of what it was going to keep in. Giggles.
So to prepare the approximate one acre pasture, the old fence below had to be taken down.
We were able to salvage quite a bit of the woven wire fence for later use. However, the fence that had an ample amount of greenbrier braided in an unfashionable hairdo had to go. Couple of slices on my arm decided that for me.
The tree line is on the far side of the property. It hosted an array of greenbrier, honeysuckle, and inadequately spaced trees. In order to spruce it up, I had to figure out the species of each tree and was the tree poisonous or not to sheep. We had to take down an ornamental cherry tree, a majority dead cherry tree and a cedar that had no room to flourish. I read the ornamental cherries are poisonous to the sheep so unfortunately Tommy chopped the cherry tree. We did discover what a Winged Elm is. I should have taken a photo of the elm's bark but I will save that for another day.
Timber
We managed to remove all of the fencing and the old posts while cleaning up the tree line. Now we move on to planning the new fence boundary, encouraging a healthier tree line and chopping firewood.
