Donna's fence

A few or more years ago Donna's daughter got a place and took possession of her horses. Since she didn't have any more horses, over the years Donna worked on taking down her fence for the horses.  Fortunately Donna kept the posts and the barbless wire.

Donna's daughter and husband are planning to move back to the Kalispell area, and found a place they are interested in buying.  The property is not fenced.  Lots to do when one is moving.  And moving horses is even more work.  I told Donna she should re-fence her property in case the daughter moves before she can fence her new property.  Well... Donna decided that was a good idea.

This afternoon I brought my metal fence post pounder and I pounded back into the ground quite a number of posts.   Flathead Valley has been stuck in a strong inversion for almost a week and the temperatures do not get above freezing.  So the ground is freezing up.  It is frozen two to three inches down.  Better to do the fencing now, and not several months from now, if and when the daughter moves.  The ground will be more frozen then.   A little more effort to pound the posts into the ground today, but I got it done.

We left rolls of the barbless wire along the fence line.  Donna said she will install the barbless wire over the next few days.

Barbless wire