My fence (long)

My man is working on getting insurance for our horse, and our barn. He's been on the phone for hours. Just for me and my horse habit. He got his favorite meal tonight, that's for sure: ) Homemade spaghetti. See, every horse in Germany must be insured against causing an incident. They know what horses are like here: ) He asked me how many people will ride Baasha. I said "Well, I hope you and your sisters will get to ride sometimes!" So we'll get the complete insurance, not the "Owner-to-ride" insurance.


But getting the barn insured has proven to be tricky. One company asked if we'd be storing hay in the barn, and backed away from us saying "We won't insure that, too dangerous." Whatever. Where do most people keep hay? Uh, duh, most people here keep hay shrink wrapped in the fields, and it's not hay at all, it's silage. (Pics are from today's snow.)




We're down to two competing insurance agencies who'd like our business, and I hope we get the one that promised me a brand new garbage container for storing horse feed. You know those really nice ones with wheels and an attached lid? You can never have enough of those on a farm. (He actually promised us a new one when I told him I'd steal his garbage can if he overcharged us. The threat worked. And he threw in a fancy pen.)




Anyhoo, I was looking at my old photos of our house from November and found the MS Paint picture I made of the fence I envisioned. Here it is. I tried to make those lines straight, but with a mouse, well, you know.









I was thrilled to be able to show the fence guys my drawing, "Look, you built me the exact fence I wanted!" The fence by our barn is only a two rail fence. The one by the road has three.











Here's one of the guys drilling in the screws as it was about finished.











I took a picture of the box of screws and the hoofprints where someone enjoyed riding a shod horse through my field. It makes me laugh, it will soon be me!














Here you can see all my rolls of barbed wire. Lying there inviting danger along the road. That's all of it. No more! And I only bled once the entire time I took it down. I can't wait for the metal recycling man to come by and get it all out of my life forever.

I was so worried these people wouldn't make me a *pretty* fence, but look, they did: )











Here is the exact same spot, back in November when Mr. S was showing us the property. 4, yes FOUR strands of barbed wire covered in long dead grass. I kicked its butt, I did: ) *beam*











Here's a nice shot of the "wrong" side of the fence. That is, Baasha, if you're lookin at that side, you've escaped. Right, that's not gonna happen: ) The pretty rounded side is for Baasha to look at.












Here's the inside view. I'm sorry - is this too much detail? I'm just so thrilled to have this fence!









The wood is treated and won't need to be treated again for 7 years, he says. That would be nice.













I was hoping to get pics of my new fence today when the sun came up, but instead of the sun coming out, snow poured on us all day long. It was ridiculous weather today, and I am ashamed to admit I hid indoors all day long. I mean, I fed the birds but that was it. OK, and got a few pics of my fence tonight when most of the snow was being rained on.









Here's a pic of the still-unhung gate. For those of you curious what a 5 meter long gate looks like; ) It's quite short, so it will be installed high. We're still waiting for our 1 meter long gate for the area by our barn. *tap tap tap* Waiting. Hate waiting.










Stop taking pictures of your fence! You look like a fool.

My man talked to the Tpost supplier tonight and time is ticking....we hope to get the delivery this week so we can encircle our land with electric wire and Tposts. And put a nice protective wire on all that pretty new fence: ) And warning signs so kiddies don't climb through. And the charger strong enough for all that wire. And the stall, my goodness don't forget the stall - it needs mats and geotiles outside. We ordered 40 square meters of geotiles to place outside the barn so there won't be mud there. Here's the firm we're working with, they are a small, friendly firm. In contrast to the fancy, unfriendly one we almost used!

It's slowly coming together. In April, I want my horse in my backyard!