My neighbor’s kid and I put up 100 feet of deer fence. I took out 6 alder (some dead) to decrease the odds the fence gets crushed in the near term, and to open up some southern exposure for the fenced off area.

I rented a 2-person auger for the fence post holes. I got gravel and sand from Morrison Gravel for filling in the holes around the posts. The 750lbs carrying capacity of my tiny truck doesn’t go very far.

I trimmed and bucked up the downed trunks and we placed 8-10 foot sections along the ground around the fence, both inside and out.

Switching gears to getting electric service, I needed a 3 foot deep hole to put a 4×4 post in. If I’d still had the auger, it would’ve made it easier, but it actually felt good to dig the hole by hand. At about 2 feet down I hit a cluster of dead, but still pretty solid roots. I finished breaking the handle off my root slayer (one side of the ring had already cracked), sharpened the front edge of it, and drove it into the roots with a sledge hammer.

Today I planted 20 western red cedar along my Eastern boundary. Tomorrow, I’ll underplant some sitka spruce w/ my neighbor to the West along our boundary.