Big Al's Spot (& Annie too)

Well I have to say that I am absolutely knackered after a strenuous day in blazing hot sun trying to put up a fence to house our new dog, I just hope everything is up to stratch for 6pm Thursday.

During the installation of the fence I managed to step on the previous owners Green Plastic Dog Loo, being a bit of a bloater, okay a fat bloater, the lid had no chance it flew up into the air along with plastic inner and my foot went down about 2 foot and into about 6 inches of water and mud and I suppose what was formerly dog shit. I was plastered and the smell while not exactly smelling of dog shit, was pretty wiffy. Luckily the Dog loo has not been used for almost 2 years, but you and I know dog shit was a big constituent


The offending Dog Loo I fell down
Big Al

Its pretty funny now writing about it and I'm sure I'll get plenty of value out of it when talking about it in the future, but I have to say it did hurt quite a bit at the time, as I fell across the path and bashed my shoulder blades and back on a low wall. It could have been worse, could have had fresh deposits from Turbo and having scooped his poop I know it would not have been pleasant.

Guess I'll have to be more careful in future, or lose a few pounds, both aims might be worth looking into :-)

This was the area that needed fencing:


6ft fence required - to stop an eager dog
Big Al

Its not a sunny day in this picture, but I think the fencing came out rather well. The fence is chicken wire on the front of the posts, stapled with staples that are small and entail mashing your finger while trying to bash them into the posts. The willow is then put on the front of the chicken wire and cable tied to the chicken wire with small 5" cable ties and where it is next to the posts, with two 10" cable ties joined together. I don't think it will blow down in a hurry and if it does its taking a lot of rather sturdy posts with them :


Garden with the finished fencing
Big Al