More than Affordable, Fencing

Regular followers (both of you) know we've been dealing with fence drama for about a month, and that we decided to do it ourselves. This week we finished the job. It might not win any contest for prettiest fence, but it didn't cost four grand either, so there's that.

We used old farm style hidden gates, that blend in with the rest of the fence. We thought steel gates would take away from the curb appeal. We worked a little each afternoon until we got the job done. Along with a second job. Grape vine run.
As we ride along the country roads, we see people who have grape vines running along this or that, and they all seem to sag or be in dis-repair. We thought we would do a sturdy one, so we used 4X4's and concrete, along with several braces and chicken wire. We hope it lasts us a lifetime.

And after all that construction, we celebrated with a big meal.

Have we mentioned, Cupcake loves fried green tomatoes?

And, a fresh made apple pie for dessert. Big Man is back in pie mode

No store bought pie filling at The Acre

And a couple of side projects to report on this week. First, morel mushroom seeding. We left you last week with our plan to seed morel mushrooms. We ground up the remaining few we had, and let the mash work for two days. After it got all happy (and stinky) we mixed it with fresh wood ash from the smoker box (to simulate a forest fire, which morels love, apparently) and sprayed the mix in various spots along The Acre and Pop's house. Now we wait to see if it worked. Tune in next year.

A second project was indian corn. We have been seeing people selling glass gem corn here and there, so we decided to try and grow some of our own this year. The seeds are almost one dollar apiece, but look like glass beads on a cob when they mature, and they fetch a hefty sum online. We're not sure we would ever go into the corn selling business, but we sure would like to have a few ears to decorate with this fall. To avoid cross pollination with the garden corn, Big Man put our test seeds in pots on the deck. Corn does not need that much soil for the roots, so we hope this works out.

Our last project of the week, new additions to the flock. We may have a slight problem with adding chickens. Just a hint?

 Two dozen more Easter eggers. If they survive to next year, everyone come out and get your dozen of colored eggs.
We ended it like we always do. Wings.  But we added a new twist for dessert. Tune in next week.
K&K