Fence: Two Point Oh!

So. 

I did it. 

I made the leap. 

Sue’s Fence is officially at Stage Two.

A quick recap of the previous stages, for those who have joined us late: 1.0: ELK; 1.1: Complain. 1.2: Look for local fence builder; fail. 1.3: Google “Fence/ELC/Elk/Seriously/I need a Fence” with zero results. 1.4: Turn down Gig Harbor company’s offer to build a fence all for the low, low cost of one of my kidneys. 1.5: Tree removal, which had many sub-phases, including branch clean up and buying a splitting maul. 1.6: Clearing a path through a tangle of brushy-brush, slash and—apparently—a gigantic black hornet’s nest. 1.7: Clearing the additional half acre and burning the debris, because I have generous friends who are intolerant of my half-assed ways and often save me from myself. 1.8: Test out loaner fence from WDF&W. 1.9: More complaining when loaner fence is loaned to someone else over the winter.

At phase 2.0, I stopped worrying about building The Perfect Fence –tall/strong, beautiful, yet affordable—and decided to do The Perfectly Adequate, Right Now Fence; an electric fence that doesn’t require a degree in engineering, a general contractor, or a tractor with a post-hole digger. (Full disclosure: I have a birthday coming up, if you *were* planning on getting me a tractor with a post-hole digger attachment, I wouldn’t return it. No worries-- just slap a bow on it. I’m not picky about color, either.)

Do it yourseld fence kit....

The fence I’m planning—all 615 feet of it—requires only the occasional 8’ T-post, LOTS of 3/8” fiberglass rods, a wheelbarrow full of post insulators—two kinds; 1,300+ feet of heavy duty “Sure Shock” polywire, the shocker unit, a copper grounding rod, misc. connector pieces, and some gate accessories.

 All these items are currently on their way to my house and will cost less than $700, all told. 

Including the peanut butter.