Relative Something

If you have been following the discussions that Ian and I have been having in the comments sections, you may have a sense of the decisions Cyndie and I are needing to make soon, regarding fences on our new property. Once we remove something, it’s gone. That’s really tough for me to do, when it comes to trees. I also don’t want to make hasty decisions about moving fences that have been here for generations of ownership.

We just got here!

At the same time, we are receiving the counsel of some very experienced service providers who understand just what we are envisioning, and they are helping to make us aware of things that we will need to address to fulfill the vision we have for this place.

Pile of rubble in the overgrowth

I have often said, before you put things in order, you need to create some disarray. It might look like we are making things worse, but it is a necessary step in the process of making things ultimately better.

To be honest, a part of me wants to leave everything just the way it is. It is so quaint. Part of me feels concern about the impact our changes will have on the neighbor to our south who used to own all this property.

Those are issues I will manage.

Yesterday, I again walked our property –a couple different times, actually– and gained additional insight to what we have here. This is really an amazing place. Cyndie and I are feeling comfortable enough with the plans we are now hatching, that I’m confident my feelings of hesitation won’t last.

Rusty fence post & barbed wire in the bramble

The way the fencing is currently set up, doesn’t really align so well with the natural flow of drainage. By removing the internal fencing, we will be able to improve the layout and maximize the accommodations for drainage. In addition to the small areas of reusable fence that is here, there are greater lengths of old degraded, rusty fence posts and barbed wire hiding throughout, which we really want removed. Once that gets pulled out, some heavy equipment will be used to push dirt around, improving and defining slopes as necessary, and also to begin preparations for an arena.

We are going to take advantage of the opportunity of moved earth to also add some buried water lines, to supply an all-season automatic watering system out in the paddocks.

We are getting excited about the changes, and at the same time, are wary of the shock we anticipate feeling when we actually see what it looks like when the disarray begins.

Fence post and barbed wire on the edge of our woods