Project #3 - Fencing is a go, I repeat: Fencing is a go

 I've started putting up my privacy fence!  

I'm no stranger to fences; I've installed picket fence, electric fence, windbreak panels, post and wire fence, post and board fence, split rail fence, and cat fence.  I have never, however, installed dowel paneled fence.  So far it's going pretty well, it's just a little difficult to adjust heights and maneuver dowels into holes by myself, but I'm getting it.  I dug my first hole and immediately realized I'd purchased the wrong posts; I grabbed 3 end posts when I only needed 2, and forgot to buy corner post.  I took some time to re-finagle my design on paper and by simply moving the gate, I didn't need the corner post.  So far the digging has been typical for this area; it took most of the day just to dig four post holes and put up two panels.    

As for my seed...well, it's not what I'd hoped.  I spread three pounds of clover seed just as our well decided to get dangerously low.  Pretty hard to keep seed watered with no water.  I counted on a couple good rain storms to help out, but instead when it finally did rain, it came down with so much force it washed the seeds into low areas...mainly the gravel path.  So what I'm left with is a few clover seedling here and there, and then  clumps of it in lower areas.

So much for my groundcover.  I still have the field peas that I can plant, but I was hoping to save those for my vegetable beds, since they'll add quite a bit of nitrogen to the soil.  Wildflowers don't want nutrients, they want desolation.

I also managed to wrangle my tub into place alone.  It was over near the vent pipe and I wanted it on the gravel.  I chained a six foot pipe gate to Reputa and flipped the tub onto it, then dragged it somewhat into place.  I'll need some help getting it leveled and up on pavers to keep it from sinking into the gravel.  

The perennials in the circle bed are hanging in there, despite the drought.

I'm hoping they survive the winter, and this garden will look much better next year.  In the meantime, I'm off to do some more fencing.