Puttin' in Fence

We knew that with the small amount of property we had that a dry lot would have to happen with having horses, otherwise our whole property would become a dry lot.  So we set to work right after moving in to get our dry lot in.  We wanted to get this done right away so we wouldn't have to keep paying every month to board our horses somewhere. 

We decided to go with post and pole on the dry lot. We liked the looks of it and it would serve our purose for it just fine.  We put a gate entrance from our driveway and another on the opposite side leading out to the pasture for ease of letting horses out to graze a few hours every day.  We also put a walk through between the fence and shop just large enough for us to slide through, but not horses to slide through and another walk through on the backside of the shop for ease of getting to the irrigation ditch. 

We also decided to grade  it so the water would run away from the shop and out to the pasture.  Next project in the dry lot will be building a nice run in shelter for the horses before winter hits.

First we had to remove the old building with the caved in roof.

The building all torn down and removed from the area

With the building gone we were ready to start cleaning up the area to prep for fence.

Bringing in the fencing

My muscle man unloading all the fencing materials

Bags of concrete for corner and end posts.  Tess's favorite spot during this process was staying cozy on top of the hay stack.

Digging the post holes

First section done!  There is a small walk through between the shop and the post just big enough for us to slip through to get to the ditch but not large enough for the horses to fit through.

This is about all I was allowed to do on this project, sit and take pictures.  The Hubby didn't want me hurting my back...I hate having back issues, BTW.  He said I was good moral support.

Horses are finally home!!!