It has been very quiet here on the farming forum this month. I am guessing folks are either busy or hibernating (estivating, really) from the summer's oppressive heat. I somehow doubt everyone is off on a six week cruise of the seven seas. By the way, which seas count in the famous seven?
I am still fixing things: the hog-resistant fence along the side of the south paddock that backs up to the river is done, some of the old fence still needs to be removed, the new concrete water troughs are installed with their float valves caged to prevent heifer or horse interference, all the electric fencing is now working - at least temporarily, the septic system is operative, though not really finished, the shredder is fixed but it is so dry it is not currently needed, the switches for the pump in the well have been replaced and the only new failures are all three lawnmowers and two lights outside the barn.
An unrelated and rather idiotic project is a rose arbor. I planted a Mermaid rose to climb a dead tree growing in the fence line of an alley between two paddocks. The tree fell down and I foolishly transferred the rose to the fence, She liked it there and has grown huge, arching over the alley - but not high enough. So continuing in the same impractical path, I am now building an arbor under the rose. It is an arch shaped from livestock panels, and I am gradually jacking it up under the giant rose to make the alley more passable. In the future, I hope I will have sense enough to build the arbor first.
