The Finishing Touches

Another job completed, the last coat of oil on the Cedar cladding.
All quite safe using the movable scaffolding, although its quite a long way to the ground, Sue completed the operation with one hand, the other holding on...

A View From The top

To trim the hedge I have built a walkway along the top which is removable so I can move very carefully along the top with the hedge trimmer.

The Hedge or the Fence?

Our section or block, is surrounded by hedges, Horn-beam, English Beech and Leland Cypress, the Leland is on the road side and had the original 5 wire farm fence which was well past its use-by date, no stock had been near it for at least 18 years.

It had chicken wire along the road side to stop our dog from straying - all very glamorous.
But first we had to remove the concrete posts which was a bit of a challenge they had been in the ground for probably 25 years, and were not designed to move, plus they were a tad heavy.

So I had to resort to a Heath Robinson system  using a 2500kg jack to lift the posts, using some old chain, some lumps of wood and - 'It worked' not the drama I was expecting.
Each post took both of us to lift, about 60kg each - there were only six...
Now to be re-purposed as edging for the drive.

I had organised our local contractor to help with the removal, using one of there loaders to do this but what with the Covid 19 lock down, we weren't going to see them for at least another 2 months.

After we had cleared the fence it all look very park-like, so decided to leave it open, The problem was to keep the dog in, Mrs DIY came up with the perfect solution, a fence on the inside, made with some reinforcing mesh that we had purchase for a garden structure.

So while I was on the other side Mrs DIY built the 'dog fence',