Saturday 17 April 2010

Rabbit fencing at the co-op

OK, here's my top-two of the to-do list:
Job1: get over how many jobs are to be done asap
Job2: put a line between where the resident rabbits will be and won't be - the latter being on our veg patches. So, 3 strainer posts, one gate, 5 fence posts and about 100m of dug trench and hung, tensioned and part-buried chicken wire and 4 days later, we're nearly there.
Here's a picture of the hole Malcolm and David's dug to plant the first gate post - temporarily filled with Cate. Malcolm, that hole really has to be deeper!
And here's the finished product - Cate has been replaced by the left-hand gate post, you'll be glad to hear.


The rabbit fence diaries:
Day 1 - the first 12 metres of trench and fence:











David hard at it, and - ahem - posing with chicken wire. I never thought I'd write that.

3 comments:

  1. Nice to see another Edinburgh allotmenteer. Tho you don't exactly look city centre, given expanse of green fields all round and your rabbit issue. Good luck!

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  2. What an interesting blog - and interesting bloggers. I'll have to keep an eye on you folks. You're striking a chord here. LOL

    P.S. Glad Cate made it out safely....

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  3. Thanks Linda. You might be surprised about just how central the allotment is. Take a look at the google sattelite map I've just posted and zoom out a little...

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