I'm happy to report that Chris did not ask for a divorce after I made a
public plea for him to finish the side tables he promised me last September. In fact, he even spent some time on them over the weekend. What a nice husband.
Hopefully, I'll have some new tables to show off very soon.
Until then, allow me to share the progress we've made in the backyard. Remember how last week Chris and I
made friends with our neighbor?
Well, after confirming the cyclone fence was indeed ours to remove, Chris wasted no time tearing it down. He used a pair of 24 gauge bolt cutters to detach the wire fence from the poles.
I helped by detaching the cross bars from the poles using pliers and a very large screwdriver. Despite 40+ years of rust, this was surprisingly easy.
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| If Georgia had opposable thumbs, she'd be helping too. |
What made the job difficult was detaching all the vines that had intertwined itself into the cyclone over the years so that we could tear the fence away from the earth.
An improvement, right?
Now we'll just need to figure out how to get rid of the poles...
Good thing Harry's busy working on a solution.
29 comments:
Hi Carrie,
I would consider going with the flow and keep the posts - using them for something cool like a bird house on one and a plant or art hanger for the other....
Amazing what a huge difference it makes! It looks so much cleaner!
Wow- huge difference already!! Can't wait to see what it looks like when you guys are done :)
Can you even imagine how much the little neighbor lady appreciates what you're doing too. Puppies are beautiful. Amazing what a bit of really hard work will accomplish, and this applies to everything we do in life. xx's
I agree with Karen, use them for birdhouses or grow a vine up them or something cool like that. It looks so much better without that fence!!
Nice job! If you don't feel like digging the poles out, a good hack saw would work great to cut them off right at the ground level. Just an idea.
What a difference, and the side of the garage is actually quite charming! Your pups are so cute!!
Harry was a huge help on this project! Thank goodness too, he really knew what a difference removing that fence would make. After he figures out the pole removal, can I borrow him to weigh in on a few things around here?!
Looking good Carrie! What a huge difference and improvement...love your orange adirondack chairs too!
Looks really good. Your dog is too cute also.
It already looks so much nicer with the fence down! I think the window boxes you mentioned before are going to really look great, too!
Woah what a difference already! Your backyard is going to be so pretty!
Fence down is already a huge improvement. PLEASE don't pull out the periwinkle (creeping myrtle). My absolute favorite ground cover!!
Denise
That is a major improvement!! Can't wait to see it with the window boxes and everything!
And the doggies are too cute.
So much better! WE don't often think of taking things away as an improvement but this tells the story! Go Team Harry!
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That has already made such a difference! It's going to look so good once you guys are done!
Oh my gosh, could your pups be any cuter? And what a difference taking down that fence makes. Way to go Chris!
SO much better! Love the pics of the pups too :)
Oh, Carrie, you must feel so accomplished! Looks fabulous.
Do you think the fence posts were secured in cement (buried)? I hope they prove to be easy to remove!
Looks great! I'm with Sheila, hack saw or sawzall.
HUGE improvement, girl! And how cute is the puppy napping in the chair??? What a cutie! And such a good helper (c:
that looks SO much better! i can't wait to see it once you add the window boxes you have planned!
That already looks a million times better. Looking forward to the continued progress.
My suggestion: Wrap the poles in twine or jute rope and then use them for hanging baskets.
Shelley in SK
Much better! Removing the fence really opens up the space and makes it a lot cleaner looking. Glad to see your adorable pup is working hard on the pole solution :).
Lookin' good and how gorgeous will window boxes be? Thank goodness for nice neighbors!
Camille
It already looks so much better. Can't wait to see those tables and how cute is that puppy :)
Awesome! Looks better already.
HUGE improvement, girl! And how cute is the puppy napping in the chair??? What a cutie! And such a good helper (c:
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