Whittling Away at the Lengthy To Do List

Over the weekend, Glenn went to move his logging equipment to a new site. But before he moved the loader, he decided that it was time to clear old storm damage off my old, split rail fence.

Old storm damage refers to the many branches, limbs and trees that fell over on my decorative fence during; not one, but during two different storms.

May 7, 2011 storm damage (part)

The first storm occurred in May.  Glenn was out-of-town, so I had to muster what ability I had...I mounted the tractor and pushed as much of the debris off the road to the edge  creating a path wide enough to allow the passage of a vehicle. When Glenn got back home, there were so many other chores/jobs to do that said storm damage remained along the side of our dirt road.

Then, we had another storm the end of July which resulted in more branches falling on the already branch-covered fence. A large tree, located just feet from the fence, took a direct lightning strike and 'blew up' - sensational, but very messy.

July 30, 2011 storm damage

The pile of debris piled higher. My fence was barely to be seen.

Finally, yesterday, Glenn got the itch to clear the now dried branches and limbs off the fence - the job made easier with use of his loader.

Even though there is still a little bit of clean-up left, the majority of the debris has been lifted off and placed along; yes, the side of the road.  The clean-up revealed about 8 broken rails.  Glenn’s solution is to remove the broken rails and replace the damaged section of the fence with the rails now comprising the end sections.  The overall length of the fence will be shortened, but the fence can now be seen and enjoyed. 

Quick, I need to cross that item off the To Do List before we have another storm….