Fencing me in

In late April, Grayling had a close call by a 1700 acre wildfire. The day after, I drove through part of the area along I75. The entire area was blackened by the fast moving fire - 24 hours after the fire was contained, hotspots still smouldered. I was struck by the level of ashing and the speed at wish it moved. It got me thinking about what I need to do around my cabin and the surround acres and acres of Jack Pines that are around it.

I realized it would be important to establish a fire zone on all sides of the cabin. That means removing and controlling trees within 50-100 feet of the structure. Over the next few days I started to identify trees that need to come down.

I also continue to build raised beds in my garden. As I thought about critter control, I realized that rather than buying fence posts, I should simple used the trees I'm cutting for the needed fence posts.

so that's what I've been doing. I have all of the posts needed to fence the garden and will now start to work on those needed for fencing an area for the dogs so that they can come up for visits. I figured I'll be ready to start fencing in about a week or so. Oh joy, another project!