(Seth Posting)
One of my summer projects was to build electric fence at my parents' place. This project involves posts, insulators, and barb wire. For those who have never been around an electric fence, its an effective and inexpensive to keep livestock where they belong. The cows respect it, and it doesn't harm them.
I started this mid-August day by myself . . . by the end I had my dad, mom, Jenny and all the kids. Once I got everyone steered in the same direction we were putting fence in very fast.
Eden showing off her girl power, but it is Eliza actually using hers.
Emmet carrying a post around for me. Didn't take long and I think he was telling me where to put the post.
Ephraim helping my dad, the kids were great help. They caught on quick on how to assemble the yellow insulator that holds the wire on the post. My dad in this picture is tightening the insulator to the post. The cows respect the yellow insulator, like the fence, they know what it holds up.
Not sure what's going on here, I think I'm supervising the kids. Did I mention that the weather was perfect, 70 degrees, no humidity and beautiful. That helped keep the the younger help around a little longer.
Hooking up the second wire, this is a smooth wire that is to keep the calves in. The wood post is a hedge post that is cut from a, you guessed it, hedge tree. Hedge works great for posts if you can find a straight one. They last a long time but good luck pounding a nail into them. A few years ago my dad, I and I think brother Paul helped cut these post from a grove that is on my Grandpa Elmer's farm. The grove was planted by my Great-Grandpa Henry years ago.
Emmet found a rock in the corn field and is trying to get through the fence.
This happens to be my favorite picture of that day. I was unrolling the wire and the kids were hooking the wire to the insulator behind me. This task was no problem for the boys, Eliza was determined to keep up and help out.
Emmet carrying a post around for me. Didn't take long and I think he was telling me where to put the post.
Ephraim helping my dad, the kids were great help. They caught on quick on how to assemble the yellow insulator that holds the wire on the post. My dad in this picture is tightening the insulator to the post. The cows respect the yellow insulator, like the fence, they know what it holds up.
Not sure what's going on here, I think I'm supervising the kids. Did I mention that the weather was perfect, 70 degrees, no humidity and beautiful. That helped keep the the younger help around a little longer.
Hooking up the second wire, this is a smooth wire that is to keep the calves in. The wood post is a hedge post that is cut from a, you guessed it, hedge tree. Hedge works great for posts if you can find a straight one. They last a long time but good luck pounding a nail into them. A few years ago my dad, I and I think brother Paul helped cut these post from a grove that is on my Grandpa Elmer's farm. The grove was planted by my Great-Grandpa Henry years ago.
Emmet found a rock in the corn field and is trying to get through the fence.
This happens to be my favorite picture of that day. I was unrolling the wire and the kids were hooking the wire to the insulator behind me. This task was no problem for the boys, Eliza was determined to keep up and help out.
Thanks everyone for helping!
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