Further notes
Posted in farming on 06/28/2005 06:31 am by TamI thought Richard came across as entirely reasonable (Angela wasn’t there). We’re both (me and Richard — not sure if Stephen is convinced) of the opinion that it would be most desirable to get the fence completely up to snuff and “done” — even if that means essentially replacing it — rather than just “repairing” it and putting ourselves in the position of continually having to go back and make niggling little stop-gap repairs for the next 15 years. (Especially as we don’t tend to like their repairs…)
Richard also sounds like he’s in the “over-engineer it” camp, which is also fine by me, provided Stephen can keep an eye on him and correct any potentially dangerous notions.
Plus, he’s a contractor by trade, and may be able to score materials at wholesale/mate’s rates.
The only thing we don’t really seem to meet eye to eye on is whether a standard fence is “enough” — as Stephen mentioned before, they are quite convinced that horses leaning over a fence are the number one killer (nevermind cows shoving through it, or rust, or neglect, or…), and quite keen on electricity as the solution to all woes. I’m considering that a couple hundred bucks for a solar cell to power a top wire might just be a worthwhile investment towards peace and harmony.