Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

We’ve all heard the old adage that good fences make good neighbors. Well, we can attest to that after last week. To make a long story short, we discovered the neighbor’s cows on our property last week. When we let them know about it, we did not get the response we would have thought. Not only was the wife miffed that we were there to tell them about the trespassing, or want to be bothered to move them back (she actually asked if they could just stay so she didn’t have to call her husband), they had known about the huge breach in the fence line for at least a week. I guess it’s good to know what kind of folks you’re dealing with for future reference. They are nothing like every other person we have met out there! And seems like no matter who you talk to, everyone has a “bad neighbor” story – and some of them are really bad. So if this is the worst of it, we’ll be okay. Especially since we have met so many other people that are what you think of when you think of “country neighbors” – kind, generous, considerate.

At least we ended the evening by capturing this positively gorgeous sunset reflecting off the tank (pond)! And this is looking towards our super wonderful neighbors that I’ve mentioned previously.  🙂

So this past weekend, we changed directions and instead of trenching our water lines, we repaired the fence between our properties. May not win any prizes for pretty fence, but it’s functional and will keep the neighbor’s cows out, especially since he doesn’t seem too concerned with keeping his (registered) cows in. It was a beautiful weekend, and we also managed to chop down hundreds (seemed like much more!) of thistle weeds just as they were starting to flower so that they will not have the chance to seed again (!), burn down the last two stumps in the home site area, and till our new garden space. All our seedlings are started back at the house.