Fridays Fences

It rained pretty much all week

so I haven't been out taking photo's.

Our country road turns to slime when it rains

which means I don't go anywhere.

Unless Hubby drives.

These photo's are from last year

a few months after we put 

the garden in

and put grass seed down. 

The gardens and lawn wouldn't be

possible without the picket fence

as Shep our youngest and largest

dog would  destroy it all.

He has the rest of the farm

that he can rule!

We still have a gap over by the back

porch that is waiting for the building

of a large screened porch.

Wire fencing takes over from the pickets

and keeps a very sad Shep 

off the porch. 

It's the only way the 'wicker' furniture

would survive!

I'm joining in (a little late)
over at 


Life According To Jan And Jer


for 


Friday's Fences
 

Picket Fences And Big Feet

I love fences.

Not so much when it comes time to mow

along them or when they need repairing 

but here on our farm we need them.

We have wire fences to protect our

chickens from wild

critters and two of our three dogs

plus horses to keep from 

eating our neighbors crops.

The picket fence however is to give the little dogs

Chelsea and Bubba and the cats

 a break from ...

THIS...

Well OK...sometimes it's not all Shep.

These photo's were taken around 2 years

ago...Shep has grown even larger

since then.

Chelsea has not.

These two race around like this every day.

Sometimes several times a day.

Oh the damage those big feet can do

when they are running or digging!

Shep can be a real PEST.

Another reason to have the picket fence

which is only close to the cottage

is to protect our new gardens.

The shade garden above...

and the sunny garden below.

Henry below can play outside the picket

fence but when he was smaller

as in the photo below...

he didn't venture far from it's protection.

Can you blame him!

Below shows the pasture fence on the left

and on the right you can see where we 

quit with the picket fence. 

A welded wire fence continues along the 

lilacs but one day we'll extend the

picket fence part way down our

'lilac lane'.

In the meantime we enjoy our space

that's free from the pesky giant dog

and his big feet!

:)

I'm joining with 

Jan and Jer

for 

Friday's Fences

Fences

 Our weather changed 

dramatically this week

from the beautiful warm sunny

days of last week. 

They say the sun will shine today

but I'll believe it when I see it! 

We've already hit our high for the day

which is a chilly 30'F.

Since these dull days don't make

for good picture taking 

I have gone through my older photo's

to find some I thought you might

enjoy.

This week I'm joining up with 

Jan and Jer

for 

Friday's Fences

Here are some old photo's of the fences

that we have here 

at 

Kisiwa Creek Farm

Above is the fence along our

lilac lane

which was the inspiration for this blogs name.

:)

This is the pasture where the horses

reside at the moment.

Wish it looked like this now!

Above and below is the fence that

kept the geese and still keeps

the chickens out of the garden.

The old wooden fence is no longer

there.

Our young chickens enjoyed roosting

along it and Romeo

our rooster and the older hens usually

took top spot along the upper rail.

This isn't our fence but it belongs to the 

farmer who owns the fields that surround us.

All these photo's were taken in the 

spring and summer of 2010.

This was the last year we received

a typical rainfall. 

Since then we have been in a drought

in our area of Kansas.

See the dark trees in the distance on 

the left side of the road?

That's our farm :)

I hope you'll check out

Friday's Fences

to see 

some great photo's.

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!