u/MathematicianDue1792

Planted this girl last spring, my first bare root DA rose. It only managed two blooms last year but they were so stunning I purchased 6 more assorted DA roses! She’s doing great in spite of the heat, drought, and torrential downpours we’re having here in NJ. I need to finish staining the fence I built and I’ll build her a trellis, I think.

Hi gang. I started off a month ago with a plan to replace a few rotted rails that quickly spiraled into replacing the entire 320 feet of fence. The existing fence was in much worse shape than I thought even though it was still standing, and what I replaced looked so much better I just had to keep going. I have no carpentry skills or experience fence building. My only real plan was to bring the entire top of the fence level, which became an absolute fight once I turned the corner and had to trench down a foot through tree roots that pushed the entire front fence line up a foot higher. I’ve just reached the halfway point, I’ve been out here for a month a few hours each day before work chipping away. My mistakes are staring me back in the face but I’m okay with that as I’ve learned a bunch. I reused any post that felt sturdy, some were still warped so I’ll be going back when I’m done to tackle those. Any encouragement is appreciated as I’m getting over the hump and the summer heat is cooking! Thank you!!