I made a deal with my neighbor last night. I have a half acre of three foot tall grass and no fence and nothing to eat it down. It looks terrible and is going to waste. So I put the word out that if someone would finish fencing it and put stock in, I would not charge them rent for two years. (This year and next.) He is coming this weekend to swath the grass so it is a good grazing length and next weekend, he will come with his nephews and fence it. I am so relieved. This has been a dilemma for me since we moved in. When I had the time to fence it, I didn't have the money. Now I have the money but not the time. I am glad to have it resolved.
Wow thats a great idea... I wish someone would fence our place. Did you make any specific fencing requirements?
Quote:I didn't make any specific requirements, but I had some of the posts in for the part around my backyard already. The biggest thing is that I need the posts in. He is going to put calves in and I requested that the fence be made with either chain link (which he has some extra and so do I.) or field fence. That way, I can put goats or calves of my own in when the deal is up. He also said he gets calves for free from a dairy and will give me some for letting him put them in there.
So - what's your neighbor putting in it for 2 years? Hopefully, something entertaining! Smart idea of yours - hope it works out well!
Oh good, I thought someone might try just putting up a couple of strands of barbed wire and that would be no good. We also just need someone to put posts in for us, putting the fencing up after that isn't a huge deal. I asked around and found someone who wanted to charge $20 per post to put it in (not including the post!) And heck I'd rather do it myself, just one at a time then. Might be an idea for us to just invest in an auger (sp?) and either keep it or sell it when we're done!
Quote:He said he will be putting some calves in there. I told him I need some goats in a couple years.