And then I bought the house...
A year ago March, while I was away from home, a storm swept through and took part of the fence with it:
I removed the leaning panel on the right, and left the panel closest to the corner of the yard. It seemed stable and was surrounding an old tree stump.
On the other side of the leaning panel above was part of an old chain link fence against my neighbor's porch. It seemed to have no function:
Over the course of this past year, both the chain link and the remaining wooden panel developped more and more of a lean.
Notice the fence trying to win against the aster!
Tonight, it was time for the fence to go!
First I pulled out the chain link, which was mostly held up by creeper vine and some sticks in the right places. Now it looks like this:
I suspect the clean-up of the trash and glass and other debris from my neighbor's yard will be constant, but at least the evil creeper will have to work harder to reach my wisteria.
Then Paul came over to help me with the other fence panel which was mostly held up by ivy and luck. We thought we would have to saw it apart, but actually some whacks with a hammer in strategic places and some sheer brute force was all it took...
Notice the impressive stump that was hiding under there!
And here's my new vista:
Where shall I put the folly???
