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Green paddock with some fenced off parts

The big break of the year is near

Green paddock with some fenced off parts

While the work work eased down, the farm work ramped up.

The goats decided to go through the fenced off area with shrubs and decimate them. No good.

Turns out, the poly wires were too old and did not work any more as they should.

So we removed the old corner posts and put some new ones in with more space for the shrubs to grow.

There are always little issues to navigate though.

Hammer had to be fixed on the way.

Broken hammer

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