Harry Larsen's Page

I still pull an occasional weed and water my container plants, but other garden pursuits are on hold.

Why?

Three weeks ago, my DW suggested I repaint the outside of our house this summer. I'm not stupid. "Suggestions" from my DW are considered and then acted upon. Lest you think I'm hen-pecked, number two son and I had started the house-painting project two years ago, but we only completed the west side. Last summer, all my children had summer jobs so I skipped that year. I am overdue in retur… Continue

While my wife was kayaking with her sister on Puget Sound (near San Juan Island), she called me during one of her breaks and inquired about the fence. I told her about the dog not bothering me while I was out there and actually seeing a deer on our property.

She thought that was nice but...didn't we still want to put the fence up? In case the neighbors got lax and let their pooch out to roam once again?

Of course, I hesitated...I hoped I wouldn't have to install it after all. Or at least put i… Continue

It was in this freshly mown area on the right of the gravel road, where I was planning to install the new doggie deterrent (fence).

Who would believe it?

After spending all those hours (and days) constructing fence panels in the backyard (and neglecting my garden), I a… Continue

I completed another dozen trellis-like fence sections this afternoon.

I started working on it on Friday and now have 20 sections loaded into our Suburban.

Tomorrow morning after my daughter's dental visit, we'll pack the lot down to our property 90 miles down south and get it installed over the next two days. That will be 160 lineal feet of see-thru fencing to keep the neighbor's pooch from roaming my property leaving calling cards and threatening me while I'm mowing my grass (I hope). Slightl… Continue