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14. Fencing THE Land on our Small Farm in Central Portugal | Off Grid Living

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14. Fencing THE Land on our Small Farm in Central Portugal | Off Grid Living

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In this video we start the important job of fencing the land, we have never even attempted fencing before, especially on this scale. The main reason will be to keep Max in and keep the Wild Boar out. We hope you enjoy the video.

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21 COMMENTS

  1. That’s hard work! Well done you guys! Over time it might be worthwhile looking into some kind of spikythorney bushes around the edge to deter the boar, they can be very determined. But you’ve made a great start… if you don’t do anything, you don’t get anything done I always say. And I always buy my plug plants before the ground is ready for them. 2reasons, first they need to acclimatise so a couple of days in their containers doesn’t do them any harm and secondly they sit there shouting at me to get a move on which forces me to prepare the ground quicker!

  2. The land is coming along a treat. Have you considered planting some wild flower seeds along the banks of your pond to slow down soil erosion and some steps down down into the water as water levels rise and fall you'll always be able to get to it easily.
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  3. Got to ask do you not have star pickets there? I had pet pigs and if they can get their nose under, they will lift a fence up. We usually put solid wooden posts either end, 3 rows of plain wire. The lowest one as close to the ground as you can get it and star pickets along the fence line, every two to 3 meters. The plain wire is strained and the mesh is clipped with special clips to the plain wire. I will be interested to see, how the fence stands up. I have a solar electric fence, best and cheapest way to keep animals in and out.

  4. Sadly, I don't think the rebar is strong enough to keep out the boars. I suggest using rebar wrap wires at least at top and bottom of each post to help keep the fencing from sagging. Good progress with the seeding of the pond's banks and the veg beds.

  5. Fun vlog! I really enjoy watching the two of you working together. I am looking forward to seeing your garden beds and what vegs you purchased. See you next time! Thanks for sharing your life with us.

  6. Job well done guys👍. Every so often though whenever you can afford it, I'd purchase a concrete (concrete will last far longer than wooden posts) post and place them at intervals along the fencing because eventually those iron bars will work loose. I once made a garden fence in the 1980s using the angle iron sides of old iron bed frames (local tips years ago in the UK would let you take materials that you could recycle…… these days they don't let you take anything) which I cemented into the ground and I could fasten the fencing to the existing holes in the angle iron. It was very sturdy. I also made a shed using the same angle iron from bed frames for the frame, then fastened wood all around it.

  7. I know this advice will be a "day late and a dollar short" but if I observed correctly I believe you have put the fencing in upside down as the smaller openings should be placed at the bottom of the fence to keep smaller animals in or out. Hope it all works out ok for you, nice to see your progress. Cheers and be well…/B

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