I appreciate the warning-- I do hope some nice strong young men will be doing the work tomorrow while I supervise via phone. Left to do: two posts-worth of concrete to mix and pour, with the holes already dug. One hole to dig and fill. Four metal posts to drive with a post-setter. One short ag panel to extend taller with a piece already sitting right next to it. Then just ag panels to hang and one straight run of chainlink fabric to stretch and clamp. All the level/plumb work is done, thank goodness, finally.
The design is:
Facing the road, ag panels on 4x4 wood posts. Parallel to that, 50' away, is the back end-- more ag panel on wood posts.
Between them the house forms one side and the old smaller dog run is a graveled "plaza" that leads to their go-inside porch. That teensy porch is walled against the wind and scrap-carpeted for a snug doggie condo and water bucket. Inside that, another door leads into the kitchen, heat, us, and FOOD.
The last side of the Dog World enclosure is a straight run of chainlink trenched to bury the bottom 8' in clay soil that will backfill tight and strong (anti-dig.).
The ag panels are surprisingly wonderful for dog fencing-- they last forever, they provide much of their own structure, and they can be almost 5' high (un-modified). On the wooden posts, they actually look surprisingly nice, and they are $28 apiece in 16' sections that travel well on top of a vehicle. They do not require stretching (too heavy). The make good trellises/tomato cages.
The dogs and helpers have dug up enough topsoil for container-gardening all along that front fence-line in the spring, with the fence as good support behind peas and beans. That line is set well back from the road, too, making an unusually-deep parkway-like strip of grass where cars can park of we do "MudGathers" or the like.
The line of chainlink will be the separator between the Dog World and an eventually-fenced HUGE entire yard. One third for Dog World. One third for kids to play in, or MUSIC, without any doo-doo.
All areas have shade areas in them as well.
It will look like it has been here all along. The section that will eventually extend along the road will always be matching ag panel on wood posts, tho they will not need to be deep, concreted-in posts-- just cosmetic/visual barrier. It will nip between two small existing trees, making it look like we fenced first and then landscaped.
And all the costlier parts will be take-alongs whenever we move.