{"id":11758,"date":"2015-07-10T15:25:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T15:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=11758"},"modified":"2015-07-10T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T15:25:23","slug":"the-back-of-our-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=11758","title":{"rendered":"The back of our property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I took a walk along the public footpath at the back of our property to see what our boundary fence looks like from the other side. I was a bit concerned by how high the bank is behind us meaning that the fence from that side isn&#8217;t very high.<\/p>\n<p>I was a bit worried that it would be quite easy for an intruder to climb over the fence on to what will be our flat shed roof and drop down into our property.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11765\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDC16385.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11765\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11765\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDC16385.jpg\" alt=\"Our boundary fence from the other side\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our boundary fence from the other side<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11766\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDC16387.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11766\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDC16387.jpg\" alt=\"Close up view of our fence\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up view of our fence<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was the right decision to have three concrete gravel boards but I am concerned that a seven foot fence on our side is only about four and half feet on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>We have decided to get some anti climb paint for the top of the fence which is apparently very sticky and off putting to would be intruders and then top this with some security spikes. Our priority is to keep our property secure.<\/p>\n<p>The guys came back and took away the wooden planks from the edge of the concrete today and revealed the neat edge of the gravel board.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11767\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDC16389.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11767\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11767\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDC16389.jpg\" alt=\"The new edge is revealed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new edge is revealed<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The concrete in the chicken run has also been uncovered and I won&#8217;t be putting the brick edging back as it will be much easier to sweep clean the smooth edge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11769\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDC16391.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11769\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDC16391.jpg\" alt=\"A smooth edge will be easy to sweep\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A smooth edge will be easy to sweep<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bit by bit everything is being improved and we just can&#8217;t wait for the sheds to arrive now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I took a walk along the public footpath at the back of our property to see what our boundary fence looks like from the other side. 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