Next major project: Building a fence to replace the falling-apart-chain-link.

I've acquired a fair amount of tiger wood—gonçalo alves, a hardwood—it has a janka hardness of around 2000 (between hickory and mesquite). It's _quite_ heavy—about 30% more than oak, 80% more than pine.

Current plan is to do a horizontal shadowbox design and to set up the insulators so that I can run electric without any difficulty. I'll be repurposes the chain link fence's posts for this.

#MagpieMeadows

Various #Weeds around #MagpieMeadows:

Dock (broadleaf?), smooth horsetail, mallow, flixweed/tansy mustard (also #RussianKnapweed).

The tansy mustard and I have a temporary truce because it seems to be in active war with the knapweed.

The knapweed is my bane.

The dock presents a tripping hazard and displaces things we want. It also will take over if given half a chance.

The horsetails can stay. The mallow can stay so long as it behaves and doesn't get overly excessive.

#Weed priority, general:

Must Eliminate:

* Russian Knapweed

Extremely Problematic:

* Dock
* Buffalo bur
* Musk thistle

Annoying:

* Puncture vine
* Bindweed
* Prickly lettuce
* Kochia

Suppression long-term priorities:

* Crossflower
* Tansy Mustard
* Russian olive
* Salsifies

Not a priority nor likely to become one:

* Goosefoot/Lamb's quarters
* Dandelions
* Purslane
* Mallow
* Horsetails

#MagpieMeadows

#MagpieMeadows Sequence, next steps.

1. Spray and/or wipe with mixture of 2,4D and Roundup over the next week, targeting dock, Russian knapweed, and similar. Wait 3 days. This will be _highly_ targeted and plant specific.

2. Mow. Wait a week.

3. Cultivate + Seed (warm weather seeds, mostly, we have some cool season grasses that will go out in fall).

We're late getting out, but that's okay because my goal is to displace knapweed over the course of years, not grow a crop this year.