A scrap of chainlink fencing is what I used, too, when starting out. Free!
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Last line of perimeter fence t posts - driven. I’m going to try for the cross fencing t posts tomorrow, but my hands hurt and the ground is very hard.
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It’s gonna rain for 5 days basically, I’d plan to do them after that 
They’re looking great!
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I was hoping to sneak them in before the rain, to avoid potential damage to the seedlings. Turns out I’m probably stuck at work.
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Super sucky day at work. What better way to blow off steam than to pound 32 tposts.
Cross fencing posts are done, minus one post that will be wood that I’ll have to hand dig in.
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Different view, and progress on the barn addition. The guy is coming to terms with how much work this is going to be. Sorry dude, you drafted the contract not me.
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You beat the rain! Excellent job 
Just starting the thunder and lightning here.
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We’re scheduled to get it around 8-9. It looks like it’s going to come in fast and furious, hopefully doesn’t displace too much of the seed.
Remind me, whereabouts are you?
It’s weird, pounding tposts doesn’t hurt my hands as much as the woven wire does. I think it’s the squeezing of the tools that screws me up, I’ve never had good “crush” strength in my hands.
I’m a bit NW of where 39 and 80 meet. It was indeed fast and furious, I’m soaked.
When I built my dog pen panels and was cutting horse fence repeatedly my hands were absolutely RUINED, worst pain ever.
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That’s what I had (and will get again to finish the last line of perimeter fence. My palms and wrists just hurt. I’d have to grit my teeth to close the Kleins. The bolt cutters are just a tiny bit too unwieldly, though they do reduce the force needed.
That and that stupid wire twisting tool. Ugh. I’ll be glad to put those tools up in the loft and forget about them.
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I have the LockJawz wire clips and they’re better but I struggled getting them on a bit where I didn’t have someone else to stretch for me, in the garden.
By the last day of the dog pen project I went and bought myself a nice pare of nippers, but by then the damage was done. It took probably a week for my hands to get back towards normal.
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I had a few bags of the Lock Jawz type clips but I hate them. They’re a bear to get on, and don’t seem to hold as tight as the traditional ones. I had to use pliers to get a good enough grip to pull them over.
It’s the stripping of the wire for the end posts that kills me. Both loosening the knot and cutting the knot hurts SO bad after a short time.
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I ended up pushing them with a screwdriver, definitely not ideal.
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We are also working on installing no climb for our second pasture and totally agree - stripping the wires to wrap the posts is the worst and most time-consuming part, followed closely by all the wire twisting to anchor the wires around the post. There should be an easier way to do this!
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What’s your plan for the gutter downspouts in the last picture?
Trench them underground and surface emit them at the edge of the pasture.
The downspout nearest to the addition will be gone, and the addition will have new 6" gutters.
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The fencing gods hate me. I am one effing foot short on my last run with a 200’ and 100’ piece, so I’m splicing in a left over 10 foot piece.
Barn addition continues.
Stall doors arrived. They were supposed to be powdercoated, but my mom’s finance is so busy with customer stuff (he owns the place) and it’s go time now, so I said just bring them. I’ll spray them satin black.
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The woven wire perimeter fence is DONE. I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to put tools away in my whole life.
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How are you addressing the joint where the roofing will reduce pitch coming off of the main barn?
