How did he split the rails? Conventionally with wedges or some other
way. Is it stacked rail or did he use some kind of tenon joint?
(That's probably not the proper term, but it's the only thing I can
think of right now) I had two trees hit by lightning a few weeks back..a
split rail fence along the front of the property might be nice....
Yikes!The weather and land here is WEIRD! It is dry in the extreme! No humidity to speak of even in the winter. So these "soggy" spots really surprised us. In the summer it is dust dry but given a little rain it becomes a bog. Most peculiar but we are getting used to peculiar <g> I'm not sure there is anything that likes moldy roots in the winter and the Sahara in the summer! Well, except oaks trees because they sure like it.
The east end of my garden is low, but it drains well and water doesn't
stand there. The ground does stay soft, however, rarely drying out
totally. I have often thought of trying to make some kind of rice paddy
at the east end. Have you thought of turning that terrace into a rice
paddy, or is it just not suitable? I have oft waxed philosophic about
growing rice-I know there are highland/dryland types-maybe Lee will
chime in and give us some of her expertise on the subject. Back during
the Olympics this past winter, I researched a bit on the rice grown in
Italy, but never acted on it. The area around Turin is a big rice
producing area. If they can do it there, we should be able to do it here!
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