Hillside land is difficult to manage, and even more
difficult to grow crops on. And for a person who doesn’t have nearly enough
financial means to develop such land, well, it is nearly impossible to make one’s
dreams come true. The fact is I’ve never been financially strong. By that I
mean I always have been and still am a poor man. Of course, being poor never
stopped me from helping others whenever I could.
Anyway, in October 2017, I began erecting fence posts
that will later secure the fencing wire that will enclose my 3+ hillside acres.
I had gotten a length of probably about one hundred feet of posts sit. On my
way home, after dark, on November 1,2017, a deer ran out in front of our pickup
and caused nearly five thousand dollars in damages. This truck is our only
dependable source of transportation. It took nearly four weeks to get the
damage repaired. But I am so grateful that the insurance covered the damage. At least I think they are going to cover it all.
The bank lets us use this truck, providing we make the monthly rent payments to
them on time.
Anyway, with the truck in the shop for most all of November
2017, I had no way to haul the posts and tools needed to continue sitting posts.
And not only that, but those nice, warm days in November are gone now. I was
hoping that I could’ve gotten the fencing finished before April 2018, but now I
don’t know when I will get it finished.
