I had not visited for two weeks and I was horrified when I saw the height that the wild oats had grown to.

I came back again that afternoon, after work, and knocked down all the front tall grass with the brushcutter.

Back in July, James, a visiting Wwoofer had given the yard a very thorough mowing and this made my job much easier - I only had to cut down the clumps of wild oats.

Saturday

I was out on site at the 7.00 am.

I fixed the most recent frame down to the deck using 4 bolts and rebated the temporary end frames to fit over the bolts.

I also completed the repair of the damaged stud on the previous frame by inserting an extra trimmer from the bottom up to the nogging.

I finished all this by 10.00 am.

After a break I spent another two hours knocking down all the wild oats in the back yard.

I returned home mid afternoon and started setting up for the last frame.

The first step was to mark out and rebate the top and bottom plates.

Next I placed the horses near the back door and squared them up.

I clamped on the plates and started to hand fit the studs at each rebate position.

This continued on during Sunday as well.

By Wednesday I had painted up all the components.