The Fall Fence Forum held in Worthington Indiana, once again, was a star event on fencing contractors’ calendars across the US running from Oct 6-8, 2022. The Forum, run by Luke and Leslie Gibson, is considered as one of the most practical business and networking off-site opportunities for everything “fence”. While not everyone could have… Continue Reading»
Our team caught up with Jake Wilson of Wilson Fence LLC from the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA to talk all things fencing and Stockade. Here’s how it went: Tell me about the Rockbridge County Fencing Project? This job is a challenging project involving fence building, excavating, water crossings, spring development, a 600-foot well drilled, new… Continue Reading»
Luke Tarson’s family had looked at a farm in South Otago when he was 12 years old. They missed out on the property – but from the first time he saw the hills and tussock, the young Cantabrian knew he would be back. Eighteen months ago, Luke returned with his wife Rachael. Rachael manages a… Continue Reading»
Manus Boonzaier is growing apples and growing the apple business across the Durham Region, Ontario. The farm manager has seen the Algoma Orchards transform from an average-sized farm into Canada’s largest orchard in eight years. “We decided to expand our business, and from 2013 we began planting around 100-120 acres (30-40Ha) of new orchard every year.… Continue Reading»
Seven kilometres of fencing in six days, from start to finish. Laid and completed. About 90 hours’ work for two independent fencing contractors, Tim Garrick and Cory Twigley, and their crew. The Gisborne-based fencers were over in Napier completing a massive line of eight-wire three-batten fence for the main drain that intersects a low-lying farm.… Continue Reading»
Tell me about Project Awhitu? Our brief is to pest-proof a valley to keep out wild red and fallow deer. We are working for a local farmer on the Awhitu Peninsula near Pollock, on the South-Western edge of the Auckland province. Through the gap is the Tasman Sea. His plan is to expand into cropping.… Continue Reading»
Nick Terry from Custom Fencing, Waikouaiti, Otago Tell us about the Halo Project? For this particular job, we are working at Heyward Point, just out of Dunedin. It is one of many jobs between Heyward Point to North of Palmerston which are part of the Halo Project and feed into the vision of the Orokonui… Continue Reading»