Now let's fence!

So here we are almost a year after the sprinkler project was completed and the irrigation water will be turned on April 15. That will be the test to see if the lawn gets the water it needs. We have also started putting in our fence. We are building a six foot cedar fence in the backyard. Our neighbor in back has already built the back (we paid our part of the cost for that) so all we have to do are the sides and the wing fence near the house. Two weeks ago we put in the posts. We had post number 22 going in the ground at 3p.m. when the rain began. Since then we have had a lot of rain, not a flood but too much to go out and work on the fence. I want to get it done so that the kids can have a good place to go play and give us a little more privacy. The next project is to get the landscaping done around the house and under the windows. We are thinking about using some kind of rock, probably black. The contractor put in bark, but both my wife and I are not fond of bark and how it fades over time. We both think that rock ages better. We will see. We are also going to put in a couple fruit trees. We found some grafted apple trees that produce different types of apples that we are going to plant after the fence is in. It has been an experience doing the sprinklers and fence, but I think that next time we will get a house that already has those done.