Three equine can eat down a pasture pretty fast even with hay feedings. The farmer that cultivates the wheat fields on two sides of my property felt it his right to cultivate part of my ground as well. Solution?...fence it. Now Dinah, Moon and Shrek have more grazing space and my boundaries are defined. I liked being able to stand out there and have it open and unrestricted but with the price of hay and repeated failed requests not to till my ground the fence was necessary. There' still more to do but I gained 1.76 acres with just this section installed. By fencing the entire property I'll be gaining even more. It's slow hard work and it took four full days to complete. We're all very happy with the results. The next step is to extend the pasture into the trees to encompass a yard hydrant for filling the stock tank. By doing that there will be no 100 foot hose emptying twice a day when the temperatures drop. This is a very good thing.