Front Yard Fence Phase I

For a while now we have been mulling over the idea of putting a short cedar fence in our front yard so that we can grow some grapes on it. We finally took the plunge a while back and I am just now writing about it. It isn't finished yet, but we are currently on Phase II with only Phase III left after that. It has been a mostly cheap project since we are using cedar harvested from our land. Our expenses have been the renting of an auger to dig the holes and gasoline costs when we go down to get loads of logs.
First we staked out the spots we wanted to put the fence and lived it that for a few days to see if was what we wanted.

Then we rented the auger and Jayme went to work.

He really got into it!

We only had trouble with one hole. We were making the holes about 3 feet deep so we wouldn't need to cement them in and they would still be strong. This hole only augered down about a foot.

Here's why:

Enormous rock/cement chunk on left by kids

Once the holes were dug, Jayme levelled the poles and packed in the dirt. We were ready for Phase II (or so we thought). While we were on Spring Break, we got a notice from the city that our fence was too close to the road. After meeting with a code enforcement guy, we found a new line to work with in the front.

It made us pretty mad though because Jayme had gone down to City Hall in person to ask about all the regulations for fencing. They referred him to the code online and we proceeded with that as our guideline. It says NOTHING about distance from the road!! The code guy admitted that was true and it wasn't our fault for building too close. That didn't get us back the auger rental money though, did it? Or pay for the new rental for the new holes in the new line! GRRRRRR!
Phase II will start this week. Here's a look at the materials needed.....