Next year my dad and I will be building my juvenile russian tortoise an outdoor enclosure, and I was wondering if there is anything I should be doing noe to prepare it for next spring? Weeding any bad weeds, or anything along those lines. I attached some pictures of the area we'll be working with.
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But I have some concerns. He thinks the fence will be fine as a back wall, but it doesn't go deep into the ground. An inch if anything. And the fence is old and worn and has holes;
Another worry is rain. Our gutter in that spot is broke, I told him and he said it's be fine. And the ground in that spot is sunken in, and it pools.
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Also, the enclosure will stretch from where the green post is on the porch, to the end of the fencing on the left side of the kiddie pool enclosure.
So should I clear out the grass and weeds this year or wait until spring? And any advice on the drainage, and should we build a back wall against the fence? I guess it will form a triangle shape.
Any help would be great!
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But I have some concerns. He thinks the fence will be fine as a back wall, but it doesn't go deep into the ground. An inch if anything. And the fence is old and worn and has holes;
![ImageUploadedByTortForum1377196311.446464.jpg ImageUploadedByTortForum1377196311.446464.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/41/41452-bcbe49bb1e41be41a803f070ea70f908.jpg)
Another worry is rain. Our gutter in that spot is broke, I told him and he said it's be fine. And the ground in that spot is sunken in, and it pools.
![ImageUploadedByTortForum1377196407.772583.jpg ImageUploadedByTortForum1377196407.772583.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/41/41453-f53057748fb7602563694f017e32eb97.jpg)
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Also, the enclosure will stretch from where the green post is on the porch, to the end of the fencing on the left side of the kiddie pool enclosure.
So should I clear out the grass and weeds this year or wait until spring? And any advice on the drainage, and should we build a back wall against the fence? I guess it will form a triangle shape.
Any help would be great!
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