Dennis Tweet spent much of Thursday trudging through messy fields on his farm to fix a fence damaged by flooding that followed this week's heavy rainfalls.

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He spent a lot of time splashing and occasionally stumbling through a ditch. In some places, the water was knee deep.

"Oh, golly, I hit a deep hole there," Tweet said after one misstep.

Rain and hail have made a mess of thousands of acres of Minnesota farmland, so much so that U.S. Agriculture Department officials are out assessing the toll. They don't have a state-wide damage estimate yet, but farmers don't need an official assessment to know that the storms have created a lot of extra work.

Since the series of storms began Saturday, some farmers in southwest Minnesota have measured nearly a foot of rainfall.

The rain caused a creek running through Tweet's farm to overflow. As he slogged through his fields on the way to the broken fence, flood water bashed his fence with all sorts of debris before he spotted a six-foot branch tangled in the barb wire.

"I can just as well get these trees out of here so that they won't have to do this to me again," Tweet said.

After he wrestled the branch free, he tossed it over the fence into the ditch.

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HUNDREDS of Chile without tickets broke through fences or climbed over barriers into the stadium.

STADIUM staff struggled to deal with a serious failure in security measures before Spain's World Cup match against Chile at the Maracana.

Hundreds of Chile without tickets broke through fences or climbed over barriers into the stadium.

A number of the intruders who charged through the main media centre were detained by officials but many others appeared to have made their way into the stands after breaking down a temporary wall.

Meanwhile, thousands of Chile fans without tickets remained on the roads outside the stadium but organisers said kick-off would not be delayed.

A joint statement from FIFA and the local organising committee said "at least 85 intruders" had forced their way into the stadium but that none had made it to the seating area for the match.

The statement said: "Ahead of the Spain versus Chile match at the Maracana, a group of individuals without tickets violently forced entry into the stadium, breaking fences and overrunning security. They were contained by the security and did not make it to the seats.

"The situation was brought under control quickly and at least 85 intruders were detained according the military police of Rio.

"The organisers of the FIFA World Cup condemn these acts of violence and we will communicate further information and measures to be taken in due course."

According to Brazilian media, one person - a disabled woman who is a Chile fan - was injured.

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Donkeys and Maremma dogs are the latest tricks farmers are using in Queensland to protect their flocks of sheep from dingoes and wild dogs, but traditional dog netting fences maybe the most effective.

Early last century when sheep first were brought to Western Queensland farmers had to come up solutions for dingoes and what occurred was proliferation of seven foot high wire netting fences.

Farmers would fence a paddock and then shoot or trap all the dogs and then bring in the sheep. It was so effective that dingoes virtually disappeared from many areas.

The dog fences were then redundant and as they collapsed they were replaced by traditional livestock fences only one metre high.

Now with the recent increase in wild dog and dingo numbers farmers are looking to the old ways for solutions.

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Now is the time to direct-seed plants like Swiss chard, pictured, bush and pole beans and sunflower seeds. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)

Have you ever wondered what the neighbor thought of the person who said, "Good fences make good neighbors?" Nevertheless, there is some wisdom in the thought. Evidently the saying has been mentioned in many countries, cultures and variations from the beginning of time. My favorite is from Benjamin Franklin - "Love thy neighbor, yet don't pull down your hedge."

PLANTS FOR PRIVACY

To gain privacy or block wind, noise or undesirable views, try hedges, trees, fences, walls or berms. Water features often soften the noise of nearby busy streets.

Building or planting for screening near property lines can be tricky. It may seem unfriendly or change sun and shade patterns for surrounding yards (including your own). Use common sense. Don't plant trees or shrubs that will outgrow their space or extend too far into neighbor's yards. Avoid plantings that drop tree fruit or that are weak- wooded like silver maple, tree-of-heaven and willows. Consider mature size and root system; a tall shade tree should be planted 12 feet or more from sidewalks, driveways or walls.

Check with your municipality's building codes for rules regarding privacy fences, trellises or plantings. Special permits may be required; some homeowner associations have ordinances. Make certain you are building on your property line. And always call 811 Utility Notification of Colorado before you dig.

Inform neighbors of planting or building projects close to property lines. They may want to share expenses or coordinate with you by using the same service provider.

Start with a simple drawing of the area that needs screening. Note where the sun travels throughout the year. Think how your screen will look year-round. A combo of evergreens and deciduous plants screens in winter as well as summer.

Consider growth rate. Fast growers such as aspen may be short-lived. On the other hand, if you want screening and want it yesterday (and don't mind pruning in the future), try putting up a trellis or wire structure for climbing vines. For sunny spots consider clematis, grapevines, honeysuckle, trumpet vine, silver lace vine, Virginia creeper, hops, wisteria, and hardy kiwi. For shade to part shade consider euonymus ("Coloratus," "Chollipo" and "Sarcoxie" can be trained to climb), and Boston ivy. Virginia creeper, clematis and honeysuckle can take part shade/sun.

Small-space evergreens for sun include upright junipers "Blue Arrow," "Spartan," "Moonglow" and "Wichita Blue." Compact spruces and pines make excellent live screens for sun locations, but are slower growing. Newer, taller yews for shade are adaptable for screening and their dark green color is a plus.

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