If you become desperate enough to try the repairs on your own, please call someone and have them stay on the line as you talk constantly while you're doing the work. That way, they can send help if you suddenly stop talking. I'm trying to sound lighthearted, but I'm also absolutely serious about this. It might be better to go without roses in spring than to try repairing a fence on a treacherous slope in cold weather where no one can see you if you fall down or injure yourself in some other way.
