Old Sheep Pasture

We have been working on the creek crossing of the fence to the old sheep pasture. The floods knocked down the old fence as fast as we could get it put back up. Being the extraordinary engineer that he is, Bill suggested the design that we ended up using. We thought for a while on how to cross the bridge and settled on the gates. They hang in front of the posts so they can rest on the concrete curb of the bridge. This relieves the torque on the posts so we didn’t need to use a support structure. When the flood comes we can open the gates and let the water pass through. It doesn’t usually go higher than the curb anyway.

The gates have wire mesh to keep small animals like dogs out. There is a four foot sheep corral panel over the culvert hole.

Lisa went to the Tarter Gate Company scratch and dent yard in Liberty, KY to pick up the gates. It is a long drive but we got them for $35 a piece. They are over $150 each at retail stores. We can live with the dents.

We used welded cattle panels so we wouldn’t need to stretch wire.

The sheep are already eating the fresh weeds.

They still came over to see me on the four wheeler.

The new lambs are doing well.