I took the day off today so we could go back down to Liberty and pick up the rest of the gates. The guy at Tartar Gate Co. scratch and dent yard was keeping watch for the ones we needed. He held them for us until we could get back down there today. We should have everything we need to finish the new pasture and a bonus as well.
We drove through
Lancaster, KY and they had these fall flowers all around their town square. It was very pretty.
I made a frame out of 2x4s to support the 16' gate. It was sitting on the closed tailgate all the way back until we got to the railroad crossing in Winchester. The bump at the crossing made the tailgate come undone and drop down. Fortunately we had tied the whole load to the truck, nothing fell out. It was too heavy to lift so we just strapped it in and drove the short distance home with it like this. We'll need to get some way to lock the tailgate if we try that again.
We have six more corral panels now. They are all factory seconds like the gates. Usually you have to search for the defects.
The 16' gate is the "bonus", it will be on the driveway down by the road. The plan is to get an electric opener for it. The 14' is for the creek bottom access below the driveway bridge. The two twelve footers will go across the bridge. The 10' will replace the green 7 bar that currently accesses the cattle pasture. We got these wire gates to keep sheep in and dogs out.
We had four hens and a drake left,but we gave two of the hens to Nelson. One of ours started laying eggs again so we let her keep them. She has about 16 in the nest. We ate the last set she produced.
We opened the duck pen so they could go free range. They flew right down to the back pond and have been using it ever since.
They swim in it and feed along the shore.
We like them much better this way. Well, not as good as with dumplings but still better than when they were trashing the barn.
Hildie getting groomed. She had burdocks and dingleberries.
She's a happy cow.
We drove through Lancaster, KY and they had these fall flowers all around their town square. It was very pretty.
I made a frame out of 2x4s to support the 16' gate. It was sitting on the closed tailgate all the way back until we got to the railroad crossing in Winchester. The bump at the crossing made the tailgate come undone and drop down. Fortunately we had tied the whole load to the truck, nothing fell out. It was too heavy to lift so we just strapped it in and drove the short distance home with it like this. We'll need to get some way to lock the tailgate if we try that again.
We have six more corral panels now. They are all factory seconds like the gates. Usually you have to search for the defects.
The 16' gate is the "bonus", it will be on the driveway down by the road. The plan is to get an electric opener for it. The 14' is for the creek bottom access below the driveway bridge. The two twelve footers will go across the bridge. The 10' will replace the green 7 bar that currently accesses the cattle pasture. We got these wire gates to keep sheep in and dogs out.
We had four hens and a drake left,but we gave two of the hens to Nelson. One of ours started laying eggs again so we let her keep them. She has about 16 in the nest. We ate the last set she produced.
We opened the duck pen so they could go free range. They flew right down to the back pond and have been using it ever since.
They swim in it and feed along the shore.
We like them much better this way. Well, not as good as with dumplings but still better than when they were trashing the barn.
Hildie getting groomed. She had burdocks and dingleberries.
She's a happy cow.
I was wondering when we'd get new ducky pictures!!!
ReplyDeleteI wonder why the ducks changed their minds about using a pond as nature intended. hmmmm.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you guys are set on fency things now. :-)