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Camile · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:46 am Post subject: A sturdy farm gate ..

Hello .. me again ! I feel inspired today !

I had fun last week making a nice sturdy gate that the goats wouldn't jump over or open up !

It's made out of 3 x 2 timber .. so it's nice and heavy, and you can climb over it without any problems ..

I got the plans and modified them from this book: http://www.amazon.com/Smallholder...=cm_lmf_tit_3/102-0928227-7013723

It's a nice little book indeed ... I made the sheep through from it too about a year ago .. and it's still going strong even with the kicking it takes from the goats every day when it's empty !

And you can also see the "dodgy / wobbly" table I made for the goat in the background of the picture .. out of all the bits and pieces of wood laying around .. the billy loves it .. and spends a good part of the day on it !

Camile

chook · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 305 Location: North Clare

Lovely job!

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

Looks great. I usually have the bottom rungs closer together to keep the youngens in. Great job though. Was it your own wood?
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Camile · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject:

good thinking about the bottom ones .. but so far there is none .. and if it comes down to it .. I can always had one ..

thanks for the tip ..

and we don't have any wood unfortunately .. this is just the ancient hedge of the field that needs a bit of work to it .. and if you meant the wood for the gate ... it's just timber length from the building supplier ..