tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post956305662683534986..comments2024-03-29T01:38:00.306+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Gates For SheepKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-12266558916732978252015-07-23T22:26:59.142+01:002015-07-23T22:26:59.142+01:00I'll have to google some. I saw some wooden hi...I'll have to google some. I saw some wooden hinges made on a log cabin in Alaska once and I always want to make some. I thought it was such a good use of what the man had around him.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-11414197241000124822015-07-23T22:21:06.269+01:002015-07-23T22:21:06.269+01:00When I'm done here they'll be 7 big gates ...When I'm done here they'll be 7 big gates and 7 small gates and probably more when I divide up more areas. Lots of hangin, I should get good at it by the end!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-3982264579180888292015-07-23T22:17:04.759+01:002015-07-23T22:17:04.759+01:00We have problems with dog walkers. The one day the...We have problems with dog walkers. The one day the gate was left open where the sheep were into a field of hay that was ready for cutting. Luckily the sheep stayed put but it would have been a nightmare to get them back!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-54301667173169122672015-07-23T22:15:28.900+01:002015-07-23T22:15:28.900+01:00I think I'm going to use string as I'm goi...I think I'm going to use string as I'm goingto move the sheep before work in the morning but I'll try and hang it properly on my next day "off". (well that's the plan!)Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-57484063247533447182015-07-23T22:13:44.853+01:002015-07-23T22:13:44.853+01:00I slip more into the smallholder sterotype every y...I slip more into the smallholder sterotype every year I think. My beard was just the start!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-11168267436071506902015-07-21T03:07:04.784+01:002015-07-21T03:07:04.784+01:00There are lots of ingenious methods of using "...There are lots of ingenious methods of using "what you have " to create gate and latches here in Australia. Especially "bushies " farmers who live in remote properties who use what they have . Nice gate by the way. Leishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550858502158736036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-28936072069707466032015-07-21T01:14:10.683+01:002015-07-21T01:14:10.683+01:00The only gate I have is the steel gate across the ...The only gate I have is the steel gate across the Jeep trail , down at the foot of the mountain. It's got a monstrous chain and lock on it. Still a pain to have to stop, open the gate, drive through, stop close the gate......Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-69498871486848186182015-07-20T23:10:39.726+01:002015-07-20T23:10:39.726+01:00Our "no sag" gates were sagging. We got ...Our "no sag" gates were sagging. We got ride of the absolute worst one and got gate wheels for the rest!<br />Still have to remind my non-farmy husband to close gates that were closed when you got to them and leave the ones open that were open....lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273483704912191189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-11587397293667601032015-07-20T22:31:28.362+01:002015-07-20T22:31:28.362+01:00In all the gates I have hung here over the last co...In all the gates I have hung here over the last couple of years only one was put in place with wire and that was the emergency fence I put up to move my bee hives this Winter. All the rest I have managed to get put up so they would swing although one or two have now sagged a bit so everyone but me bitches about them :)<br /><br />At the rate things are going now though I am so far behind due to the rain I might just do a couple of wire hung gates to save a bit of time.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-55777081593563345412015-07-20T21:32:19.878+01:002015-07-20T21:32:19.878+01:00Me! Me! Me! AND they are made out of pallets. A t...Me! Me! Me! AND they are made out of pallets. A true smallholder Kev. Good on yer.<br />GillFrugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.com