PRACTICAL PALLETS


Today has been a good work day. We have finished the goat fenced in pen and the gate. We decided to make the gate out of a pallet. I tend to collect pallets whenever I can, it has turned into a running joke around here. Our chicken coop framing and flooring was made totally out of pallets, I like the price of FREE really well. Joshua and I welded up a couple of pieces of rebarb to make grates for some problem areas in the fence. This appears to have taken care of




We propped up the pallet at first and it seemed to be a good fit and starting point. Then we added the upper frame (also from pallet wood), next went on the farm fence and to finish things off we added three strands of barb wire securing and filling in the fence in upper section. Standard gate hardware was used for the installation.

Next came the pallet palace for the goats and one rooster for now. This will just be a temporary shelter until we can build the larger milking shed and shelter. We will use a saltbox design as we did for our equip shed. But for now here are a few shots of the goat shelter.

We finished the goat shelter off with so aluminum siding salvaged by my sister in-law Trisha. The shelter will be located to the lower part of the goat pen once we get the other shed built. It will cost us about $500.00 to complete it, so hopefully come October we will finish it up.

Next weekend the plans are to extend the chicken yard and pickup the goats. We really enjoy having all of the animals around, but it really changes how you live your day to day life (vacations, overnight trips). We are still learning to not go so much and by God's grace and mercy He is changing us little by little.