Rusty is telling that goat. When the dogs are outside the fence the goats kind of play with him but when the gate opens the goats run up onto the goat toy and safety. Goats are pretty smart.
Yesterday was incredibly productive.
We got a pine post in for a hose guard in the veggie garden. We treated it with old motor oil so the termites wouldn't like the taste of it. We have wetland termites around here.
We staked out the horse pen. It will be 33 feet by 38 feet. The shed will be 7 feet by 7 feet. We are working out the final details on the fence so that I can get a materials list going. Hubby will have to drive me to the home improvement store to pick up materials. Maybe when we go pick up the gates we ordered.
Speaking of gates, we called over to the feed store and tried to get the last two gates we needed but they didn't have gates in the size we wanted [14 foot and 6 foot] that matched the four foot wide gates we already purchased. They had a different brand that they claim is the same color but they seemed pricey so....I did what all great shoppers do .... I went online. I found a match at a box store in the next town north of us. It is about a 25 mile drive. I had to order them to be delivered to the store. The gates will be in about April 3rd so I want to have a materials list done so we can pick up fence posts and boards at the same time we get the gates.
We'll take the trailer to pick up our items. The trailer has been a fantastic investment and we got such a good deal. The neighbor, who is really good at building trailers, helped us build it at cost plus us a few hundred dollars in labor. The trailer pulls really nicely and has helped us get wood for the fire, hay for the goats, take hunting gear for the annual hunting trip and helped us haul manure in for the garden. You can't beat that.
Hubby repaired the old wheelbarrow which has been a pain in the behind for a long time. The bearings keep popping out of the socket then you have to tip it over and pound the darn things back into the holes. He took the wheel off, moved it forwards and put a couple of shims on it. That also solved the other problem where the wheel would rub on the wheelbarrow when you had a load in it. Yeah!!!!!
He repaired the large ax and then oiled the handles for the rakes and shovels and such.
We staged the fence posts to finish up cross fencing and gate areas and it looks like we have just enough.
I helped Hubby cement in another fence post. This one is sort of in front of the greenhouse and will have a four foot man gate on it to get into the driveway into the back area. It will only open out since the greenhouse corner sort of blocks it but it allows for maximum backing in and protects the greenhouse from getting backed into. The greenhouse windows are very expensive and they are hard to replace so I sure don't want a disaster like backing a trailer into it.
Hubby also moved the 4x4's for the horse shed to the area where we are building the shed. He moved the roll of wire that was blocking the greenhouse door.
Just for fun, Hubby went ahead a worked on one of his chainsaws while I took a nap on the couch.
I e-mailed my horse driving trainer and she hasn't gotten back to me. I wonder if she is dumping me as a client?
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