I came up with this great idea to build a round pen in our back yard for our horses. All it took was for my husband to get a little bit excited about it, and soon enough we were cutting down logs and spray painting a 60' circle onto the grass. This is actually happening... as I look out my window the hubster is outside digging holes and placing logs into the ground. I am determined to do this all for free. Wood is expensive, and we have a lot of it sitting in the brush that needed to be cleared out. Why not use it? The hubster was not thrilled with the idea of splitting six foot logs, but sure enough he did it. Now I just need to figure out where to find 10 foot rails. So far I have a small collection of long pine branches... not enough. I need about 54 if them. I have about 17 so far. The scavenger hunt is on my friends... the hunt is on. Fingers crossed this doesn't turn into a diabolical mess of an eye sore. In which case you will never see the photos. Ok, I'm off to take photos of the process... will add to this later. Bye for now!
Update:
We found an ad on Craigslist selling the end pieces of long logs... the hubs I guess they are called. They were perfect. All you could take for $60. The hubster went and got as many as he could fit int he truck and used them for the rails.
It turned out pretty good.
He cheated and used 2x4s to make the gate. All in all though we built a round pen for under $100. The horses like it. They gallop around in it, and eat the wood.
Since we built the round pen it has snowed... and then melted... so the ground is either too icy, or too muddy.
I can't wait for spring.
Pictures coming soon. I promise.
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