In the earlier years of the farm, I had fenced in certain areas about the farm. This was done to keep the horses in...and the roaming stray dogs out. Worked will.
The arrival of Big Girl, Sugar, and Sonny Boy.....demanded a better idea for riding horses here at the farm. Running around in a big ol' field just didn't like too much fun.
For four months...a little work each day was performed in the redesigning of the fences and gates. Where applied...a secondary fence was installed (as shown in the pictures above)......gates realigned. We now have an entire riding trail around the interior perimeter of the farm. One gate only...not five to open as it was.
I have built two gates from PVC pipe that has a steel cable interior. A simple rigging to open and close from the path. There are two of these within the path trail. The second is opened all the time...until the horses are free ranging. BTW...steel gates are $110.00. The rig I made........ was $10.00.
