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Old 11/25/09, 08:07 PM
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Before & After pics
Some of you may remember that we moved to a different homestead (6 miles down the road) back in August. We down sized due to hubby loosing his job and finding this awesome place! We have been working our butts off trying to get things set up for winter. The weather in October, along with mechanical breakdowns made the project stretch out way longer than anticipated. Well, we did it! The horses and goats are now in their permanent housing with water and electricity....and safety!
Before....and this is even after a little clean up!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9...D550/ry%3D400/
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After!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9...D550/ry%3D400/
The pile of road base has been moved in to the corral and the horses moved in. I'll take more pics this weekend when it's sunny again
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Old 11/25/09, 08:17 PM
 
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wooo hooo! Looks great!!
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Old 11/25/09, 09:37 PM
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Just in the nick of time...the weather is turning fast.
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Old 11/25/09, 09:41 PM
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Looking good. I'm glad things are working out well for you.
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Old 11/26/09, 05:35 AM
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Don't you LOVE seeing the improvements! :banana02: Looking good!!
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Old 11/26/09, 05:47 AM
 
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Yep, looks good. Your hard work is paying off! Great feeling!!!
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Old 11/26/09, 07:06 AM
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Wonderful, you've made real progress.

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Old 11/26/09, 07:14 AM
 
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looks good...the pics show a lot of hard work.
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Old 11/26/09, 08:53 AM
 
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Congratulations on your new place - looks great!

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Old 11/26/09, 09:24 AM
 
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I love to see how people take a bad situation and WORK IT! Keep posting how this has worked out for you because others need to know what to do when their world goes south!
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Old 11/26/09, 09:36 AM
 
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Really nice place! You are surely blessed.
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Old 11/26/09, 10:00 AM
 
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Something to be proud of with lots of hard work, no doubt.
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Old 11/26/09, 11:03 AM
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Good job!
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Old 11/26/09, 12:21 PM
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Wow, gorgeous location!!!!
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Old 11/26/09, 01:51 PM
 
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Looks great and would love to see more pics of how you set up your fencing. I have a big barn and fenced pasture but the previous owner removed all of the pens, the coral, squeeze shoots etc. and I am looking for ideas.
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Old 11/26/09, 03:11 PM
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Looks great and would love to see more pics of how you set up your fencing. I have a big barn and fenced pasture but the previous owner removed all of the pens, the coral, squeeze shoots etc. and I am looking for ideas.
I am hoping to get more pics today. Fencing is going to be a lifetime project. Our corral for the horses is wood & Equifence. 1 strand of Equifence along top board of wood area to keep the horses off it. Then 3 strands along one side and the back. Top and bottom hot. The place we moved from had 5 strand barbless wire with vinyl for the corral. Here is a pic of that.
For horses I like the Equifence much better....and you don't need as many posts.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9...D550/ry%3D400/

Thanks everyone!
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I love it when people take what could have been a disasterous situation and turn it around into something positive!! Congratulations on your move and tenacity to make this a new beginning. All the best in the future
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Very nice and thank you for that Minelson. I have been cruising Craigslist and finding some stuff (like most money is an issue for me) but I am going to check out the Equifence.
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Old 11/26/09, 05:25 PM
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Very nice and thank you for that Minelson. I have been cruising Craigslist and finding some stuff (like most money is an issue for me) but I am going to check out the Equifence.
Money is a huge issue for us! Equifence is not cheap. But it does have a 10 year warranty and the stuff is tough as nails. I like the visability for the horses...regular wire scares me (think cheese cutter) I am a safety fanatic when it comes to the critters...that is what has been the biggest "stress" trigger for me on this whole move. There was just so much junk and potential for disaster. We had 23,000 lbs of junk removed from the property before we moved the horses here. That doesn't include the huge bomb fire out in the field we had with all the old wood (with rusted nails) and junk we burned. The fire was in a 10 ft deep pit about about 30 ft long and scared the crap out of us when we lit it. It was filled to about 5 ft above the rim. I took a picture...we call it "the gates of hell"
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9...D550/ry%3D400/
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Wow, that would freak me out too. We have the remains of an old machine shed and silo out in a pasture we need to burn and I envision the whole pasture going up in flames!!
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