I haven't even gotten that far! LOL! My plan for the Shetland
stallions is a simple dome for each one, sort of like those plastic calf
hutches you see at some farms but a lot more substantial. We're
fortunate (?! ;-P) to have a pretty good layer of bedrock only a few
inches down; while the clay surface is rather challenging in other ways,
the rock layer provides a good natural base for about any kind of
structure.
Even the Shetlands can be destructive! -- you cannot put a post down in
this terrain and have it stay put against their rubbing it down with
their fannies! LOL! Johnny (DH) built something of a pole shed for the
two old saddle horses, but it is ever-so-slowly creeping down the hill
where he set it. Hence my idea for the domes for starters; they will
stand up better to the elements and the ponies. I will probably have to
experiment with the paper/cement/lime ratios to get a wall sturdy enough
for them.
:-) Joyce in SE Ohio, near "Greasy Ridge" which lives up to its name in
wet weather!
cloud wall wrote:
> Thank you for the welcome,Joyce. My wall hasn't gotten a whole lot
> farther. I wanted to be able to make it out of things that I had,here
> on the farm since, anything I pick up with my truck better be worth
> the gas it sucks up. When I looked at what was here for building, I
> had the poly bags, tons of baling twine, sand and manure. I use manure
> for all sorts of stuff but it doesn't stay put unless there are roots
> from something in it.... that happens all on its own if I don't plant
> something first. I've seeded our whole yard without buying any seeds
> at all. Not that it looks like much with the drought that's going on
> here. Anyhow, the manure is lighter than the sand but I believe that
> it's burnable, too and there's the issue of cleaning it. The drought
> business has taught me alot. Manure dries to a fine and compactable
> powder. That would make a great wall this year but most years, the
> water table here is just a little bit more than 2' so I'm thinking
> that, as available as it is, I'd better stick to the sand. Rock is
> hard to come by in this area and some people have used rubber rock and
> old car tires. I didn't want to do either. I've dug 6" below the
> ground level; drove rebar into the ground to make an outline then
> double layered thick plastic sheeting that I also have alot of in the
> trough and overhanging the edges alot. This gives the bags protection
> from the sun while I'm building and I can cut off the excess when I'm
> ready to cement the wall. That has me worried, too. This wall will be
> exposed to horse~housekeeping. You have shetlands. Mine are drafts and
> draft crosses and they either lean or scratch their butts on
> everything. I think I'd have a melt down if I put all of this work
> into a wall and one of them moved it. So. I'm stuck on the cement
> part. How much is enough to keep them from moving my wall?
> Is one kind better than another??? All questions that hold up the wall
> building.
> Clarissa
>
> *//*
> _._,___
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