Shelter in a storm

Wet, cold and dirty - Eclipse

The boys have no shelter in their new paddock, and although I know they don't always like going inside a shelter, I wanted them to have the option in the rain and wind. 


We purchased a small double-door shed, and then did some paddock clearing to find the best place for it.  We have lots of ghost gums, so we can't put the shed under those as the large boughs often break off (hence their nickname of 'widow makers').  The rest of the paddock is a bit hilly, and at one end there are blackberries and marsh...hmmmm...

We decided to build it adjacent to the boy's pen, so that it would form one side.

Putting the panels together

 We had to wait until the weather was ok, we have been having some windy days, and I didn't fancy trying to hold up shed panels in the wind!

Husband and I worked hard to erect the shed, with little one trying to help.  I hate following instructions...I do better with IKEA stuff (just pictures)...Husband is just as bad, so we were both dreading putting the shed together.  We laid everything out and in the end there was only one piece missing! 2y.old had run off with it and shoved it into the water trough.

In the end it was very hard to erect on a hill, with gradients in two directions, but we did our best.

Just have to cut these planks away...

I had to laugh at the boys who were very scared of their new shelter.  I lined their buckets up near it, and they tried very hard to stretch their lips into the bucket and eat whilst keeping their eyes on the shed (I don't know who or what they thought was going to come out of it!!).  They all were very uneasy, but later they cushed outside in the sunshine :)