Pallet and cattle panel shelter

A quick, inexpensive way to build a shelter out of recycled wooden pallets, t-posts, cattle panels and a tarp. #HBN

Shelter

Livestock shelter

This weather has been incredible and we've been working on getting garden plots ready, getting supplies for temporary greenhouses and build...

Using pallets, cattle panels, and a tarp I built a small barn, or out building in an afternoon.

Building with free wooden pallets is economical and better for the earth. Here are a couple of ideas of how pallets can work for a farm or yard.

The imminent arrival of my first llama prompted me to research an inexpensive way to expand my existing shelter. I wanted to be able to accomplish this project myself as it needed to happen quickly…

An outdoor multi-use structure! Greenhouse, storage, calf barn, chicken coop. Made with pallets, stock wire panels, and tarp.

There was a discussion on the Shetlands list about how to make an inexpensive shelter for sheep out of cattle panels, T-posts, and a tarp. We redid our T-post shelters this summer so I thought I would post these photos of the ram shelter. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words! This shelter is made with two cattle panels, you can use as many as you want. We've used this two panel size to house about 5-6 Shetland rams over the winter...it keeps them out of the wind and rain and snow…

The pallets were completely free and comprise most of the structure. The 2x4s used were approximately $32, roofing $120, T-posts $28. If we had had a sourc...

We built this awesome greenhouse with us and other people like us in mind. If you have a little knowledge of building things with your hands you can do...

I've mentioned that we have a doe due to kid this Friday. Currently she shares a shelter and pasture with all of our other goats- including the buck. We had planned to get another shelter up and another yard fenced well before now, but when you have five kids- one of whom is just over 1 yr old, and a husband that works 6 days a week, sometimes things don't get done. There is only so much you can do with a baby on your hip or during one hour of daylight in the evenings and 1 full day a week…

Cattle panels are a heavy gauge galvanized welded wire fencing material that are typically 50″ x 16′ with varied spacing. There is a shorter version called “hog panels”. There is also a horse version with uniform 2″x 4″ spacing and a goat version with 4″x 4″ spacing, both of which are more expensive given the […]

Cheap shelter with cattle panels, tarps, and corral panels.

Learn how to make a quick pallet shelter that is quick and inexpensive! Great for a run-in shed for goats, horses, alpacas or any other farm animal!

How tough is a cattle panel greenhouse? This video answers that question.

16x20 walkthrough shelter 8 pallets (free) 16 Tpost ($4.99 ea) 5 cattle panels ($26.99 ea) 16x20 agricultural tarp ($64.99) 16 u bolts to secure...