After moving to my new farm I had some instant work to do. I needed shelters for the horses and goats, somewhere to keep the animal feed and I was quickly realizing that going from 6 acres of pasture to 3 acres of some trees meant I was going to need to feed more hay. A lot more hay. So clearly I needed a dedicated hay shed, but I didn't want the cookie cutter one they sell at the big box hardware stores or to pay my builder to make me one. I knew I had some skills in building (I had built a tree house and chicken coop on my old farm) and a desire to start proving sooner rather than later that I could do things alone. So I did some research and talked with some locals and started hearing about these pallet buildings, pallets are typically free and made of very strong wood and they are all the same size so they stack together well.
It took me some time but I was able to assemble this pile of 40 pallets from my local feed store for free. I read blogs like crazy, made measurements and many trips to Home Depot for ideas and parts but at the end of the day I was able to make this hay shed that holds more bales than I actually need, looks cool on my property and gives me so much joy know I made it with my two hands, a little help and about $600 in material (roofing, siding, posts, etc.)
It worked so well and was so easy to make such a strong structure I recreated the idea for my goats home!
Such useful things these pallets!!
Ella and Claira enjoy their new home, its perfect for goats. They never liked the stalls in my old barn so this open format it awesome and it is big enough for all four of them to pack in together. It's important to keep your heard happy as well as yourself!!
These little buildings are not the fanciest things around but their strong and steady and they remind me daily what I am capable of. These were the first of many projects on the new farm, I really enjoyed putting them together and creating my own little world where I can control what comes here and make sure it pleases me. That is a power like none other, to look around the place you live and just be so pleased with it all. It is not perfect and may never be but the progress feels so good the imperfections don't seem to matter as much. Their just part of the process:)
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