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mike taylor

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It starts by cutting a r panel in half . Then I cut 6 -4/4 post at 28 inches . Installed post in the ground . Screwed the metal to the post. Then built the other wall . Put in some PVC pipe for hides and a water bowl. I cut the enclosure in half with a big log for a sight barrier . These guys are trying to escape like crazy . They can't !That's what's awesome about using metal. They can't grip it like they can wood or stone . It took me about three hours to build this . At a cost of 4 dollars . I took all my scrap metal to the recycling place . They paid me 30 bucks . I used that money to by 2 4/4 post and 5 1/6 boards . I was 4 dollars shy so I had to break the ole pocket and add 4 more bucks for a total of 34 bucks . It helps to have a pile of metal . All this r panel is reused material off an old car port . So it's cheap to build with and goes up fast . The best part it doesn't fall apart in a few years . All my enclosures are behind my mother's mobile home . We had to move her on our property after Hurricane Ike .Her house got all smashed up . Makes for the perfect chill spot from my parents.IMG_20180316_132300420_HDR.jpgIMG_20180316_134750967_HDR.jpgIMG_20180316_144206703_HDR.jpgIMG_20180316_144201389_HDR.jpgIMG_20180316_144152382_HDR.jpgIMG_20180316_154144547_HDR.jpg
 
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It starts by cutting a r panel in half . Then I cut 6 -4/4 post at 28 inches . Installed post in the ground . Screwed the metal to the post. Then built the other wall . Put in some PVC pipe for hides and a water bowl. I cut the enclosure in half with a big log for a sight barrier . These guys are trying to escape like crazy . They can't !That's what's awesome about using metal. They can't grip it like they can wood or stone . It took me about three hours to build this . At a cost of 4 dollars . I took all my scrap metal to the recycling place . They paid me 30 bucks . I used that money to by 2 4/4 post and 5 1/6 boards . I was 4 dollars shy so I had to break the ole pocket and add 4 more bucks for a total of 34 bucks . It helps to have a pile of metal . All this r panel is reused material off an old car port . So it's cheap to build with and goes up fast . The best part it doesn't fall apart in a few years . All my enclosures are behind my mother's mobile home . We had to move her on our property after Hurricane Ike .Her house got all smashed up . Makes for the perfect chill spot from my parents.View attachment 233224View attachment 233225View attachment 233226View attachment 233227View attachment 233228View attachment 233229

Now ya need to get busy planting.
 

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Yeah, I'm going to Home Depot to get some mulch and other stuff . I'm thinking mixed greens .
 

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It starts by cutting a r panel in half . Then I cut 6 -4/4 post at 28 inches . Installed post in the ground . Screwed the metal to the post. Then built the other wall . Put in some PVC pipe for hides and a water bowl. I cut the enclosure in half with a big log for a sight barrier . These guys are trying to escape like crazy . They can't !That's what's awesome about using metal. They can't grip it like they can wood or stone . It took me about three hours to build this . At a cost of 4 dollars . I took all my scrap metal to the recycling place . They paid me 30 bucks . I used that money to by 2 4/4 post and 5 1/6 boards . I was 4 dollars shy so I had to break the ole pocket and add 4 more bucks for a total of 34 bucks . It helps to have a pile of metal . All this r panel is reused material off an old car port . So it's cheap to build with and goes up fast . The best part it doesn't fall apart in a few years . All my enclosures are behind my mother's mobile home . We had to move her on our property after Hurricane Ike .Her house got all smashed up . Makes for the perfect chill spot from my parents.View attachment 233224View attachment 233225View attachment 233226View attachment 233227View attachment 233228View attachment 233229

The only thing I didn't like with the metal, (and this was with sulcata)is if knocked into, they can get noisey. They also can get pretty hot, which can be a plus or a minus.
 

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I don't have a problem with the white metal with heat problems . Plus everything is shady. As far as noise you have to put dirt in between the panels .
 

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Evening folks!
Bacic question here. Am I the only one to have finally, just tonight watched the movie,
“I Tonya”? I had a down turned grin at the meer idea of watching that movie, heckfire! I live here and remember clearly all the tv had showing was coverage about the “event “ and I didn’t own a tv at the time!
Watching it was great, it made me remember some of the places I lived at the time. The people I knew the relationships. And the movie itself was just plain good. Sad but good.
 

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Being semi agoraphobic, and really, really hating crowds, this picture gives me the willies:

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It's a crowded ship bringing American troops back to New York harbor after V-Day, 1945.
 

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Being semi agoraphobic, and really, really hating crowds, this picture gives me the willies:

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It's a crowded ship bringing American troops back to New York harbor after V-Day, 1945.
I think I would have jumped overboard if I was forced to spend more than 10minutes on that ship!
 

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Today I worked on the turtle pond and found this guy under the liner upside down.upside down redbelly.jpg I don't know how long he has been in this situation or how he could even get upside under the pond liner below the normal water level.
 
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