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VERY simple shed – low cost, fast build, easy!



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30 Comments

  3. Jessica J

    Wow that does look easy. Is this the same way you created your winter run? I want to make a winter run for my chickens so they are protected from the wind and cold and hawks

  6. Ally

    Love you're easy going ideas that are feasible. Takes a great deal of stress off of building a homestead! Thanks

  8. Thomas Cook

    Oh my gosh… all these years I've wanted a shed to put my summer deck chairs and rainbarrels away in winter instead of packing the garage full. 2 panels would be more than enough room for me.

  9. sdraper2011

    You guys are so lucky, greenhouse plastic doesn't last even a season here in the desert. Our weather just destroys anything like that.

  10. Noah Cashmere

    For a more robust connection, if needed or if you have weaker wire like bailing wire, you can double over a longer piece before twisting it.

  12. FarWood Farm

    I’m so jealous of the abundance of locust up there, here in NC it’s only really available in the mountains.

  14. Huttons Valley Permaculture

    I built one of these polytunnels a few years ago after seeing one of your videos back then and I use it as a growing space. Hadn't though of building one for storage though – will definitely have to build another for this purpose. Thanks again for sharing!!

  16. JD Van Allen

    These cattle panels were about $130 locally last I checked because of the rush to plant gardens during the pandemic and the desire for trellis arches.

    If you can get them for a reasonable price I definitely like this idea! The staves are handy too. I’m planting a small patch of black locust for future use.

    Thanks for sharing all of your tips!

  18. Vonsch

    I built two of these a couple years ago. Have to replace the heavy tarps every two years. UV breaks them down, even the extra think ones I used. Still a deal for storage. Park mowers and assorted junk in them, though one is now repurposed as a dog house for my Great Pyrenees who won't stop scattering planting pots and assorted other mischief. (He's just about one year old, hoping he grows out of his plastic fetish.) I have him tethered to a T-post I used as support. The windstorms here can be brutal. One did collapse the first one I put up that I didn't anchor as well to the T-posts. Lesson learned. Now I drive the T-post down through two sections of the cattle panels. Wind still tries to rip off the plastic though. So far it's help until the UV rot weakened it a lot.

    Cattle panels were $20 each here when I built them. Haven't priced them since covid.

  22. Living Well Farm

    Cattle panels have gone from $20 to $30 here. Still I'm going to build a couple structures like that for my garden. I'll put a shade cloth over in the summer to protect from the extreme Texas heat. Great storage idea!

  23. EdibleAcres

    A note on getting cattle panels…
    A number of people are commenting that they are very expensive now. Before you buy new: ask around, especially to any farms that have pigs, goats and cattle… Do they have old panels around they want to sell? These came from buying 10 panels from a local pig farmer who was downsizing. Total cost was $80 for 10. They had a few bends and kinks but who cares… Explore options with local and regional folks BEFORE you ever aim to a box store!!!
    Also, 'remesh' is a product used in concrete setting. Not the same but not too bad… Any local/used options?
    Any free pallets where you live? Maybe that is a better path forward if you can't find the above.
    Good luck and remember to only ever explore buying new after you've exhausted the found, the repurposed, the used, the repairable! Things will only get more expensive and these practices can make life much more comfortable!

  25. Ronyon

    This looks like a good way to store firewood as well.
    Come summer, you could grow vining crops over the outside.
    Just throw some strands of jute or wire over the top and plant the vines along the sides.
    Anything planted there will receive a little extra water coming off the plastic.

    For people who don't have locust poles available, any metal pipe can be used in much the same way.
    You won't need a 5 foot stake most of the time, even a 2 foot scrap of conduit can be useful.
    I have also bought cedar dog eared pickets from the big box and cut them to make stakes, they are less than 5 bucks a board.

    Recently I've learned that mulberry has a reputation for being rot resistant.
    The are very prevalent here in zone 6a Cincinnati, and they coppice like a champ.

  26. Broad Shoulders Farm

    It’s awesome to me how you guys keep innovating the basic form of the cattle panel greenhouse structure from Texas Prepper 2. Simpler, more complex, whatever comes next, watching the different iterations is really interesting.

  28. WCorporon

    I just purchased three cattle panels from my local Tractor Supply for about $30ea including tax.

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