Ha-Ha!!  This is toooo funny!!  This one is Farm Job #507 and has been on the waiting list for 18 months.  The front gate fell apart due to termites and it has been such a pain (physical) for Gnome since he has to manually remove the gate every-time we need to leave the farm.  So at long last we have got to this job…Gnome did all the measuring and designing and then we ordered the hardwood.  He said:

“Aha!!  This time I am making one big gate to stretch across so I only need to hinge one side…”

The brand new gate was designed with wheels to take the weight and on paper, it seemed like a practical and well-thought out design.  Well, Gnome put the gate together and…

…we can’t lift it!!  It’s way too heavy.  In the picture you can see the old gate which is really quite wonky and needs replacing.

Okay, so back to the drawing board…Gnome will be sawing the gate in half and we will have two sides to the gate and yes, he will have to hinge both sides.  Oh well, we just have to have a normal gate!!

Gnome:

“…well, not actually that normal!  One side will be longer than the other!”

Ha-Ha, I just had to laugh at that.  Also, the wood has just been freshly cut and not seasoned so they are all bananas.  Whenever Gnome does a wood project, we usually joke about him lining up the bananas!  Nothing is straight and nothing fits despite obsessive Gnome measuring!

Old gate when it was working:

When we have the gate up it will be a cause for celebration.  Some more Harvey’s Bristol Cream, methinks!

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