We started this project at the beginning of summer......it's still not done but I wanted to share.
I'll have to re post the exact measurements. Our plans are to completely enclose the entire top with light weight screen panels that my hub is going to make. We started with chicken wire but I didnt like the look of it and was fearful of a branch smashing through and messing stuff up.
We rented a trench hole digger and split the cost with a friend that used it right after we did.
Craig dug it down 12 inches. He's such a ham
[img=640x480]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/ILUVENTURTS/100_0882.jpg[/img]
Putting the walls up was fun...the gnats were in swarms...breathing was hard....it was like snorting bugs :blink:
[img=640x480]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/ILUVENTURTS/100_0883.jpg[/img]
The wood is 4 ft fencing that we sunk a foot into the ground. To get in I have to use a couple of stools. I'm not sure how I'm going to fix that. Its a bit of a pain but I want it tall to make it harder for someone to steal them...especially after the panels get put on....They will be locked.
[img=640x480]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/ILUVENTURTS/100_0891.jpg[/img]
In the first enclosure on the left are my Hermanns. I now have a little blue kiddy pool with a couple of spotted turts in the pool. The Hermanns just crawl around it
The second enclosure from the left is a Russian pen . The 3rd is another Russian pen and the 4th is kind of empty except when its HOT out and I put the 2 Big boy Leopard torts I have, in there. I also have another blue pool in there with my female spotted turtle in it. I'll get some up to date pics tomarrow ,weather permitting. Ive had to replant several times now because they totally mow it down.
Thanks to Hubby Craig for all the hard work .
Thanks for looking
I'll have to re post the exact measurements. Our plans are to completely enclose the entire top with light weight screen panels that my hub is going to make. We started with chicken wire but I didnt like the look of it and was fearful of a branch smashing through and messing stuff up.
We rented a trench hole digger and split the cost with a friend that used it right after we did.
Craig dug it down 12 inches. He's such a ham
[img=640x480]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/ILUVENTURTS/100_0882.jpg[/img]
Putting the walls up was fun...the gnats were in swarms...breathing was hard....it was like snorting bugs :blink:
[img=640x480]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/ILUVENTURTS/100_0883.jpg[/img]
The wood is 4 ft fencing that we sunk a foot into the ground. To get in I have to use a couple of stools. I'm not sure how I'm going to fix that. Its a bit of a pain but I want it tall to make it harder for someone to steal them...especially after the panels get put on....They will be locked.
[img=640x480]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/ILUVENTURTS/100_0891.jpg[/img]
In the first enclosure on the left are my Hermanns. I now have a little blue kiddy pool with a couple of spotted turts in the pool. The Hermanns just crawl around it
The second enclosure from the left is a Russian pen . The 3rd is another Russian pen and the 4th is kind of empty except when its HOT out and I put the 2 Big boy Leopard torts I have, in there. I also have another blue pool in there with my female spotted turtle in it. I'll get some up to date pics tomarrow ,weather permitting. Ive had to replant several times now because they totally mow it down.
Thanks to Hubby Craig for all the hard work .
Thanks for looking