Our equine members of the farm began when Johnny the donkey came to us from Stephanie.  Next came Jack, a wonderful former rodeo horse, which was a gift to the farm from national rodeo champion Tuffy Williams.  Later, we acquired a pretty paint horse we named Trigger.

Having these animals on the farm meant we needed a shelter for them.  Initially, the shed row would have two stalls, one for Jack and the other for Johnny.  As with everything here at the farm, the plans grew to include a tack room because we had the left over wood from the chicken coop and pole barn build.

Still having more wood and more ideas, we expanded the shed row to include a birthing stall for the momma cattle.  In the end, the 3 stall + Tack Room shed row measured 8’x10’x44′.

Our desire for the structure was to utilize as much of the materials as we could from scrap and recycled materials.  This would be in keeping with our mantra to repurpose, reuse and renew when ever possible.

The tin for the walls and roofs were sourced from scrap tin found under a tree on the farm which supposedly was the roof from a barn that was torn down years ago.  We also were given tin from a gentleman in New Boston who had a roof destroyed during a tornado like event.

Our goal was to build the shed row and finish it to look as if it had been on the farm for a long time.  The result is a shedrow with the distressed, weathered look which we accomplished using recycled materials.

The interior of the stalls are horse panels purchased at the auction in Idabel.  The gates are 2nds from a local reseller we met in the area and the door was purchased at a liquidator in Texarkana.

Our happiness was to see the horses and cattle take to the shelter during the first rain and cold wind event after installing the roof and siding.

Thank you to Mo, JR, Brandon, Lisa and the youth group at Bowie County Cowboy Church for helping build the shed row.  The animals use it often.