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Ways of making garden gates

 
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Could people tell/show me your methods of making garden gates?  I'll start with what is probably the simplest - but clearly not the most pleasant - method: leaving one fencing free, possibly adding a stiffener to the free end, and tacking it closed with hooks or bungees.  We've been living with that one long enough.    We are expanding our garden and want some better gate options.  I'd love to see other people's methods.

Here is a picture of what I'm talking about.  That's not on a garden, obviously, but instead it's on a "car corral" - a spot for keeping our car safe from rabbits while parked outside.  It's temporary, hence the rather wonky gate.
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Hey there!  I’ve been making good ( and bad) gates for the life of our farm.  Are you looking for pretty?  Are you trying to keep the rabbits out.. but are you also trying to keep anything in? Ie dogs etc.  Please give a bit more.. How high is the garden fence?
 
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My default approach is a pallet on hinges.
 
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With a welded wire fence like yours, I usually leave a gap for a gate ending with a green pole on each side. I than build a simple frame from 2x2's a little larger than the opening, cover it with the same welded wire, and then hold it in place with one bungee cord from side to side.

This one was a little different. The gate opening was near my chicken coop, so I made a "slot" out of 2 pieces of wood on the building and attached the other side with a bungee. (As you can see, I was in the middle of making the fence as I took this picture.)

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Janet Reed wrote:Hey there!  I’ve been making good ( and bad) gates for the life of our farm.  Are you looking for pretty?  Are you trying to keep the rabbits out.. but are you also trying to keep anything in? Ie dogs etc.  Please give a bit more.. How high is the garden fence?



Trying to keep rabbits, jackrabbits, and peccary (javelina) out.  Fence is only about 4 feet high.  No need for pretty.

But the true purpose of this thread isn't just personal, it's more to create a good list of many ways to make gates, for many applications.  So please do share any forms of garden gates you like.
 
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