I made this with the help of grace crabb and bob shaw at the centre for alternative technology s coppice crafts course.
How to make a gate hurdle. Once you have cut the round wood into the sizes you need to split it with a froe. This is how i made the gate. To make this gate you ll need the two end pieces the three cross pieces and the four smaller uprights across the bottom of the gate. Demonstration of starting to make a hurdle from scratch.
Make the stairs a no go area for your crawlers so that they do not fall off the stairs and get themselves hurt. How to make a basic hurdle gate. Alan a tutor from natural england formerly english nature shows how to make a hurdle on a free course held at a beautiful nature reserve. During the five days we learnt how to split and turn wood make charcoal and weave a wattle all of which more later.