InstantForum.NET v4.1.2Hobby Farms Forumshttp://board.hobbyfarms.com/forums@bowtieinc.comFri, 16 May 2008 03:40:34 GMT20http://board.hobbyfarms.com/Topic1104-6-1.aspxRed Green claims duct tape is "the handyman's best friend"; if that's so, flexible nylon cable ties are the hobby farmer's best friend bar none.</P><P>I use cable ties (long, inexpensive, skinny nylon strips with a zip-type fastener at one end) to hold things together until I can perform a proper fix. Like when the bucks bashed the gates and knocked the mesh part loose from the pipe frames--cable ties to the rescue!</P><P>Or, to throw up a quick, effective, temporary windbreak for the ewes with lambs, cable-tying plastic tarps to a section of woven wire fence does the trick.</P><P>The possibilities are endless! Many people use snippets of baling wire or baling twine for temporary fixes (I've done it many times myself) but they tend to look pretty shoddy. White cable ties do the job even better and they don't create an eyesore at all.</P><P>SueSat, 22 Mar 2008 07:34:02 GMTSue Weaver