It was Gary with a random suggestion one day why don't you make farm gates to sell.
So I did....
Big ones, little ones, I've been busy making them all.
I'm slowly ironing out a good routine now, and for a small gate, I can get that finished in 3 hours. A big gate is 4 hours. A bad Parkinson's day it is 5 plus hours... sometimes I operate at a sloths pace.
My preference is to make 2 or 3 gates a week, as that is what I find manageable with my energy levels, but last week I built 9 gates. An oversight on my part as I had quoted a few enquiries and they all turned into sales.
1 of those gates was made as an extra gate by mistake. I wasn't focusing on what I was doing and I was just about finished when I realized I had made the wrong size... I had a measurement on my brain but it wasn't the right one.
Up until now I have been fielding enquiries from trademe and Facebook. Facebook has been fantastic actually, but we have now updated our website with DWL Farm Gates.
So I think it's official now... I coming out of early retirement with self employment.
Now I must schedule a meeting with the boss about employment conditions.... the amount of splinters I have pulled out 🤣
