Re: Garden gate closing hardware


>Thanks Don,
>
>Your drawings certainly capture the idea, though the one I saw did not have
>a pulley.  I guess the biggest question in my mind is what to use for a
>weight.  Several folks have sent me e-mail privately in response to this
>issue and one of the most creative ideas is to use an old boot filled with
>sand as a weight!  What will gardeners think of next????
>
>Nan
>
>

Living in an old Victorian house, I have saved a number of the old iron
sash-window counter-weights.  A couple of those would certainly work.

Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
Heat Zone #4


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