Made the pitching boxes official size in the shop with the ends screwed into each other. Took those out to the back yard and dug out little trenches just deep enough for the 2 x 4 boards it is made of to set into the ground just slightly above ground level. This would allow easy mowing around the area other than at the backbaord where we use a week whacker.

The backstops - they're two pieces of 2 x 8 cut in half. This makes it slightly higher and wider than a official regulation back stop, but I play with my kids. I figured I paid for the entire boards, the extra height and width would be better protection for them and myself. These pieces were screwed into 4 x 4 fence posts cut to proper length to allow them to be buried into the ground about 18 inches for stability. The fence posts were my old front fence. If you don't have old fence posts, buying a couple of pressure treated 4 x 4's is not too costly.

The "throwing lines" I made out of 2 x 4 pressure treated boards cut to same width as the "male" thowing lines which are the front edge of the horseshoe pits. Officially there is only one additional throwing line - the women's line. Again, I have children so I made another throwing line centered between the two women's lines. That make for 4 different lines to throw from. Surely one suits most anyone to make for a competitive, fair match. These lines are also buried in the ground to allow easy mowing and no one trips over them. I occassionally have to "trim up" the grass and weeds around these lines, but not often.