Garden Arbor Construction, Part 9
Liz and I focused a lot on the arbor arches tonight, after work. While I got them sanded down a bit more yesterday… there was still a lot of material remaining. And a lot of fine-tuning still needed.
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Yard Planting, Continued
I set up shop and did a bit of sanding on the arbor arches. Liz ended up continuing to lay out, plan, and plant more things around the arbor.
Garden Arbor Construction, Part 8
My initial thought was to mark this all out on a piece of masonate, and to cut it with the jigsaw. Using the masonite as a template, I’d just trace this over the wood to get all four pieces.
Garden Arbor Construction, Part 7
After work today, Liz and I decided to race the light and try to get the trellises built for the arbor. We had all the material lying around from our materials run, so it was just a matter of doing the measurements and making the cuts.
Initial Planting
More work in the backyard, with a lot of the soil tilled and amended. While a lot of our soil is generally really rich and great, the areas here have been hard and dry. So much so, that it’s really difficult to even get a shovel in.
Moonure
On the list: several bags of Moonure. After picking up all these bags and loading them in the car, I had to fight the urge to text Liz that I was “finally done with all this shit.”
Backyard Cleanup
After our adventure with the sod cutter last week, we still had a lot of clean-up to deal with in the back yard.
Sod, Here and Gone
While I was busy returning the sod cutter, Liz was doing all the real work (and heavy lifting). She rolled up and relocated all the sod we cut up.
After the Sod Cutter
Liz, showing off her Covid hair.
Renting a Sod Cutter
This thing… was actually quite stressful for me to procure. It must be my planning and default stress, but the whole process was a bit daunting. The thing is around 300 pounds, and I was worried about transporting it to/from Home Depot.
Garden Arbor Construction, Part 6, and Espalier Posts
Our goals for the arbor today were pretty modest: get in the bottom 2×4 cross braces (with pocket screws) and also get in the top 4×4 cross beams.
Garden Arbor Construction, Part 5
Despite it being a Friday, Liz and I opted to suit up after work to put in a bit more time getting the arbor in order. We wanted to get some concrete in for the posts (and to also figure out how much more concrete we needed to purchase, in the event we needed more).
Garden Arbor Construction, Part 4
At the end of the work day today, Liz and I headed out to do a bit more work on the arbor. The weather turned on us, and we ended up working a bit in the rain.
Mr. Squirrel Gets a Cashew
Ever since we put up our fence, we’ve referred to the top of it as “the fence highway.” All manner of animals (squirrels and cats primarily) seem to use it as a causeway to get from yard to yard.
Garden Arbor Construction, Part 3
With our post holes dug, today we focused on getting the arbor posts situated and fixed in place (mostly). We spent a good portion of the morning talking at the kitchen table, going over our approach and how to best figure out the placement of things.