Building a Cedar Grape Arbor, for next to nothing...

  

     The Lord of the Manor was on a mission. He donned his baseball cap and leather gloves. Armed only with  his sharpened  saw...  into the woods he went. A few hours later he began to drag them out of the hollow..one by one, long cedars  27 of them!!! What a man!

This is the little courtyard we build outside the Potting shed last autumn, using old, old bricks, brickbats and stone. It really needed a Pergola  overhead.

So now you know what those cedars are for. 

The grapes were sitting in their pots simply bursting at the seams and longing for a place to climb.

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              A few days later, they had it..  A wonderful rustic cedar arbor/ pergola.

Oh JOY!

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It has the Peabody boys stamp of approval.

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That's important, because, after all, the Peabody boys will undoubtedly perch atop the rafters to taste test all those divine grapes which will be POURING over the sides this summer! ( I planted 8 vines, yummy!)

 I think it will be quite beautiful once the greens start clambering up the poles and across the top.

It's very simple, but stout and rustic. Just what I like!

Of course, the Lord of the Manor did require my assistance, you know, holding hammers, measuring poles, filling his cup with ice, etc. etc.

I am indispensable. 

 

 Total cost: Under $20

(Nails and gas for the chain saw)

This project took 3 days, that includes the acquisition of all those logs.

AND he also built a raspberry trellis long enough to contain 12 raspberry canes!!!

 I had drawn this arbor months ago for my new book, it is on the copyright page..( I will be painting this soon)

It really belongs to Mamsey Bear.

 And she makes wonderful grape jam...