create create create

Last week my friend Jodi told me she thought I could make a trellis.

Yesterday my Dad told me to be sure to pre-drill the second board I was drilling into, in order to create a strong support structure.

Louis, my favorite mountain man friend, directed me to hex screws after my “I’m a Stripper” post yesterday. I balanced all of my weight (torque per dad) over the drill and the hex screws worked like magic.

Now I just have the fun decorating/finishing touches left.

TWO suns. The sun reflected a few times in a weeping grape vine on the trellis project. What a beautiful moment in a fun day.

TWO trellises- cheers!

Is there a character called Shadow Face?

I can’t wait to unravel the vines from the flimsy small metal structures on either side of the new trellis and train them up the sides. The flowering vines outgrew the small metal supports a few years ago.

I tried to wrap smaller grape vine around the trellis, but it wasn't covering the boards as much as I'd like.
I grabbed some thicker branches that were easily fastened to the boards and covered them nicely.
Tomorrow I'll take most of the grape vine off and start my new layering technique.