Things You'll Need:
- Fence Rails
- Stainless Wire
- 1 x 1 strips
- galvanized screws
- screw driver
- shovel
- tape measure
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Step 1
First you need to pick a nice, sunny, flat area for your grape arbor location. Locate the area of the first post. Dig a hole as wide as you need to and 18" - 24" deep. Frost line in my area is 18" you may want to go a couple in inches below frost line.
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Step 2
Set your post in the hole and back fill tamping dirt as you go. the best post to use are fence rails, local garden centers sell relatively cheap. once the first post is set, measure 8 ft and repeat set of next post. Do the same for the third post. Use stainless wire to span post every 24" up, so as the grape vines have something to cling to. Stainless wire will not rust. You can also use 1"x1" wood strips instead of wire for a better look.
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Step 3
Repeat these steps, with a second set of posts approximately 8 feet to the side of the already set posts. Then connect across the top at each post. When conecting wire, strips or post use a 3" galvanized wood screws and put 2 at each connection point. This grape arbor should give you years of support for grapes vines.
Comments
pinchy said
on 11/7/2009 great tips for building a grape arbor!
maureenberger01 said
on 10/28/2009 Great Article. From your previous post the pruning now grape arbor. Wow I will try this...Nice post *r and Recommended
Magentaslb said
on 10/28/2009 Beautiful... wish I had a yard to put it in! 5*s and rec
evascarlet said
on 10/27/2009 This is beautiful! (And something that I could probably never in a million years pull off, lol) Great info on building a grape arbor
JoyNmyHeart said
on 10/14/2009 Between this article on building a grape arbor and the one on pruning grape vines, I will be having some tasty grapes in no time...ok, 2-3 years :-)