Laminarman
Gold Member
We broke ground on our new home, and in the front of our two acre lawn is an old overgrown grape vine. It was growing up a 15' maple, but I took that down, and cut the vine back last year. The area where the vine lays, measuring about 10'x20' slopes sharply downward. Therefore, any sort of arbor would look angled sharply downward at about 20 degrees. I'm thinking of a fence system of cedar posts and heavy guage wire. The house will be French Country style, and this grape trellis will add some character. Plus it's very old, and part of the original farmstead. I'd like to keep it and showcase it, as the farmer who owned the property is giving me some old black and white photos from the 1970's when it was a working farm. He planted the grapes at that time. I've attached some photos.
This first photo shows before I brush hogged and with the grapes tangled in the tree. It doesn't look it, but it's steep enough there you can't drive a tractor easily where the vine is.
This first photo shows before I brush hogged and with the grapes tangled in the tree. It doesn't look it, but it's steep enough there you can't drive a tractor easily where the vine is.
