Landscape Carpentry

[Woodbutcher]

OK, here is the finished product (which is how I should have built it in the first place... )



Now to dig holes, put in compost and fertiliser, and plant 2 passionfruit vines...

Nice work, Jim. If I plant something, dogwood will come up. Or poplar. Or pin cherry. Or raspberries. So I settled on raspberries. I get several gallons each year, I just freeze them in one liter bags and thaw them out as required.

[Woodbutcher]

Bella, your arbour is fastened to your house, is it not? You might be able to cut the post and use a deck block under it. You wouldn't have to dig then.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

We had to replace some posts in place once. The CBs cut 5 gallon plastic buckets in half, top to bottom. The rotten part of the posts was cut off. The buckets were placed under the posts and strapped. The Bees then poured concrete into the buckets. Nice solid footing for the posts.