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Hops Trellis is Complete

May 3rd, 2009 travis 1 comment

This weekend I was able to totally complete the hops trellis project.  I have to say, I am really pleased with how this turned out.  It’s not only a fully functional trellis, it also adds some curb appeal to the house (IMO anyway).
First off, earlier this week I hung the cross supports on the 4×4 [...]

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Progress update

April 29th, 2009 travis No comments

Since there is a plague in Mexico, no vacation for me.  In light of that, I’m going to continue to work on my hops trellis.  Last night I cut two twelve foot 1×6’s into six four foot pieces.  On each piece I cut a 10″ angle from the end that left a small 2″ piece.
I’ve [...]

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Hops Trellis Stage 1

April 20th, 2009 travis 6 comments

So this weekend I started my hops trellis project.  It’s been a pretty crazy process because I changed my design once, and when I was at home Depot, I changed it back.  I think for the better, but we’ll see.
Pictured below are the post markers for where my 4×4 posts went.  I purchased 3 8ft [...]

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Hops trellis time!

April 17th, 2009 travis 2 comments

Not to be out done by my toothless neighbors to the south, it’s time that I finally made a proper hops trellis.  With that in mind, I’ve decided on a design.  The picture above is a concept that I am going to use in my design, tonight I am going to make some measurements and [...]

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