View of the English Herb Garden and stone work. There's an interesting story about the arch in the background. One of the first thing we had to do at this job site was to move it roughly 12' from it's initial position. OK, that's easy yea, but it had a
Trumpet Vine on each side. We managed to move it and saved the vines, one of them looks very healthy, the other one I'm not as confident; we'll have to wait until next summer.
I loved doing this cedar arch. The corner post are made with 6" x 6"; lateral post are 4" x 4". It's 7' cube (7' x 7' x 7') The top pieces are 2" x 6". It took me roughly 40 hrs to design, built and install.
One of the big issues we had was to save the existing vine (seen in picture). I had promises them that I would not kill it. Well, it survived. The old arch was crooked and too small so we had to support the vine, cut the old lattice install the new arch and then fasten it the the new arch. I called it the 'arch' transplant.
John & Andrew Quigley (cousins) working in the background. John did most of the stonework at this project.
My first sign....
This fence has serves for mainly two purposes, the initial one was to block off a section for the employees so they could have a quiet place for their break. The second reason was to add to the aesthetics of the surroundings. It's made with cedar. The main post are true 5" x 5" post. Next year, a vine will grow on the left side of this fence. I gave my plans to one of my part time employees and told him to make sure he gives it an artistic look; so thanks George Meunier for this fine work.
