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Tuesday
June 10, 2025
 

spacer in today's edition
of home repair roulette,
i was watering the garden when i
noticed the grape vines needed room
 to wander and climb, so i dropped whatever
i'd intended to do and started improvising an arbor using
 one of sarah's old armature prototypes and some weathered
trellis pieces we scored off a free list. i never bent wood before,
as evidenced by this kludgy first pass weighting with hammers and bungees
before graduating to a more methodical approach clamping from arch top to ends,
 soaking the slats with garden hose every step and then fastening with 1/4" carriage bolts.