Oh tall and handsome garden gnome, won’t you please, please assemble my new cedar arbor (eBay!) so that my vines have a place to grow?
Graham comes to the rescue…
Is it done?
Yes, done! Story and David approve of how Graham handles his wood in front of onlookers…
So erect! Thanks, garden gnome!
Tags: construction, garden
Was a black t shirt the required uniform? And how did you get an arbor on Ebay? Link please!
yes. but only because nudity is out of the question in our very exposed (heh) backyard. http://threemanproducts.com these guys sell through eBay. pretty affordable compared to what I’ve found locally. :)
Black t-shirts are the required uniform for ALL of us post-punk/alterna-kids… loser!
How many people does it take to put together an arbor kit in 2010?
4.
1 to build it, 2 to watch/inspect and a 4th to take pictures and blog about it.
And oh, uncounted masses to read about it.
Hello 21st century.
not sure about the “masses” part there, john. likely more like three occasional readers. four at most.
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