Vine Trellis FAIL
Channel: YttriumNitrate
Date: 2012-11-18

It took a little less than 3 years for the first vine trellis I built to self destruct. In hindsight, it's surprising it took that long. Instead of using heavily pressure treated 4 inch by 4 inch lumber as posts, I chose flimsy landscaping timbers. Portions of the posts were in direct contact with the ground to help them rot faster, and far too many wires were stretched between the posts. In addition to not having a good way to tension the wires, there was no bracing on the posts to counterbalance the pull of the wires between the posts. All of this lead to a trellis that quickly broke.

The trellis is going to be rebuilt substantially stronger than before.