Late last week I started working on the arbor. I constructed one of the tall sides and painted the bottom 3' of it. The idea was to sink the bottom 2' into the soil for stability leaving one painted foot above the ground to accommodate thicknesses of newspaper/mulch. I also constructed and painted a short piece that looks somewhat like a hitching post that will go on the far side of the runner bean box. I'm going to install either nails or deck screws approx 4" apart and create a gridwork lattice for the bean vines to climb.
I sunk the tall side Sunday and sunk the hitching post today in rain that the DC area forecasters somehow missed until after I was in the truck on my way home from the plot.
Sadly, didn't make any progress with sinking the plastic today. Trying to avoid getting sick and didn't want to push my luck beyond the 1hr I'd already spent in the rain this afternoon.
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