Hog Panel Arbor ...Bittersweet has grown!
jeannespines
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Comments (20)I'd been searching/pining for an arbor for 3 years. I finally decided to go with the hog panel, but the local farm store charges $65 for delivery plus $35 or so for the panel. Then I saw roof supports (like Deb's arbor above) on Craigslist); $50 for 4 of them (2 plain and 2 "double" with right angles.) Had to drive an hour to get them, but I'm SO THRILLED! Bought cement to anchor them for $10. Now I just need to figure out sides and a top--I'll probably just use rebar. Anyway, I'm sure the next arbor will be hog panel but for now I'm good to go. Thanks again to everyone for their input! I'll be ordering my Hardy Kiwis this week and starting work next weekend!! Ann...See MoreBittersweet Hog Panel Arbor
Comments (16)Thanks, GJers, for your comments! We've had 4 hog panels sitting around for years...one I use as a gate to compost pile...and my DH cut 3 more in half (to 8' sections) & I'm using them in my garden this yr. to try to grow vining plants on them...gourds, pumpkins, cukes, etc. They're definitely "bent up"...but this arbor turned out pretty good, I thought...lots of tugging & pulling to shape it up! luna...looked up Jill MacKay's book on library sites in this area...not listed...so will try to inter-library loan it...sounds interesting. purplemoon...great mushroom idea...like the pic! susieroses...Bittersweet is awesome in the Fall...it dries into red/orangish seeds in pods...I hope it grows for me...this is my first try at it! I have a pc. in my china closet with Jewel Tea Autumn Leaf dishes...look those up sometime...nice and fallish! desertrat...I don't know who posted originally...but I liked the idea...so have fun with yours...sounds like a great project for your doggie yard! Link below that I looked at for instructions...but used fence posts instead. Thanks all for sharing comments! Jeanne S. Here is a link that might be useful: Hog Panel Arbor site...See MoreSteel Arbour vs Vinyl Arbour
Comments (9)I've got white vinyl windows, we call it UPVC here... although they are leaded with a black crossword type pattern... I don't have arbours but I do have obelisks and I chose black steel for all of them, and the pattern on them reflects the black leading on the windows too.... however, to be fair, I didn't have much of a choice as they usually come in black and not white.... but I think I would have had too much white going on and find that black blends in very well especially with all the pink and light coloured roses that I grow, including white... ...I wouldn't care for a white rose on a white arbour, personally... so white might limit your choice of roses or other plants, if you are sensitive to that... I like a contrast... so I'm happy with black... ..I should add that, it's best to go with your heart's desire, as you'll make it work for you whichever you choose...I think so... This post was edited by Marlorena on Sat, Jan 10, 15 at 12:50...See MoreWild hogs
Comments (16)Initially when I first watched the video, I thought it was a young mountain lion, but the mountain lions I've seen here (only 5 over all our years here, and only 2 up close) all had a larger belly that hung lower to the ground, so I had to think about that compared to this one. The slender belly just looks wrong. Of course, I've never seen a half-starved mountain lion and perhaps they do get that slender when they aren't eating well. Then I had to wonder if it was an albino mountain lion, would it maybe have impaired vision or eyesight that might keep it from being good at hunting, which might explain the lack of weight. If it is a big house cat, it is a huge house cat. Given that the video was shot from some distance away and the cat still seems a good size, I wonder about the theory it might be an extra-large house cat. When I shoot a video or photo of our cats with a cell phone camera from that big of a distance, they are a lot smaller than this cat. Granted, our cats are only average sized felines. We have had maine coon cats before that did get big enough to maybe trick you into thinking you were seeing a bobcat with a long tail, but they weren't big enough for anyone to mistake for a cougar in terms of size....not even a youngish cougar. Honestly, by the time I had watched the video 2 or 3 times, I was thinking its gait was almost more like a leopard....not that I think there are leopards running around in east Texas either. I'm just saying that is more what the body shape reminded me of. Again, though, more of an immature one. Every time I watch the video, my opinion changes, which means I just cannot see enough to conclusively feel strongly about what it is one way or another. Our bad cougar year was a drought year and the ground was rock-hard and we didn't find any tracks. Given that far northeast Texas has been almost as wet as eastern OK, I wonder if anyone has followed the path this cat walked and tried to find, photograph and measure the footprints. Have they looked for scat? Or, for as often as it is supposedly being seen over the last couple of months, has anyone searched for white tufts of fur on a fence? We never found tufts of fur here either, but only looked on the fence near the garden and between our place and the place next door as all the other fences it would have crossed were deep in the snakey woods and it was summertime. I even considered it might be an atypical bobcat if it is possible that an atypical bobcat could have a tail that long. While we've seen a lot of atypical bobcats the last few years, none of them have had really long tails, though some have had tails a lot longer than typical bobcat tails. And, all the bobcats we've seen this year have been typical in coloring, size, tail, etc. so maybe our run of atypical bobcats is over. I also noticed in various reports that they mentioned killed or injured livestock. I wish they would have said what size the killed livestock was. Lots of things can kill a calf or kid, but if it was a full-sized cow or large goat, knowing that might make a difference. And the injured ones? A full-sized mountain lion is more likely to kill than to just injure something and move on. The mystery makes this interesting. I am hoping maybe someone's game/trail camera will catch a better image....See Moredesertrat1
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9 years agoWe made hog panel arbors, but we cemented 4 4x4s, then bent the panel. On each side we built planting beds with landscape timbers. We also predrilled the landscape timbers and drove large metal spiles through them so nothing could move. Both arbors have endured hurricanes Rita and Ike. We also built gates to mount on the 4x4s.
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