Grapevine Renovation

We picked up a grape plant somewhere about 5 years ago, long before the pergola was built. It sat around for a week or two in a pot, then my husband stuck it in the ground *right* at the base of our biggest apple tree. Well, it stayed alive, which was his objective, but it also shot right up that apple tree like nobody's business and got hopelessly entangled. It was waving out above the tallest branches by a good foot or two.
So we've been arguing for a few months now about what should be done. He wanted to save the grape. I didn't mind saving the grape, but wanted to save my apple tree. He thought he could untangle the vine from the tree and save both. I thought that the attempt would probably cause enough trauma to kill both.
So this is our compromise - we cut the vine off about 8-12' off the ground, at whatever point it became entangled badly enough to preclude extraction without injury. We bundled the vines together and secured them every foot or two with an old ripped up tshirt. Then we routed the whole mess away from the tree and up the pergola, and secured it with more ripped up tshirts.

So now we'll see!

Daily Dose Of Paint Fumes

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Flipped

Finished painting my chair this evening.

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Renovated

The can says wait 24 hours for it to dry, so I figured I'd wait til tomorrow to flip it over and paint the underside.

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Mid Renovation

I didn't have enough paint to finish, but I just wanted to get an idea of how it would look.

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Scenery

Pergola, half a patio, outdoor furniture. Pond on far side.

Pond from far side, still lots of weeds (especially wire grass) to be pulled out.

Pond from near side, wiregrass and weeds in foreground, unfinished greenhouse in background.

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Rust

This is what parts of my outdoor furniture look like. I bought some Naval Jelly to try on it.
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This Is Going To take Forever

This is after I actually already put quite a bit of work into it. I think tomorrow I'll go buy a wire brush attachment for a drill.

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