Recent content by RockHillFarm

Thankfully i can get lots of wood chips and mulch to border the rows. I may have to eliminate the grass between the rows like i have done in the Hops Yard.

I Do have one question about the subsoil. I need to build up the rows between the posts because that whole area is lower than the surrounding grade and is slow draining. So what i thought i would do is build up just the rows itself with piled up composted manure to help the water to drain away...

Well i got the spacing straight after our monsoon rains. Waiting for the auger anchors to get here. It's getting hard to find decent Galvanized stuff anymore. I found a set of 8 Galvanized auger anchors 5/8" x 30 inches for $39.00. I'm going ahead with running the stainless wire i have and get...

I Planned on setting a bunch of long rebar i have leftover from a big project for vine supports. I thought about welding tabs to it to help support the Trellis wire. Yesterday i reset the posts to 20 foot intervals and it gave me enough posts to finish one side of the road and install a whole...

Thanks for the reply. I'll take the intermediate posts out and replant them in the next row. 20 foot spacing sounds O.K. I have 3/16 Stainless Steel wire that should add some strength between posts. As far as the posts goes the taper is so small i can't see the frost heave letting them raise up...

We are starting the installation of Vineyard Trellis in a few open areas of our 23 acre farm. Because these open areas are subject to extremely brutal high/cold winds of Coastal Northern Maine we became concerned with the spacing of the posts. I installed a small section of posts with 10 foot...