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6-27-2020 Finishing Up

2020 PERGOLA PROJECT June 5, 2020 Friday We decided to get a 12 x 12' pergola kit that we could build to fit over my 6 x 8' greenhouse. Even with lots of shade cloth the poor plants often have well over 100 degrees to tolerate.  Ray also wanted more places to put his solar panels, so we can fix 2 problems with one project. We know already that working over the greenhouse means that we will not be able to measure diagonals, but the foundation is fairly square, so we will work from that until we have the girders in hand. Before, lots of shade cloth. Scaffold ready to help Working on the 4 holes for the posts. Digging the 4 holes in lots of clay and rocks is not easy. Using old hand tools is easier than attaching the post hole digger to the tractor. Delivery was delayed for 2 days but finally got here. F irst look at the 14' long package- 950 pounds of pergola. The wood is Canadian Red Cedar, kiln dried and surprisingly light. It was shippe

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