Not all of my blacksmith forge projects are big complicated ones. I also enjoy bringing simpler ideas to life.
For this project I made a simple but elegant support frame for a grape vine. It needed to be strong, and capable of taking the all year weight of the vine. It also provides the shape around which the vine will be trained and pruned.
This picture shows the support, which I painted in zinc rich primer and matt black to give it some extra weather protection.
And here it is in the pot with the vine. I have pruned the vine to give the 3 main stems to provide the shape. It will take a couple of years before the vine fills out, but already it looks better than in its old home at the end of the garden up against a fruit cage.
The permanent home will be in the citrus area, which you can just see top left.
