Just before the turf was laid we also got a trellis built and installed for the front of our house. It was to hold some type of flowery vine to make the place look nice as well as supply shade for when we were downstairs.
Watching it being installed was a lot of fun due to the cool welder (both man and machine) that we employed.
It had only just started to take hold when we came back to Australia so here is an update 9 months down the track.
Like the lawn I would not say I was completely satisfied with the result however I was quite happy and know that after a good wet season the lawn and the trellis will look amazing. As Martyn said in a comment he left on my post about building it “The next time you visit your home the trellis will be so green and bushy you’ll wonder if there’s any metal under there at all.” Okay, so maybe not this trip but definitely the next one!
Very nice…always amazed how quickly things grow in Thailand !!
…………and now the next job should be to varnish these nice Steps and Rails !!!!
Yes, good point – they really are looking a little worse for wear and need a good scrub and varnish. Will put it on the list!
These plants are amazing. I lived in thailand for a bit, but did not build wonderful trellises like this. Nice work!
Andrew – The vines are slowly but surely taking a grip and it won’t be long before the poles disappear beneath them. However I’d like to raise one small concern. The concern is about just under one metre long. Hopefully the concern is only that size.
A long while back I was reading about a snake catcher in Bangkok. Basically the guy got called to houses where dangerous snakes had got inside. He got them out. Cobras, pythons and all. Anyhow, his advice was that to help stop snakes getting into houses you should keep all tree branches and shrubbery at least one and a half to two metres away from windows. Looking at your photos the vines are bang smack up to your balcony. Isn’t that an unwanted step ladder and a cue for hysterical screaming?
Thanks for the link.
Hysterical screaming? Mate, I wouldn’t have time to scream as I would be too busy doing a kamikaze dive off the opposite balcony if any kind of snake tried coming into my house! I simply hate them, there is no other way to describe my loathing for them.
Having said that, yes you are correct and I must admit I had not thought about it when it went up. The reason for not thinking about it thugh is that I have never seen a snake in the village or heard any stories of neighbours ever having snakes around their homes. They simply have all been killed and eaten and the few remaining ones are way out in the bush or rice fields. Well, that is what I am telling myself anyway!
Andrew – I heard the same stories in Wilai’s village, no snakes and all that. On my last trip I arrived sporting eyeglasses for the first time. The first two days I saw two snakes in our garden, one with a frog in its mouth. I was so scared I didn’t even think of grabbing my camera.
A good throw of a cricket ball from mid-on would see most snakes off. Do they sell cricket balls in Ubon?