DIY Garden Arbour in 1 Day! | Transforming My Garden Entryway

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Garden Season Is Here! Greenhouse Makeover Begins with a DIY Arbour

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In this video, I’m sharing my garden plans for the season and taking you along as I build a one-day garden arbour that will act as the official entrance to my favourite green space. It’s the first step in transforming the garden into something magical!

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📖 CHAPTERS

00:00 Garden Plans
08:00 Bombas
10:27 DIY Arbour Build
17:00 Adding Fence
20:32 Installing Arbour in Garden
22:33 Final Arbour Entryway

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It’s greenhouse season. Well, sort of. Today is the first sunny, well, with moderately warm weather attached to it, day that we’ve had in so long, and my green thumb is ready to be itched. No, that’s not how that goes. Okay, let’s move on. Oh, by the way, I also lost a tree in a freak spring. That tree also broke my garden fence, but that’s okay because we are going to build a new entryway fit for green goddess queen. Come, peasant, we have work to do. Editor, roll the [Applause] [Music] [Applause] tape. This video contains an ad for still a little bit too chilly to actually start gardening. That doesn’t mean I can’t start building some things that I want to put in this garden space. So, I thought we could do a little tour, talk about the things that I’m actually going to be adding to this garden space this year, which I’m really excited about. Maybe you guys can chime in. I’d love to hear your thoughts about this and maybe you got some better ideas than me. So, let me know in the comment section below. But, let’s go do a tour. Come out. Okay, so in the garden beds this year, we’re actually going to be making a little bit of a pivot. This is still going to be the tomato haven. This worked out great last year. Jeff actually built this additional piece that sits on top so that we can trail them upwards and it worked perfectly. So very excited to see that come through this year. Now last year I actually did my wildflower garden in this bed. We’re actually going to be migrating the wildflower garden to the back of the greenhouse. We decided that this year this garden bed is going to be filled with broccoli. We’re also doing carrots and we’re going to be trying to grow some lettuce this year. We’re big salad people. We like to eat salad during the week and then junk out on the weekends. So, I’m excited for that. So, that’s a new addition. Over here, we’re going to be doing zucchinis um on the far side. And then we have some cucumbers that I’d like to grow here and here. And then we also have our garlic growing in this area that I planted last year. We got the garlic percolating in the garden bed. And I’m excited. Kenobi, this is not going to help my garlic grow, but I love garlic. No vampires here. You know what I’m saying? In the greenhouse this year, we are going to be focusing on peppers only. Last year, we solely did peppers in here. All kinds of peppers, hot, mild, you name it. Um, and it worked so well. They loved the greenhouse. It gets so toasty in there in the summer. So, I think we’re going to do that again. We made so much hot sauce. We did a mild, a medium, and a super hot. And uh I actually think my favorite was the mild, but we’re going to be experimenting again this year. So I’m really excited for that. But over here in this little garden area, one thing that we realized with the greenhouse is that once we get the peppers going, we kind of lose all of our prepping space. So I talked to Jeff this year and I asked him, “What do you really want for the greenhouse? What would be really helpful?” and he said it would be really nice to have kind of like a prepping table, something where we can have a little bin underneath to catch all the soil so we’re not wasting any soil. So, we we talked about it and we thought that this spot might be the perfect place to do it. So, I think I might be building a prep table right here to this middle thing and then we can do a couple plants and nice flowers on this side. But, yeah, I think this is going to work for us and I’m really excited to see that come to fruition. Still got to build it. Okay. All right. In the greenhouse, even though we are doing the peppers, I thought we could have a little moment in here. It’s uh definitely one of my favorite places on earth. I don’t know how to describe it, but being in here, there’s always just a calmness in this space, and I just always feel at my best when I’m in here. Um it doesn’t obviously look great because there’s nothing in here. We’re just still starting the season, but it’s nice to be in here. We built this greenhouse when I lost a parent that was very close to me and then in January we lost another very close parent to us. So, you know, doing something special for them this year in and around the garden. It kind of feels like, you know, we’re always really creating some kind of memorial for our loved ones. And um I’m excited to uh give my mother-in-law some love this year in the garden space and really feel her again. So, okay, let’s move on. I’ll see you soon, greenhouse. So, this is going to continue to be hydrangeas in here. I love the hydrangeas. I just I really wanted some pink ones to come through, but uh unfortunately, they all came through white, but that’s okay. Vince’s garden here, but look at my lilac bush. She’s budding. Oh my god, the first sign of spring is here. Thank you. You’re giving me hope. Thank you, Lilac Bush. Very excited to see you bloom. And then back here, this little area, I’m going to be digging up all the earth, putting some new soil down, and then I’m going to plant my wild flower garden here. I’m even thinking I can take some stepping stones and then add some stepping stones through the wild garden. So, like as you come to the back, wild flowers both sides. And then, you know, we have our compost back here. So, we’re going to continue to keep that back here. But, yeah, that’s the goal. I’m just living my fantasy life, you know what I mean? My secret garden life. I’m like, some of the windows in my greenhouse also have these open panes. And what a pain that is. So, I was thinking, what if I replace these with some beautiful stained glass pieces? And then, yeah, we have our poor tree. This is kind of one of the most depressing things to ever happen in this backyard. I’m not going to lie, the stump is still here. The arborist needs to come. We just had to wait till the nights are above zero as well as in the day. So once that happens and the ground thaws, uh they’re going to take out all the roots, they’re going to level out the ground and then we’re going to be planting a new tree. Don’t know what that tree is yet, but stay tuned. But look, we have a bunch of firewood. The tree has provided. I don’t know if you guys remembered, uh, way back in the day when I was first talking about building my greenhouse, I was also planning a new fire pit area. Now that the treerees gone, this might be the year to rethink this fire pit and recreate it in a better way that works now that the we have all this open space. Maybe this is that silver lining. So, I don’t know if you guys are excited to see that. Let me know in the comment section below if a new fire pit area might intrigue you. Now, all of the smaller branches are here for firewood, but we did end up saving the main trunk. So, my buddy Rod from Wood Shop on Mil Street came to pick it up. He’s going to process all the wood into slabs for me. So, 6 months from now. Who knows? We’re going to turn it into something. You know, when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. So, when life gives you a fallen tree, you make something with it, I guess. All right. So, that’s the greenhouse ketchup. But, let’s talk about the entryway because that’s what this video is about. The tree ended up knocking down this area of the fence. I’m counting my blessings at the fact that that was the only thing that got ruined when that tree fell. But now we kind of thought, well, we had this original entryway, but I was thinking, what if we kind of redefined this entryway and really gave it the epic entryway that it deserves, that this greenhouse space deserves. So, if we take this area, this piece of the fence down, I’m thinking we build a like the dopest arbor. For me, I just want to feel like when I enter through the arbor, it’s just bringing me into this new garden fantasy world. So, what do you say? Let’s go build ourselves an arbor. Hey, Papa. What did the pirates say to the gardener in spring? Arber. [Music] stay comfy. All right, we need to get building. I got a plan. It’s a very rough plan. We’re going to have a nice little peak, little rooftop. We’re going to add some fencing so that the vines have something to grow on. And uh it’s just going to be like a nice little peaked entryway, like a little little mini house with two cedar boxes on both sides of it. For the cedar boxes, I bought 6×6 cedar boards. I’m also going to be cutting a 2×4 cedar board in half to create the corner structure pieces. And then for the actual arbor itself, I bought a bunch of 2x4x8 cedar pieces. So, let’s go build an arbor, shall [Music] we? to get started on my build. You know, you you got to take a second to reveal your plans. Go in confident like you’ve built 10 of these. You know, I decided the best way to build this was to create the frame for one side of the arbor. And when I was happy with the look, height, and width, then I would make the cuts for the second side. Listen, I am a girl that has a plan, but plans can change. And if any errors are going to be made, let’s do it once, not twice. [Laughter] I’m trying to determine if this feels wide enough or if I need to recut the roof. You know, I got like a good amount of space. I’m thinking of like Jeffree walking through. Let’s try that. May he never watch this video. All right, I’m going to screw these together and then we’ll go from there. Okay, so I understand that some people might want to go the extra mile to hide their screws. But honestly, I don’t know. I’m just not too picky on a structure that lives in my garden space. I think a couple screw holes ain’t going to be a thing that breaks the camel’s back. But hey, you know, to each their own, but this gal ain’t crying over a visible screw hole. I did, however, make sure to pre-drill my holes before screwing everything in. I mean, I may be okay with screws showing, but there will be no split wood on my watch, you know, if I can help it. Yeah, this is going to work. All I got to do now is build a second one. So, let’s build a second one. Boy, do I love a little editing magic. If only it was that easy in real life. Am I right? Keep dreaming. Now, to secure these two frames together, I cut four horizontal supports at 24 in each. Luckily, my scrap cuts worked perfectly for these. It’s like I planned it that way. My goodness. Now, knowing I was placing two garden boxes on each side, I needed to ensure the horizontal supports would sit above that as these supports were also going to eventually hold my wire that would be attached later. So, I’m just doing some visual math here. And I think I made the first support sit 10 in above the garden boxes. Yeah, that seems right. I always love watching how wonderful of a content creator I am when my big old hand gets in the way of the good stuff. But look at that. It was screwed in. [Music] Oh, look. I redeemed myself with a new angle. Crushed it. Okay, I got one side screwed. Now I just have to screw this one to this. I just realized that my footage wasn’t rolling or my camera wasn’t rolling. So, I did add the ridge beam here. I do still need to add some pieces that are going to go here. Uh, but I can do that after these are screwed in. I’ll just knock them in. I’m I’m enjoying this process. It’s [Music] fun. So, I had 16 boards to cut per box. Eight shorties and eight long [Music] boys. And then, like I mentioned, I cut down my cedar 2×4 into a 2 by two to act as the corner braces for my boxes. Could I have just used a 2×4? Yeah, sure. But for the size of this box, I think the smaller supports look nicer and and doing it this way just makes me spend less on materials. So, it’s a win-win. Now, we all know this isn’t my first rodeo when it comes to building planter boxes. Some could say she must be an expert, but the takeaway line of today’s video is being smart is hard. So, this all looks like it’s going well. I’m lining up my boards. I’m pre-drilling and screwing everything in. But what I didn’t realize was that I had my box flipped and uh it was the small pieces that needed to be secured this way, not the long boards. But don’t worry, I realized this mistake in Yep. 5 4 3 2 1. Yeah, there it is. The sweet aroma of DIY disappointment. I mean, is it even a DIY project without a few whiffs of mild regret and pretending it’s rustic charm? I think not. So this time I made myself a spacer. Hey, look at me learning. But actually the easier way to build this was just to build my small sides first, then line up the sides of the longboards because that gap would already be there. But hey, like I said, being smart is hard sometimes. All right, so speaking of smart, I am going to highlight that I was paying attention to the direction of the end grain when placing my boards. As we know, wood can naturally expand and contract across the grain. So, if you line up your boards with the grain curving in the same direction, they might all expand in the same way causing warping or cupping or the whole panel could just bow in one direction. But if you alternate the grain direction, kind of think of the growth rings like a rainbow and then a frown and then a rainbow and then a frown, that movement kind of balances itself out and the whole piece stays flatter over time. [Music] Look at that. We got a little mini house and two planter boxes. Oh, I love it. I love it so much. Planter box number one with some morning glory that’ll go woo. Planter box number two with some morning glory that’ll go woo. I’m super stoked about this. I think it looks really cool. This is what’s exactly my vision. So, I could not be more thrilled. Yay. And it only took me a day. This could totally be a fun weekend project. You could have this in under a weekend. Very fun. All right, I’m exhausted. I’m going to go to [Music] bed. Okay, so Vanessa, check this out. I found the cutest lamp. Lamp lantern lamp. Wow. Isn’t that cute? It’s so cute. I love it. It’s kind of like, you know, in um Chronicles of Narnia with the lamp post. This is my lamp post. You know, like when you enter into Narnia. We’ve got to find Fawn. No, he’s um a sader. A sader. Go to find a seder. Yeah. What’s his name? Uh Tomlin. Tomlin. So close yet so far away. Speaking of Narnia, we got to finish the vision for Narnia if we plan to get there in time. Yeah. I have a bunch of chicken wire. So, what I want to do is I’m going to cut this fence up and we’re going to place it staple it on the inside pieces here. So, the reason why these 2x4s Thank you, Vanna. Um, and place them the way that I did was so that they would sit inside. So, I’m just going to have to cut this up shorter using my wire cutters, my aviation snips. Let’s get snipping. I don’t know why I turn into Sean Conry when I seem to say snips. Sean Connory. I don’t even know who that is. Oh my god. She’s a legend. This is intolerable. Let’s all move past the fact that Vanessa just said that. Uh, if we can. Oh gosh, my nerdy heart hurts. But our first step was to cut the steel fence down to 24 in in width, which with our aviation snips, the process was as easy as buying a baked pie from the grocery store. And that’s a weird analogy, but I can’t help it cuz I’m hungry and I love pie. To attach the fence to the inside, I was using an automatic staple gun, which I was like 87.9% sure it was going to work. And lo and behold, it did. From there, it was just rinse and [Music] repeat. Okay, so we’re done both sides. We need to do the roof, but it’s going to be easier to do this on the ground. So, we’re going to pop this out. Um, now it’s pretty pressure fitted. So, you’re going to have to do one side and I’m going to have to do one side cuz you need to go up. It’s not that heavy, so we should be okay. You want with you? There you go. Wow. It’s the only time that these very tall ceilings haven’t done me well. Go back this way. Bring it down. Here we go. It’s lovely. It’s kind of like a boat indeed. Where are you taking your boat to? Somewhere far away from here. It’s a boat time. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] I’ve always kind of struggled on where this entryway will go because I don’t really want it here because I feel like it’s going to block the view of the greenhouse. I don’t know. I think this might be it, Vanessa. Like I think if I close off this fence area here, like I almost basically just need to move this panel over one and then this can go in that spot. Although like is it going to look weird with this in front of this garden spot? Almost needs to go somewhere maybe. See, I think it’s going to cover my view. Hold on a second. We’re going for a little walk. Hold on. We’re going to go on my porch. Now you see my POV from the porch kind of gets blocked. Like then I can’t see the greenhouse. Okay, let’s move this down a little bit cuz I just want to see am I going to be bothered by the fact that I can’t see some of the garden beds. Like who cares, right? Like we got garlic growing there for most of the season so it’s not going to look so [Applause] hot. There we go. Did that change anything? I can’t hear you. Hold on. Did that change anything? Yeah, that’s better. That’s better. That’s the one. I feel like this is where we started indeed. Great. Well, sometimes you just got to work it out the hard way. You know what I mean? Power of elimination. Exhaust all options. But I was happy with the final location. So, we got to work. Some grass needed to be removed. And the arbor was finally screwed into their respective planter boxes. But of course, we couldn’t forget the cherry on our cake. Adding my red [Music] lampia. Woohoo! We did it. We officially have a new entryway into the garden space. I think she’s cute as a button. And I love this little lantern. Oh, I can’t wait to see this light up. It really feels like my entrance into Narnia. Truly. Right now, obviously, she looks a little plain Jane. But in time, once we get some soil in here, some flowers, this arbor is going to take us away into this greenhouse fantasy. A world where I just want to get lost in my very own secret garden. I love the boxes. I cannot wait to see what we put in these boxes. I’m thinking morning glories because I want something very viny and I want something that’s just going to grow quickly. But what do you guys think? What do you think I should put in these boxes? Is there anything else that grows incredibly fast and will vine? Um, I’m curious to know. Comment down below. My god, I wish it was warm enough to actually stick some flowers in this, but we’re almost there. We’re so close. So, stay with me because more greenhouse content is coming your way. Of course, sending so much love to my Patreon family. I love you guys. If you are looking for a community of DIYers to root you on through your projects, to give you advice, to give you that woo woo, you’re doing a great job. Or hey, maybe you like my content, but you want it early and adree, then my Patreon is definitely the place for you. It is down in the description box. I will see you guys next week. Stay positive, stay creative, love your magic, and keep on diying. Woohoo. [Music]