Phyllis and Jim wrote:

Weathered wood in southern sun and humidity...disaster. Even
'treatment' only stops mildew etc. It does not protect from sun and
degeration. Must be that (very) northern climate....

We had bare wood in Syracuse...

Sun ? Who gets sun :-( I did mention that the irises just finished
blooming, didn't I. It's been a miserable summer, so far. At least, it
hasn't been a disastrous one, as it has been for so many others.
--
derek