Comments on: Inexpensive DIY Vegetable Trellis

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:09:01 +0000

Thankyou,thankyou,thankyou! What a great and informative article and the pectures are great too. This will be my second year attempting to really put out a garden in Arkansas.I will surely be trying some of these ideas.

By: Pea Trellis Ideas | DigginFood

Pea Trellis Ideas | DigginFood — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:59:51 +0000

[...] shelling pea and snow peas, both of which will need a trellis. Last year I grew my peas up my fence trellis, but there are a ton of ways to trellis peas. I did a little searching online to see what other [...]

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:18 +0000

Pvc pipe is loads much cheaper than wood, and doesn’t rot. Secured at bottom with clamps to railroad ties, use chicken wire and attach to poles for fillspace in between. For peppers of any sort,plant from seed in concrete blocks,turned hole sides up; fill with mulch and good garden soil. Does take more water,however abundance is such that you will have great crops. Doing it this way much easier on bending, let alone few if no weeds at all. Use huge plastic laundry baskets,ie the sort with rope ties, for planting cucumbers,and eggplants…for them to grow upwards, use pvc pipe tied in teepee style..again abundance plentiful. At season’s end, containers are emptied,cleaned and stored inside for next season. Dirt from containers is used with mulch on regular garden plot. Us older gardeners like to keep the garden simple,let alone like using little care for plentiful harvests. To prevent weeds in between garden plot veggies, use up those newspapers,tear strip, (preferably non colored)
to get weeds contained until plants surface enough to do so on their own. This works magically for bean patches,cabbage patches,corn patches, and the like. Wood posts rot, and can bring about bugs you don’t want in your garden. Opt instead for materials which endure,lend good looks to your garden, and cost little. Thanx.

By: val

val — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:08:24 +0000

I have been growing my cucumbers on a wood lattice fence or trellis for years I get real good yield out of them and it gives my cooler weather liking plants much needed shade!

By: Super Simple Squash Trellis | DigginFood

Super Simple Squash Trellis | DigginFood — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:33:39 +0000

[...] off a rockery or out of a large container. This year, I’m growing ‘Trombetta’ up my fence trellis and onto a wrought iron obelisk. If you haven’t grown it before, be sure to put this squash on [...]

By: Garden Sprouts (quick posts from other sites) – June 29, 2009 | Gardening on the Moon ( GOTM )

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:45:38 +0000

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By: Willi

Willi — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:42:38 +0000

CatNitz–Glad you like the idea! We got the mesh at Home Depot.

By: CatKnitz

CatKnitz — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:05:20 +0000

Great idea. Since I live in the Seattle area, could you tell me which hardware store you purchased the welded wire mesh from? Thanks! I often listen to you on KUOW, you and the others are full of fabulous ideas.

By: Annapet

Annapet — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:15:10 +0000

What a wonderful blog! I am growing butternut squash for the very first time, and wanted to see it’s growth habit. Thank you for sharing photos and ideas. I will probably have these babies (just sprouted) climb the deck railing.

By: Nurit - 1 family. friendly. food.

Nurit - 1 family. friendly. food. — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:46:38 +0000

Great idea! yes, the fences look boring otherwise. Your yard looks so gorgeous.