Pat Meadows wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 23:57:54 -0400, Noydb
wrote:


My whole yard, including house, drive and garage is only about 1/8 acre.
Just a tiny little Detroit city lot about 50' by 65'. I have 280 sq ft
under cultivation with 10' tall permanent trellises running down the
center of every bed save one ... and it's going to be retrofitted this
fall.

Thanks for the thoughtful response, which I've read with
great interest.

Putting the trellises down every bed is an interesting idea,
it would obviously give you the flexibility to trellis or
not throughout the entire garden.

This idea could be incorporated in my tire-garden by simply
running a row of trellising down the middle of each double
row of tire-planters.

What *kind* of trellises do you use? Made of what material?

Thanks.

Pat


I have 2x4's set into the ground 24" with a 2x4 spreader across the top. To
this I have stapeld vinyl covered 2x3 wire fencing. I wanted a larger grid
(to reduce the amount of veggies getting trapped in that small hole) but
this was all I could find locally at the time I put the trellis in. I would
much have preferred a 4x4 or 6x6 mesh, but it wasn't to be found when I
needed it.

I hope I haven't presented myself as too much of a smart-alec. Mittleider
reminds me of Jerry Baker and that is not a favorable thing.

Bill
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