For the past 2 years deer have eaten our entire garden! I love deer and don't mind sharing, but wish they would share too. This year I'd like to plant some stuff vertically. What are some good ideas for trellises, etc. that won't cost much? Thanks!
WE use a couple light weight metal fence posts and pieces of Concrete rebar about 5 feet high and 8 or 10 feet long wired to the posts for our cucumbers and beans to climb on. We also took pieces of rebar and fashioned them into circles and plant our tomato plants inside these cages. We used pieces that are about 6 feet by 10 feet. and bend them so that the 6 feet is the height. Just train your tomatoes to star inside as the plant grows. It will grow to the top of your cage, and then some. Place them far apart so that you can walk between them to reach inside and pick the ripe tomatoes. I think that they even produce more tomatoes inside the cages. Picture is the tomato cages, but they don't show up really good because the tomato plants are small. Harlean from Arkansas
We have made frames of wood, with just 2 sides, thin pcs of 1x4 stripped down, and tied old fishing nets, volleyball nets, even filled the center in with a 'web' of yarn I got at a yard sale. This makes a tall panel--however tall you want it---with 2 wooden stake sides, and some type of net in the center. You then 'plant' the stakes in the ground, and let the plants climb up the net. We have also used this method for leftover pieces of chicken wire, and other light weight fencing materials.
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