How Do You Design And Build A Trellis?
A trellis can be used to support flowers and vegetables. It can be both practical and beautiful. You can construct simple ones or elaborate ones. Here are some ideas for basic designs you can use directly or build your own version. A trellis can be constructed out of wood, wire, rebar, metal or almost anything else you can come up with. One note: if you use wood, it will last longer if you don’t actually set the wood into the ground where it can rot. You will need fasteners to nail, lash, glue or otherwise connect the pieces. Get creative. If you decide to tie the pieces together, you might want to use something decorative like colored cord, chain or ornamental rope. Basic structures can be changed or added to. Again, use your imagination. The basic fan shape might be curved with bent sticks. This trellis has strings or rope for twiners to climb up. It is particularly useful in the vegetable garden for peas and climbing beans. This one is the basic ladder design. Or maybe try bending b
