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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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 Posted - May 07 2009 : 04:24:59 AM
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Good morning farm gal friends.....Beverly here.
I planted a lot of morning glories and moon flowers this spring in various spots in my garden. Any easy way to make trellises?? I think if I went out and bought----it would look over done----any ideas....thanks and have a good day.
Its raining here in Massachusetts.
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - May 07 2009 : 07:22:39 AM
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Hi Bev... Chicken Wire or Hog Panels are inexpensive and things love to climb them. They can easily be cut and spray painted (if silver doesnt work in your garden space).
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - May 07 2009 : 6:22:02 PM
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I made simple trellises out of small sapliings and branches. Made up a simple design and nailed them together. Using green wood helps if you are trying to bend up shapes also.
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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Posted - May 07 2009 : 11:20:53 PM
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sounds good. thanks so much
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - May 08 2009 : 11:56:10 AM
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I saw the cutest trellis idea in a really old magazine. They suggested arranging the branches like the spokes on a wheel, then putting a cute little cut out of a girl in front, so that as your vine grew up and filled in the trellis it looked like she was holding a darling parasol just off her shoulder. So sweet!
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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Posted - May 08 2009 : 5:04:13 PM
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oh wow, that trellis sounds so cute.
I ended up using my bamboo ones for my clematis and just stringing in the middle so they can climb.
As far as the morning glory go will wait and see them grow and then take action.
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cdmcan
Farmgirl in Training
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Diane
Homer City
PA
USA
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Posted - May 19 2009 : 3:33:57 PM
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I told my husband I wanted tepee type trellis' to go in the new herb garden... that way I'd have not only dimension, but could grow peas and pole beans on them. Well, off he went to the woods and brought back birch sapplings about 2 1/2 inches in diameter and 9-10 feet long. We wired them together and put them in tepee fashion (6 poles in each). I'll run crochet cotton around as the peas and beans grow. I can't wait to see what they look like with vegetables growing in them.. I'll have to post a pic later this year!
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RedHoopWoman
True Blue Farmgirl
513 Posts
Kathryn
Yoder
Colorado
USA
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 1:35:21 PM
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You can easily make bentwood trellises out of small saplings,all you need is wire and nippers and a set of ahnd pruners,our horse hay has been wire baled this year so I save it for trellises,you can build a simple ladder trellis by bending two of your longest,thickest branches together and fuse at the top then lace in smaller pieces to form a ladder,you can get creative and bend in dreamcatchers,hearts and other designs.
A good book for this is called "Making Bentwood Trellises" by Jim Long for more ideas and even fence and gate designs.
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Farmers Daughter
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
DiAnn
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Posted - May 25 2009 : 09:08:08 AM
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 I have to second the book by Jim Long. I love it.
Have made a few very simple twig trellises for the garden and smaller ones for pot decorations.
Have also seen ladders used. You could put some chicken wire to give the plant something extra to climb up and hang on. The picture I seen was a step ladder opened up had sunflowers planted by it and guess they used the ladder to tie and hold the sunflowers up. And it had morning glories crawling up it. Talk about looking really pretty in the garden. Think I would add a stake by on of the legs of the ladder though to keep winds or storm from blowing it down.
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