Sunday, May 8, 2011

Building a Trellis for the Front Yard

A trellis was made for the front garden bed.  It was made super cheap from 8' pine furring strips, they were on special "buy 25+ for $0.74 each." The end stakes were made from 1.5"X1.5"X8' pine wood, about $1.60 each.  They were first cut to length and then stained so that each end is coated. The stain used was 2TB neem oil/ 1 pint teak oil to help preserve the wood and fancy it up.  The plan is to grow vines such as scarlet runner beans and nasturtiums up the trellis.  In the front left is a sunchoke from IFA. Behind and to the right are two nasturtiums. To the far right is one of the rocky mountain columbines and an Asteraceae.

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