Maximize space in your garden with trellises. Some crop types—like cucumbers, tomatoes, and pole beans—need the extra support a trellis can provide. Others, like melons and squash, don’t require trellises but can benefit from being lifted off of the ground.
Benefits of Trellising
When fruits are suspended from a trellis and kept from the soil surface, they are less prone to disease.
Plants can grow vertically instead of sprawling, opening up some garden real estate on which to plant other crops.
Produce is at eye level and easier to find and harvest.
Read more below for tips or view the full article with photos on SeedSavers.org.
How to maximize space in your garden with trellises.
Some crop types—like cucumbers, tomatoes, and pole beans—need the extra support a trellis can provide. Other crop types, like melons and squash, don’t require trellises but can benefit from being lifted off of the ground.
When fruits are suspended from a trellis and kept from the soil surface, they are less prone to disease, and going vertical means that plants can grow vertically instead of sprawling, opening up some garden real estate on which to plant other crops. Trellises also have the benefit of making harvesting easier, as produce is at eye level and simpler to find and collect.
Here are some of the trellis solutions we have used at Seed Savers Exchange:
Chicken Wire A-Frame
Best for peas
How to make a chicken wire A-frame trellis:
Create two frames with long legs out of untreated cedar.
Staple chicken wire onto the frame.
Use hinges to attach two frames together at the top.
This construction allows flexibility of width in the garden and flat winter storage. This is a good trellis for peas, shorter pole beans, and vining flowers.
Bamboo and Twine
Best for beans and sturdy climbing vines
Bamboo stakes are incredibly useful around the garden, and trellis systems of all types can be made with a handful of stakes and twine.
How to build trellises with bamboo two ways:
Teepee: Create a teepee by installing several stakes in a circle, then tying the tops together with twine (pictured above, right).
Trellis wall: Make a long wall by creating two lines of poles about a foot apart, and tying the tops together (pictured above, left). Place a stake perpendicularly on top of the poles to add stability.
Bamboo trellis systems work well with pole beans, runner beans, and other strongly twining climbers. Bamboo is not recommended for cowpeas and peas, as they have a more difficult time attaching to the smooth surface of the poles.
T-Posts and Twine
Best for Tomatoes
This trellising method is common at Heritage Farm and is an easy, cost-effective trellising method for home gardeners.
In place of T-posts, gardeners can use wooden stakes, PVC, or any other sturdy stake material.
We at SSE prefer to use either white box twine or baling twine, however gardeners can use any small string.
How to build a T-posts and twine trellis:
Install T-posts or other stakes into the ground on either sides of a row of tomato plants. For long rows, install multiple T-posts between plants for additional support.
Tie one end of twine around a T-post. Bring the line to the other end of the row, keeping the tomatoes along one side.
If their are multiple T-posts in the row, make a loop around each post, leaving the last T-post to tie.
Make sure all tomato plants are on the same side of the twine. Pull the twine tight to create tension.
Wrap the twine several times around the final T-post, then tie to secure.
Repeat these steps to add a line of twine on the other side of the row of tomatoes so that each plant is supported by a line on either side.
Prune tomato plants to remove any branches touching the soil and below the first set of fruit.
Adjust each plant so that its branches are above a line of twine. Make sure the heads of the plant are in between the lines of twine.
Repeat this process to add more rows of twine as the tomato plants continue to grow.
T-Posts and Hog Panel
Best for short, vining plants and tomatoes
An alternative to the T-post and twine method, Trellises of T-posts attached to hog wire panels are a common sight on the Seed Savers Exchange farm because of their ease of installation and versatility.
How to build a T-post and hog panel trellis:
Drive two T-posts per panel into the ground, and attach hog wire panels to the posts with zip ties or twine. Both T-posts and hog wire panels are available at farm supply stores.
Vining plants will climb, and non-vining plants can be tied to the panel with twine for support.
T-Post and Hog Panel Arch
Best for squash, gourds, and vigorous vining flowers
Building an arch trellis is not only practical, but also adds visual interest to your garden.
How to build a trellis arch:
Determine the width and length of the arch, and drive four t-posts into the ground at the four corners of the arch.
Place the short end of the hog panel against two of the t-posts.
Bend the panel until it reaches the other t-posts, forming an arch. Make sure the panel reaches the ground on both sides.
Secure the arch with zip ties, if needed.
T-Posts and Twine
Best for cucumbers and small melons
This experimental trellis system is used for displaying cucumbers and small melons.
How to build a display trellis for cucumbers and melons:
Install several t-posts in two rows , with the T-posts leaning outwards to create a V-shape.
Tie twine between each pair of T-posts to complete each line of the V.
Place plants where the T-posts converge.
As cucumbers and other vining plants grow, the fruits will hang on the opposite side of the V in a decorative manner.
Twine
Best for vining plants and flowers
Twine can be used throughout the garden to provide support for vining plants. At Seed Savers Exchange, we string twine between wooden posts in the ground and hooks on the eaves of the barn to allow support for climbing morning glories.
View the full article with photos on SeedSavers.org.
went to a new optometrist today wearing my squid facts ‘save our freaks’ shirt from @sarahmackattack that has a strawberry squid on it. and i wasn’t even thinking about it but the optometrist walked in and he was like ‘oh what does your shirt say’ so i showed him and he was like ‘oh that’s neat!’ and then i thought he might like to know about strawberry squid eyes since they have weird eyes and he is an optometrist and all. so i was like ‘yeah it’s actually a real kind of squid called a strawberry squid, their eyes are really cool because they have one big yellow-green one and one small blue one’ and he kind of gasped and went ‘oh my god that’s so interesting i wonder why they have that. do you know what their retina composition is like?’ and i watched as he minimized my chart on the computer and started looking up images of strawberry squid and then he googled ‘strawberry squid retina composition’ and he was like ‘sorry we’ll get to your eye exam in a moment i just really want to find out’ LMAO 10/10 optometrist experience will be returning
In the Cold War, the US government hid experimental jets by letting the public think they were UFOs. Is the same happening today?
After months of research and writing, my long-awaited article is here. This is my case that the government wants you to believe in UFOs in order to disguise test flights of experimental technology. This thing is jam-packed with some truly crazy findings. Please share!
“If you’ve got an aerial platform that is highly advanced, and the public, who happens to get a glimpse of the thing from time to time — if they’re convinced that it’s from Venus and there’s no way it could be our military, well hey, that’s awesome! Hell yes! If I’m the agent running the protection for that particular program, and that’s helping me cover something for years, I might even feed the fire.”
Do you know why I say time and time again on YT videos that if you don’t like a piece of media, you should just leave the room instead of engaging with it or making it everyone else’s problem?
It’s because of events like this.
Actions that seem to mean well at first, always go too far and start the process of removing stuff that you yourself may enjoy.
DDLC is a gut punching series that tells its story well and needs all of its story elements to tell it. If that is something someone can’t handle, then they should leave it be, not cheer or support its removal.
And before you say “oh it’s just the android version, who plays it there?”
1) *you* don’t play it on Android, but someone definitely did
2) who’s to say this isn’t testing the waters and see where else it can be removed?
the reason we are applying for permits to use the park is because before us at the park a food serve is hosted weekly by Food Not Bombs and we want to ensure that A) they are made aware of it, and B) are not disrupted by our activities.
Also this event isn't intended as an anti government protest but rather is being down to provide the local queer community with an alternative to the zionist and corporate run pride in the city. I said socialist because I helping to set this up through a socialist org
Tumblr leftists when you as a socialist org, file permits for an event you are hosting: "so you are counter revolutionary class collaborationists actually"
like I'm sorry, but we aren't trying to have our event disrupted by cops, most of us are student organizers that honestly, just want to put on a fun event for the community
girl who sat next to me at the coffee shop had that Tortured By Computer Work look in her eye so i turned to her and was like Are u doing research? and it turns out she (white) just started working as an indigenous liaison for an ecological wellness surveying company (hired bc she worked with the local nation for a year) so i was like OMG can i share resources with you. and whipped out my 1 million notes and academic papers on ethical Indigenous-settler relations/research and Indigenous perspectives on ecological restoration. she was like omg are u sure this is basically a whole course for free and i wanted to tear my shirt off liek YES!!!! I WANT TO PROMOTE LOW BARRIER EDUCATION TO ADVANCE DECOLONIZATION AND RECONCILIATION!!!!!!!!!!! STEP IN2 MY GOOGLE DOC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here's a googoodrive folder containing learnings on Experiential Learning in Ecological Restoration annnddd Research Practice in Indigenous Contexts. each course folder contains a "![Course number] Notes" document as well as PDFs of all the text-based readings that the notes draw from :-)
i plan 2 make accessible the learnings from my other classes too but i think ill only have time to do all that anonymizing & reformatting once i graduate in a few months lol
girl who sat next to me at the coffee shop had that Tortured By Computer Work look in her eye so i turned to her and was like Are u doing research? and it turns out she (white) just started working as an indigenous liaison for an ecological wellness surveying company (hired bc she worked with the local nation for a year) so i was like OMG can i share resources with you. and whipped out my 1 million notes and academic papers on ethical Indigenous-settler relations/research and Indigenous perspectives on ecological restoration. she was like omg are u sure this is basically a whole course for free and i wanted to tear my shirt off liek YES!!!! I WANT TO PROMOTE LOW BARRIER EDUCATION TO ADVANCE DECOLONIZATION AND RECONCILIATION!!!!!!!!!!! STEP IN2 MY GOOGLE DOC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here's a googoodrive folder containing learnings on Experiential Learning in Ecological Restoration annnddd Research Practice in Indigenous Contexts. each course folder contains a "![Course number] Notes" document as well as PDFs of all the text-based readings that the notes draw from :-)
i plan 2 make accessible the learnings from my other classes too but i think ill only have time to do all that anonymizing & reformatting once i graduate in a few months lol
girl who sat next to me at the coffee shop had that Tortured By Computer Work look in her eye so i turned to her and was like Are u doing research? and it turns out she (white) just started working as an indigenous liaison for an ecological wellness surveying company (hired bc she worked with the local nation for a year) so i was like OMG can i share resources with you. and whipped out my 1 million notes and academic papers on ethical Indigenous-settler relations/research and Indigenous perspectives on ecological restoration. she was like omg are u sure this is basically a whole course for free and i wanted to tear my shirt off liek YES!!!! I WANT TO PROMOTE LOW BARRIER EDUCATION TO ADVANCE DECOLONIZATION AND RECONCILIATION!!!!!!!!!!! STEP IN2 MY GOOGLE DOC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here's a googoodrive folder containing learnings on Experiential Learning in Ecological Restoration annnddd Research Practice in Indigenous Contexts. each course folder contains a "![Course number] Notes" document as well as PDFs of all the text-based readings that the notes draw from :-)
i plan 2 make accessible the learnings from my other classes too but i think ill only have time to do all that anonymizing & reformatting once i graduate in a few months lol
worst part of being an adult is how often youre forced to nag. you Have to be annoying or youre never getting anything done. which is unfortunate considering how common it is to teach kids to never nag and be annoying ever
a professional i am paying money doesnt show up w zero communication and IM the one who has to feel guilty for having to call him and ask whats going on. because when i was a little kid i would get yelled at for nagging. joke world
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