Now a normal person would ask for help when installing a cattle panel trellis.
Cattle panel arch trellis diy.
Place one end of the cattle panel on the ground inside of two of the t posts that are 36 apart and secure with 4 zip ties on each post.
But i am not a normal person.
I ve seen cattle panels used quite a bit and decided that s what i wanted.
By bev walker sundownr june 18 2010.
Create extra garden space putting this support over a garden path.
Tie wire typically used for rebar use this wire to tie the cattle panel to the u posts.
Wood hardware for garden beds optional instructions.
Use cattle panels to build an arched trellis hoop house.
Each arch is made from a single cattle panel that has been bent anchored and attached to four 4 foot pieces of rebar one on each corner.
Also has them here.
I experimented with an arched trellis made with concrete re mesh wire and metal fence posts for my tomatoes and pole beans last year.
Arch the panel over to put the other end of the cattle panel along the other two t posts.
4 u posts these are the stakes we drive into the ground to secure the trellis.
Secure in the same fashion.
16 cattle panel don t forget i have two cattle panel trellises in my garden but these instructions are for building one.
Mark your location remove any large weeds and level the ground if necessary or be like me and don t do any of that and just struggle.
Use t stakes or are they called t bars to brace the cattle panel.
It was a great success despite the late tomato blight so this year i wanted a more.
In the above video watch me effortlessly install and form a gracefully arched trellis without any help at all.
The trellis holds plants up to capture the sunlight while the gardener stands below to pick the produce.
I wanted something stronger that could also hold small winter squash.
Cattle panel arch supplies.
4 foot pieces of rebar 4 per panel.