Great Idea!! I use panels also for vines --- but hadn't considered obelisk - was just looking at boganvillas and put on shopping list some sort of trellis but think I'll get another panel & see what my pea brain and the black spray paint can come up with.. have thought of using small cedar posts along with panels (we have lots of cedar on property). I have a trellis we made of cedar for grape vines - looks really cool even in dead of winter. dutch
Livestock fence panel trellis photos
What a wonderful thread with such great ideas. Thank you so much.
Love the arch made of the fencing TPP and the article on the stump couldn't have come at a better time, flygirl! I had thoughts of planting it but now it will be a feature.
pirl, that's a great looking stump! If you want the directions, I can scan and email them to you. LMK.
Richard, what a good idea...to use closet shelves.
I'll Dmail you. Thanks so much!
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Does anyone have pictures of how to make a PORTABLE tomato cage out of the cattle panels? One that could come down at the end of the season? also, I'm thinking the 3-sided obelisks would make great trellisses over my 5-gallon tomato buckets! Could ya'll post some close-up pics and show an eager girl how to lash the sides of an obelisk or a cage together so she does NOT have to ask her DH to participate in this project? HURRY, PLEASE!
Gym, instead of welding, I don't see why you couldn't wire the panels together then you could us wire cutters in the Fall to break them down.
I'm glad you bumped this up. Here is a trellis we made with panels/wood posts last year. It will take a few years before I have a nice "after" photo. There are 6 pink roses planted at the base and I hope the wood will turn a nice silver and the copper tops will oxidize with time.
I also have a tree stump that will hopefully get planted with a fairy garden on top this year. I just love all the ideas here!
That is a great looking trellis!
Sure is. Where did you find the copper tops?
Thank you, both! I found the toppers on ebay by searching for "copper fence caps". They also make flat caps that will eventually go on the center posts. I'm wanting the roses to hide the center posts and may need to cut them down some before capping them, but the flat caps can be found at Home Depot.
Last year we worked all summer on building a lot of structures for climbing roses. The rains really slowed us down and we still have some work ahead to finish them. Unlike this structure the rest are all wood, but if you would like to see them, here is the link. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/786758/
Whoa...had forgotten all about this thread :o) Glad to see it is still getting used. Here's a photo of four tall obelisk trellises made out of a livestock fence panels. They are 8 feet tall. My brother clipped each panel in half lengthwise then bent over the frames to form a triangle. I was able to get two trellis out of each 48" x 16 foot panel.
The shorter obelisks are shown up near the top of this thread...or you can click here for a refresher. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3091545
~ Cat
No trellis ideas here but I have put together a plant shelter from these and am now doing an outside yard fence.
To attach the cut pieces, I use hog rings. You can pick up a pair of hog ring pliers and boxes of rings at a feed or hardware store. They are an open U shape and the pliers will pinch them around two bars to hold them together. Believe me, it doesn't take much skill, muscle or money... 8 )) pod
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Thanks for bumping this thread. Great ideas!
I might have missed this some where, but cocoa how did you attach the wire panel to the wooden posts in the arch? and how has that method held up?
Debbie
'U' shaped nails is what I call them too--I thought so, but just wanted to ask. I'm just making green bean and cucumber verticals with all these almost brand new left over fence posts after Ike. Can't decide if I want to use wire panels or build something wooden--decisions, decisions.
Thanks,
Debbie
update on the metal closet organizers. Has worked better than anticipated. I planted a climbing iceberg and a Nelly Moser clematis here. The climbing iceberg has already grown to 12 feet+ and the Nelly Moser looks great contrasting with the white blooms. I will post a picture around March/April/May when it is in bloom. As you might be able to tell from picture, it is a 50% sun 50% shade spot in a corner of the house.
Staples. They come in all sizes. The ones for fencing would work fine.
Yeah, u-shaped STAPLES.
We bought them at the hardware store for a penny a pound when I was young and shooting homemade slingshots. It had a barb on the ends and would tear up your index finger joint if you didn't hold it just right before you let it go in the rubberband holster.
I was an excellent marksperson -- still am. Different vehicle, though...
gym girl you could use zip ties to hold the sides together then just snip them to take it apart
Wow! Great ideas. We are buying a house, in the country, but previous owners gave it a city backyard, privacy fence and all. There is a pool in the back yard that will need security and some privacy. I am not crazy about my back yard being sectioned off with a privacy fence. Maybe cattle fence around the whole pool, landscaped with various plants and each side of the pool, towards the neighbors, covered with morning glory would be perfect. I like it! Oh, could this draw too many bees searching for nectar and finding me or the kids as they steal a sip of water.
Ideas! Now you have me thinking!
Love that stump basket! Now we have an answer for what to do with that stump at my mom's place. :-)
TPP or anyone that has used the livestock panels to make square or triangle trellises - How did you bend the panel? I have some out at my barn, but they are pretty darn thick and sturdy. I don't think I can get them bent even using a 2x4 on the ground. That's what I use on smaller wire when I'm building cages, but it won't work with these big ole panels.
I figured I would have to use the bolt cutters and then wire them back together at the sides. I can't see me being able to bend them either. But I also would be interested in how others did it.
aswan...the panels I used are about 1/4" wire. I used bolt cutters to cut them into the size I wanted them then I laid the piece on the ground and stood on the panel while my brother pushed from the other side and we bent them over. He then tack welded the two sides together.
Bolt cutters and wire will work too.
~ Cat
Lots of great ideas here. Thanks.
I can't believe I went to Tractor Supply yesterday and didn't get the fencing!!! They don't have one real close I had to go to Burleson which isn't far, but still flustrating that I forgot it.
The picture show what I did before I quit gardening about 10 years ago. I grew tomatoes in the middle of two cattle panels supported by T-posts. As the tomatoes grew upward cross pieces of rebar or bamboo were inserted to guide the vines upward.
I took the photo in the next post yesterday that shows the panels removed and the ground tilled. This year is my first year getting back into gardening. I am playing with growing in straw bales, raised beds, and 5-gal grow bags (filled with coir).
The 5-gal grow bags will be on ground cloth positioned between the cattle panels and the vines will be supported same as before.
The parallel cattle panels is a system that worked well me so no reason to not use it again. It really is a lazy man's way to trellis tomatoes. No strings, no clips, no tying, no stakes, nothing. Once the vines start to fall over all that is necessary is to check them every day or two and insert a stick or something through the squares in the panels and let the vines rest on it.
Jerry
Another...this system will support 15 tomato plants. There will be two like this one this year four feet apart.
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I just saw where you posted those on another thread, pretty easy and worked quite well too.
Sheila....and I thought I was forgetful! However, am glad they final built a tractor supply store in my town...it's on my way out to the ranch which makes it so much easier and closer than having to drive 35 miles to get to the closest TSS!
Jerry...wonderful idea!!!
I leaned a fence panel against a pony tail palm and sort of forgot about it...before I knew it my yellow morning glory vines has reached over from their trellis and covered the pony tail palm and my fence panel! It hurt to have to cut back the morning glory vine to remove the fence panel but after putting it off for too long it had to be done :o)
There is a fence panel underneath that tangle of vines :o)
~ Cat
Looks like a job for Edward Scissorhands!!
Sweet!
cocoa--what's the approximate distance between those posts on the inside of the arch? Pictures can be deceiving on guessing
Well I finally got to HD and bought a fencing panel. I looked at Tractor Supply and since DH has had recent surgery and would not be able to help, I opted for a lighter weight one. Three panels will give me two triangular trellis'. If they don't hold up then I will rethink the plan.
Take a pic and show us when you get it up.
Just finished this for the tomatoes a little while ago....16' panels.
another
I have just enough room to duplicate this in my backyard. What day could you come and bring the plantlings? hahahaha
That is a perfect setup. I still haven't decided what kind of tomatoes would grow best here in Dallas.
Wow! You guys are so creative! I love making things work to save money here and there. It's so cool when it works too! Thanks so much for all the great ideas!