Livestock fence panel trellis photos

Wow! I wonder if I could make a trellis without poking my eye out?

Sylvia, you are too funny!! You can do it...right after you find your rebar for the tipsy pots!!

Listen here Stephanie! you are going to work me to death! lol
Let me get one thing started first! LOL
I got a handyman friend, I am trying to get over here for the trellis. I keep seeing that Trellis with those Air potatoe vines for the back to shade my hostas. ...and also in the front for my Clemitis. I am wondering wil that wire get too hot and burn my Clemitis?
Steph was that your husband that made the Peach Cobbler?

No, my DH didn't make the cobbler. Carl's (1_Lucky_Texan) wife, Becky made the cobbler.

I also wonder if you can use that stuff they use for cement work for a trellis. That would be a whole lot easier to find, I would think. Looks the same as cattle fence panels, but might not be as sturdy.

LOL ... Oh Lawdy, where are you taking me now? :) I am really going to do the potty thing, the man next might have some, he has so much junk in his yard and he is always building something. I bet Patrob would know where to go. Would you believe she came all the way from Houston with the cattle hauler to move me into the new place? I got pictures! Of this cattle thing in the heart of downtown! I was needing a hip replacement and I was in so much pain ... everybody came to help ... and I hardly knew what going on with all them pain pills I was on. ;)

Ok maybe I missed something. Like real important.
But I like the arch in the second post. How do you fasten it to the ground? Is it set in cement? or?

Frilly,
I use T-post to set mine One is tied into the fence and the other side has 2 t-posts that the panel is tied to ...
Cheryl

Cheryl, that's awesome!! WTG to u & DH!
i have really enjoyed this thread and am so inspired for next year.
will start this fall getting ready for next spring.
DH wants to expand our garden so i will show him this thread too.
of course DH is a long haul driver so the gardening is on me. if this makes my life easier... i'm all about it!

WOW Cheryl!!! That is something else! What are you growing? Please remember to post photos when it is full of vines.

~ Cat

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/966657/
I have a thread in container garden
shows how its comming alone
Cheryl

Wow, I love all of these arbors and the like!! As it happens, I made such a thing last year too!

Christie

Here is a movie of it if you are interested, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rbgZmsm3d8&feature=player_embedded
Christie

WOW! Nice looking arbor and benches! Love the coke memorabilia too!

Nice arbor and bird video Christi!

mrs_colla - Very Nice!!

Thanks; the signs is DH, he collects them.

This bird tunnel is very effective; the plants grow over it, the birds eat under it, and the stray cats cannot get the birds at all!

Ok I've just reread this thread from start to finish. How about some updated pics of all those trellises ya'll constructed TWO years ago? Something shouldve grown on them by now.

Thanks for the memories!

Linda

Mrs. Colla - Beautiful set-up and very interesting how you protect the birds with the hoop shaped wire panels! Love it!

Here is my simple and cheap arbor/trellis that I will be growing Heavenly Blue and Pearly Gates Morning Glories up and over the top. It will become a shady seating area when the vines grow and cover the arbor. :-) I might paint the concrete bench a light blue to compliment Heavenly Blue to add a little more color to that area! ;-)

I've been following this thread for quite some time and have gotten all kinds of ideas from everyone! Thank you!

lol - Great, just what I need, more ideas...

Those are all very cool!

mrs_colla, I'm not following how the bird tunnel helps with the cats?

Realbirdlady, the cats cannot get to the birds by jumping, it is too high, they cannot climb it, they cannot walk up to it.

My back neighbour has a cat herding problem; she has about 16 cats of all genders that are all unfixed. I see those cats stalk the birds for days, unsuccessfully, and then turn away!

So my plant arbor helps to save the birds in a cat high yard!

My NEXT door neighbor has a cat herding problem. I'm soooooooooooooo glad to know this happens to other people, and that I'm not alone...

And guess where they think the latrine is?

Gymgirl, in your flower/veggie beds of course, happens here too. When I find poop I pick it up and throw it over the fence. I grow FOOD, I can't stand poop!

Have had a variety of vines growing on the trellises over the years. Had thunbergia - removed it since the butterflies don't use it. Had snail vine - removed it since the butterflies don't use it. Had a passionvine that took over the trellis and started climbing onto my roof - it froze in December - removed it. Hmmm...also had my yellow morning glories on them - they got way out of hand - removed them :o) Had Calico Vine aka Dutchman's Pipe (aristolochia elegans) but butterflies wouldn't use it - it kept outgrowing the trellis and working it's way up the utility pole to the transformer. Cut it back several times over a span of two years then finally removed it.

The trellises are fairly bare now - haven't figure out what I want to plant on them. Am trying to stick to butterfly larval hosts :o)

So far have a couple of passion vines on them, a Blue Pea Vine and a Yellow Butterfly Orchid Vine.

Here's one of the passionvines - just took the photo :o)

What zone are you in down there? Are you considered to be in the 'Valley'?
:~)

gymgirl - Ugh on the poo in your garden. I have a similar problem, but it is NOT cats. It's rats. I've apparently got a few of them that come into my yard at night from the vacant lots behind my house. They have been chewing on what little wood I have exposed on the exterior of my home. (My home is 98% brick, but they have managed to find the wood frame for my screen porch. Probably doing that to file down the length of their teeth. And they chew up plants in my yard, too. So I have my veggies in the front yard on the driveway next to the garage door. Which looks so tacky! I keep trying to rid my backyard of those particular rodents. I have squirrels, too, but they don't do the damage that the rats do. I am also afraid if I put the veggies out back, that they would start chewing/eating them as well. Even in the 5 gallon ebuckets. Those rats are smart and fast! Grrrrr ...

TTP - Your passiflora vines are beautiful. I had several growing all over my east fence too, but the freezing temps we had this year in Florida killed half of them. Most of my vines are nectar plants for the hummers and butterflies. I have Coral Honeysuckle, Crossvine, Cape Honeysuckle, and the Passi vines.

I have a white vinyl privacy fence in my backyard and vines have a hard time growing up that slick vinyl, so I added trellis panels to the inside of the fence to make it easier for the plants to climb.

Am thinking of constructing something that I can use on the west side of my house - my neighbor's tree cracked during a storm last year and they removed it - there is nothing shading that side of my house and the brick gets so hot!

I have orange cape honeysuckle that would never work on a trellis - it grows rampant and puts out runners! I cut it back to about 1 foot earlier this year and it's already spreading out long tendrils again. GRRRRR!!! Am going to see about pruning it to one main trunk and forcing it to look like a tree :o)

Bummer about those rats - I get them here too as there is a grassy alley between the back of my subdivision and the next. I used to put mousetraps on top of the shelves on my back porch but one day I saw a mockingbird pecking at the peanut butter on a sprung trap. Can't put them on the ground because of the dogs either. On a good note - the dogs do kill anything they can catch.

Smockette - yes I live in what is considered the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Have tried Mexican Flame Vine? Orange Glow Vine? Ck PlantFiles. I think it comes in more than one color combo.

Beckygardener...... Don't pull out the passion vine just yet. Mine freezes back each year but usually rebounds. I have one however that is evergreen; it is Blue Crown. It is green and leafy all winter. This year was a hard winter and only the surface leaves were damaged.

Oh yeah, forgot also had Mexican Flame Vine on one too. Cut back after the freeze. It's starting to grow again.

I just love the vines!! I have Coral HS too Becky and it is a wonderful plant! This year it really bloomed well. And I have lots of the Blue Crown like yours Cat. I finally got a new species on it the other day, Variegated Fritillary... She laid at least 50 eggs on it! I am so excited. I collected about a half dozen of them, and left the rest for now until they hatch out. I might collect more after that.

And my Aristolochia macrophylla came up and filled out quick.. Found about a dozen lovely black cats all through it, and probably more I couldn't see. I am also seeing seed pods forming on them already so I got some good pics to share and file. The blooms are only about 1 inch, but very pretty. The pods form after the blooms fall off and are about 1 1/4 inch.

Debnes - congrats on the Variegated Fritillary!!! Those butterflies have the puuuuuuuurtiest chrysalis!!!

Where the black cats on the a. macrophylla Polydamas or Pipevine Swallowtails - or something else?

~ Cat

Hey everybody, I am so excited -- ever since I first found this thread, I have wanted a archway over my arobic septic system (which has way too much above ground concrete dedicated to it). So when my husband ask what I wanted for Mother's Day, I immediately said I wanted a cattlepanel archway. He is doing it! He picked up 4 panels. Plans are to use t-post about 4-5 feet apart to anchor the cattlepanels. I am so excited! The center height will be about 6 1/2 to 7 feet (approx). I saw a picture of something like this -- not using cattle panels -- with squash covering it. They had rudbeckia, nasturtiums, and sunflowers under it. Of course the squash did not completely cover it. I also like the idea of covering it with beans (easy picking), but husband ask me not to put edibles around the septic system. So my next goal is for butterfly magnets. I already have one honeysuckle in the general area, planted last fall, with hopes of my soon-to-get arch. I'm excited!!!!! Thanks for much for the ideas!!!!

Glad you found the thread - it's still alive after three + years :o)

Livestock panels are soooooooo versatile!!! I still have mine - most from back in 2002 when I bought this house. Very little signs of wear and in great shape after numerous vines and such over the years.

Of course the ones we have as fencing and corrals at the ranch have been there for decades!

Remember to post photos of the project as you go along!!!

~ Cat

Yay GretaGeenThumb! Post pictures?

I will post pictures. Thus far, we have one cattle panel up (very temporary). My husband went looking for short (4') t-post today, first place only had 5'. We are thinking they only need to be about 4', just tall enough to support verticle part of arch, therefore not interfering with the rest of look. I am checking out my seed to see what I can plant on it this year. Looking at moon vine, hyacinth bean, and maybe morning glory to go with the one honeysuckle. Morning glory scares me with its 'prolific seed producing' nature. But, they sure are pretty. Anyone know of a rather drought resistant vine? I'd love to do something that brings in the butterflies and hummingbirds. Ideas appreciated.

If you put in a passion vine it will definately bring the butterflies since it is a host plant. However most are deciduous, and the bf cats will eat them to the ground at times, but they will rebound. I have one called "blue crown" however that is evergreen and seems to keep up with the caterpillars of this Gulf Fritillary butterfly.

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Sheila - LOL! I was just going to suggest a Passiflora vine! Great suggestions if I might say so myself! ;-)

YAH!!! Sheila!!! I have several passion vines on mine - the Gulf Frits have been going crazy laying eggs too.

Can you grow 8 pound melons on those cattle panels?

did anyone take pictures of their fully grown arch trellises?