Cattle Panel Arch Trellis Diy

I experimented with an arched trellis made with concrete re mesh wire and metal fence posts for my tomatoes and pole beans last year.

Cattle panel arch trellis diy.

It was a great success despite the late tomato blight so this year i wanted a more. 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. Use cattle panels to build an arched trellis hoop house. Tie wire typically used for rebar use this wire to tie the cattle panel to the u posts.

Secure in the same fashion. But i am not a normal person. Use t stakes or are they called t bars to brace the cattle panel. I ve seen cattle panels used quite a bit and decided that s what i wanted.

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. By bev walker sundownr june 18 2010. Cattle panels 16 feet x 50 inches i used 2. In the above video watch me effortlessly install and form a gracefully arched trellis without any help at all.

16 cattle panel don t forget i have two cattle panel trellises in my garden but these instructions are for building one. Diy arched cattle panel garden trellis garden update 1 comment. 4 u posts these are the stakes we drive into the ground to secure the trellis. Create extra garden space putting this support over a garden path.

4 foot pieces of rebar 4 per panel. Also has them here. Wood hardware for garden beds optional instructions. Now a normal person would ask for help when installing a cattle panel trellis.

For the past couple of years i ve been thinking about replacing the trellis netting we d been using. Arch the panel over to put the other end of the cattle panel along the other two t posts. The trellis holds plants up to capture the sunlight while the gardener stands below to pick the produce.