16 cattle panel don t forget i have two cattle panel trellises in my garden but these instructions are for building one.
Cattle panel arch trellis diy.
4 u posts these are the stakes we drive into the ground to secure the trellis.
By bev walker sundownr june 18 2010.
Secure in the same fashion.
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.
I ve seen cattle panels used quite a bit and decided that s what i wanted.
But i am not a normal person.
The trellis holds plants up to capture the sunlight while the gardener stands below to pick the produce.
Also has them here.
Now a normal person would ask for help when installing a cattle panel trellis.
Use t stakes or are they called t bars to brace the cattle panel.
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.
Tie wire typically used for rebar use this wire to tie the cattle panel to the u posts.
Arch the panel over to put the other end of the cattle panel along the other two t posts.
Wood hardware for garden beds optional instructions.
Diy arched cattle panel garden trellis garden update 1 comment.
Cattle panel arch supplies.
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.
For the past couple of years i ve been thinking about replacing the trellis netting we d been using.
Use cattle panels to build an arched trellis hoop house.
4 foot pieces of rebar 4 per panel.
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 panels 16 feet x 50 inches i used 2.