Hey, welcome back! I'm Holly Cappelle, a gardener in Portland, Oregon, garden zone 8b, and today
is a beautiful day in the pacific northwest. A great time to stroll around the garden and make
some plans for what's to come. I don't know about you, but I have seeds popping indoors,
starts already in my greenhouse, and big plans for things for direct sowing in the garden. So,
space is already becoming an issue, it's an issue every year. But, we have a great way to remedy it;
we've learned to grow vertically! There are lots of options to grow up and there are lots
of vegetables that love to grow vertically. So, I thought I'd show you a couple of the ways that
we're doing it here in our garden. But, before we get started please be sure to hit that subscribe
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This wooden arbor is a perfect place to start, it is the entrance to our lower garden and we
use it to support our table grates. They're about three to four years old now so this is a perfect
support for them, but eventually this arbor may need a little reinforcement to keep up with
the grapes as they need something pretty sturdy. But, this is also ideal growing for climbing
roses or sweet peas, and if you're interested in growing sweet peas my friend Kim just uploaded an
excellent video on how to sow your sweet pea seeds, so be sure to check that out as well.
These arbors are, this particular arbor was store-bought,
so you don't have to build it yourself it comes in a variety of styles and materials,
so it can fit your garden design needs. It's a great option, and they're not very
expensive either, so definitely a great way to start growing vertically. Down here is
the lowest part of our garden, and our newest way to grow vertically is our tunnel trellis.
We made this ourselves out of treated one by ones and cattle panel.
It has been really fun to learn what's grown what will grow here and what won't. I learned last year
that luffa, not so much. So, I will find it a new place and I will not be defeated this year.
However, scarlet runner beans absolutely loved growing up this trellis,
and their beautiful red flowers attracted so many hummingbirds that we will definitely be
using this to grow scarlet runner beans again. I also think this year we're going to add some
cherry tomatoes to it and let those climb up and see what happens. This is another excellent option
for growing vertically, it is just an iron trellis, store-bought item you can get again,
at a big box store, garden center, or even online, and they come in a variety of styles and prices.
We use this one, not just as a design feature here for this box, but also for our peas to climb,
and when it fills it up and full of flowers it looks beautiful. We also have this box back here
that we put together, we made it out back, and although it's not technically a trellis,
if we plant things on the back of it that do need some support, we can just put a string
around the back and kind of tie them up as it goes. So it is an option, although technically
not a trellis. This is a fun up-cycled, repurposed trellis idea. These actually came from a
canopy that we had bought, these were the four corners of the canopy and once that was no longer
usable we took these corners out and attached them to our house, actually, and we used them
for our climbing roses. They're so beautiful and would have otherwise been trash. So,
also consider some of the junk you already have that might be a great way to grow vertically.
This is another excellent way to grow vertically in your garden, this is a
bamboo teepee trellis. It is a store-bought item, nothing that we DIYed. We got it for under $20,
and this one is five or six years old so we've definitely got our money's worth.
They are accordion style, so you can make them as big or small as you like, and they're a great
structure for cucumbers, for cherry tomatoes. They are in between the cattle panel and the string
trellis, so they're fairly sturdy and can handle quite a bit of weight. And again, they also offer
a a bit of a design style to your garden. It's another feature to look at, I think this would
look beautiful also in like a giant raised bed in the middle with stuff growing up it
and then the perimeter of stuff growing around would look just beautiful. Last year we also grew
nasturtiums on this and they just filled it up and it looked amazing, so this is also a great option.
I get a ton of comments on my instagram about these trellises. These are so cool! Such an
easy and inexpensive DIY project. We just used untreated two by fours that we then
stained, and then we used a netting, a trellis netting that you can buy again at a big box store,
garden center, or online for five dollars, and we just attached the netting to it and we're done.
Here's another quick and easy trellis option. A simple lattice. We used again,
the treated one by ones as posts in the ground, and then we just attached the lattice panel to it.
We've stained one side of it, we need to stain the other side of it, but it is an excellent option,
especially for growing flowers. This is also used as sort of a privacy panel or to soften
the junk that's on the other side that hopefully you can't see. This is another excellent option
for growing vertically in your garden. This is a DIY project and we actually have these around
the yard because they were so easy and inexpensive to put together. It's just, again, the treated one
by ones and then we just screwed cattle panel onto it. The cattle panel is super strong, so
the options for growing up here are unlimited. There are a few things you want to keep in mind
though when you're growing vertically, especially if you have it attached to a garden box.
You want to be really mindful about sun direction, you don't want to block your full sun vegetables
with stuff growing up. So, you want to make sure that you've got some shade loving friends like
broccoli and spinach, that would really appreciate the afternoon shade cover that a trellis provides.
So, something to consider always is sun direction and and where your other
vegetables are placed around your trellis. Here again, is another option. This is
a pergola that my husband built over our walkway and it's used for this enormous climbing rose,
and boy does it make a statement when it's in bloom. We've got the lights on it, and it's just
absolutely amazing. So, if you're in the market for building something a little bit more sturdy, a
pergola is a very cool option. The pergola. My husband built me this one to go over
our bench and it supports our concord grapes that are well over 15 years old now. When they are in
bloom it is just beautiful, it's so nice to sit under it all lit up. It's really wonderful. Fruit
like grapes and kiwi really need a sturdy strong support. So, a pergola is an excellent option.
We also have our chicken coop down there, we built that last year and the possibilities for growing
up that cattle panel are endless. I haven't decided what I'm gonna grow yet. Hopefully it's
something that will maybe offer a little bit of shade, maybe even repel some bugs for them, and be
something safe for them to eat, so if you have any suggestions on what I should grow near the coop,
on the cattle panel, let me know drop a comment below. I hope that this tour of my trellises has
given you some inspiration or ideas on how you can grow vertically in your garden. Please be sure to
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