Hello everyone, come on into the garden! Today, I want to talk about this trellis here,
this a-frame or ladder trellis. Titan wants to talk about it too. But first, go ahead and hit
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Okay, so recently we posted about another trellis, a cucumber trellis,
and it's a pretty easy project, about two hours, and I specifically had Evan build it
for me so I could put it in my raised beds. You can, of course, use it in ground or raised bed.
If you haven't seen that video, go to the Kellogg Garden Channel and check it out. But, I told you
we bought a bunch of redwood. We bought two by two pieces, eight feet long, and I had Evan stock up.
It's a good price, the cedar was a bit more expensive, so this was was really good for us.
We're not digging yet, Titan. So, I built a few trellises and this is one of them. Or really,
Evan built these trellises. So, for that one I wanted something that would go in a raised bed,
for this one I wanted it to go over some of my containers. I have a lot of containers this season
because we'll be moving this summer. So I've got these 30 gallon fabric pots, I've got whiskey
barrels, I've got all sorts of containers, and going vertical with your containers is
a great way to be able to grow more in a smaller space. So, for this project we used four pieces
of the two by two redwood. Cut them to six feet six feet long; and then for the rungs,
these are two feet long, but I didn't want them to be really thick, so Evan cut them in half for
lengthwise he ripped them, is what he said, he ripped them, so one piece became two.
Now, with four pieces of the eight foot, two by two, you can get, you can get four rungs. We have
a fifth one because we had a little left over from another project. And then, Evan used the carriage
bolts and they're 3/8 inch carriage bolts. I absolutely am in love with carriage bolts now.
For the top, it just makes everything so easy to move and extend, and I could even extend it,
honestly, all the way out and put another one on the other side if I wanted to. So,
have Evan make one more of these for me and then I could have three and grow that way. I'm always
finding projects for Evan, by the way, and I love things that I can move around and change and use
all throughout my garden. So, this is phenomenal, I would say that you'd probably want to protect
it a little bit so you can use some of the rod linseed oil to coat it and protect it, it's going
to get a little beat up. Now, in the wind it can get knocked over, so if that's an issue for you,
you might want to dig it down a little bit or, I have some little, I used to be a scuba instructor,
so I have some scuba weights that I secured to the bottom, and I put those on here. I absolutely
love this. The the only downside would be, because you're using raw lumber, sometimes when I'm moving
it on the pavers it can chip off the bottom, and you have to watch out for splinters because
this is raw. So, if you're touching it a lot or moving it a lot you might want to use gloves or
something so you don't get splinters. But, I love it! It's going to work out great in this garden,
and I think it looks good too. So now I'll put all of the material and the tools that Evan used,
this one took him, again, a couple of hours just because we had to figure out a few things,
like crossing these, how we put these on, your rungs on. But, you can see all of that
at the end of the video we'll have that for you so you can see Evan's process.
If you build this, I'd love to hear about it, I'd love to see it, you could tag Kellogg on one of
the social media channels, or leave a comment down below and we'll go check it out. And,
I would love to hear what you're growing on your trellises this season and how you're using them.
I appreciate you joining me again, and I'll talk to you guys soon! Happy Gardening!