How to Make Your Own Vegetable Trellis

If you don’t have a lot of space to grow a vegetable garden, one option may be to use a vegetable trellis. If you make the best use of your space with a trellis you can grow twice as many vegetables in your allotted space. Another advantage to training your vegetables to grow upward is that they tend to get more sunlight and air when they are growing off of the ground. For those that live in the city, but long to grow their own vegetables, the vertical garden is a great idea.

Some of the supplies that you will need to build your own vegetable trellis include,

Two wooden fence posts that are about 8 feet in length
Two stakes
At least 24 feet of wire
Staples and a staple gun
Plastic netting that measures approximately 10 X 24 feet
S hooks and pliers

The steps that you will take to build a vegetable trellis,

Visit your local hardware store to find all of the supplies that you will need; make sure that you bring the list with you so you don’t have to stop in the middle to make another trip to the store.

Take the two fence posts and place them in the ground about 10 feet apart. You will need to drive the posts into the ground about 2 feet.

Next you will want to wrap the wire around one post until you reach the top of the post. At the top you will want to staple the wire to the post before running it over to the second post. Wrap the wire around the second post, also securing it with staples.

Place the netting over the wire; when it is secure you will then want to place S hooks about every 15 inches. After hooking the netting on the S hooks unroll it downward. You will need to staple the netting to the posts on each side so that it is sturdy and tight.

After you have made your vegetable trellis you can then get it ready to use for planting. If you are planting peas you can begin in early spring, but for other fruits and vegetables it is best to way until late spring when there is no longer any danger of frost ruining your garden.

You can plant a variety of different crops on the same vegetable trellis. For example, you can start by planning peas, but leave about 6 inches of space so that you can plant another type of vegetable, such as cucumbers.

Aside from this basic vegetable trellis there are other methods of growing a vertical garden. You can use baskets, shelves and any number of things to help you grow this type of garden. You can grow your garden on a patio or deck, even if you live in an apartment building.

Part of the secret of growing a successful garden with a vegetable trellis is to know what types of vegetables will grow in the environment where you will place your trellis. For example if you are surrounded by buildings and your patio has a lot of shade, you will need to grow vegetables that do well in this environment, such as lettuce and other leafy vegetables.

Anyone can grow a garden, even in small places, if you build your own vegetable trellis.