How to Make an a Frame Garden Trellis
An A-frame garden trellis is useful for a compact garden space. Vine plants such as beans, tomatoes or cucumbers grow up the sides of these frames, while underneath them, cool-temperature plants such as lettuce or broccoli can be grown in the shade and cooler environment provided by the vines. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Two door hinges
- Two screen door frames
- Welded wire fencing
- Wire cutters
- Fencing staples
- Hammer
- Utility knife
- Drill
- Phillips screwdriver head for drill
- Landscape fabric
- Landscape fabric stakes
Instructions
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Remove wire mesh from the frame of an old screen door frame by cutting it out with a utility knife.
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Unroll welded wire fencing and cut to the length of the screen door frames using wire cutters.
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Tack welded wire fencing to the outside of the screen door frame using fencing staples. Hammer staples in place.
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Attach the two screens together using hinges, hinge screws that came with hinges and Phillips screwdriver drill bit.
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Place screens in an A-shape in garden and plant vine plants around the outside.
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Line the dirt inside the A-frame trellis with landscaping fabric to serve as a weed barrier. Stake the weed barrier fabric down with plastic stakes.
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Cut a hole in the landscaping fabric to plant cold-hearty plants such as lettuce.
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