Extending a Square Foot Garden Trellis
Mel Bartholomew’s design for a trellis in his book square foot gardening is excellent in many ways. You can cheaply build it from electrical conduit, it is very sturdy and they just plain look good and work great. They do have three downfalls though; they are not that tall for many varieties of beans which easily out grow them. They are also one flat dimension and that leads to crowding if you plant at a full square foot density. The steel also gets very hot and that means you can’t train beans onto it or they scortch. With this low cost easy addition of bamboo and zip ties you can get maximum production from your survival garden and still use Mel’s outstanding design as the primary support for your trellis.
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