Every year I’m way behind on giving my plants proper supports. It’s always a mad dash of posts and strings and in the end it looks like an overgrown harried spider is trying to grow tomatoes.
Not this year I thought, as my peas blossomed and quickly and optimistically climbed into thin air. This year, this year, I shall build them a proper trellis. After a bit of research into maximum heights, and considering the other posts in the garden, I settled on this experiment. Ripped down 2x4s for the framing, scrap plywood for corner bracing, and chicken wire for climbing. I retrofitted the structure onto the existing raised bed by drilling in dowels to the corner posts.
Got it all built and installed, and then, almost as an afterthought, double checked which variety of peas I planted this year.
Tom Thumb.
Grows to about a foot tall.
On the plus side, I’m super on top of things for next year. 😂
Have a great weekend everyone! 🌿