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Custom Trellis

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I knew that I wouldn’t have room for a pyramid trellis for my sugar snap peas this year, and I both wasn’t impressed with the standard, prefabricated ones you can buy, nor did I want to spend money on something I could build. Also didn’t want it to look like all the rest. So, I built this. I ripped the strips from redwood fence boards, used inexpensive spray paint and stain for the colors (stuff I already had), and smaller pieces of wood for the spacers (painted the same color as the wall). I laid it all out on my patio first, using my kid’s sidewalk chalk to draw the size and shape of the wall, then installed it on the wall, piece by piece. Not counting the paint and fasteners that I already had on hand, this cost me about $12 and a weekend. No we’ll see how the pea pods take to it…

-- It's just Joel in (5b) Reno, no cause for alarm...

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Eklectic

1809 posts in 948 days
hardiness zone 5a

posted 451 days ago

I hope the pea pods take to it….but on the other hand, what a shame to cover this ’’trellis’’!
You did really nice work and you recycled as well!! WOW! Hat’s off!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

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Scott Hildenbrand

1658 posts in 920 days
hardiness zone 6b

posted 451 days ago

That’s rather cute.. Was about to ask how you got it to stand off, but I see in one of the pics that it’s scrap wood blocking..

I hope you don’t mind, but I think down the road when I get more time I’d love to do that. Come to think of it, it’d be really really cute on the garden shed, once I build it.. :)

Got a fine helper there, too.. Much more help than my 3yo is, for sure.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

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Iris43

2184 posts in 778 days
hardiness zone 5a

posted 451 days ago

That is too cute for words! Is that a potting shed you have put it on or a child’s playhouse. I hope it is a playhouse cuz I want to come and have a cup of tea there…..with a cookie. LOL

Good job! Creative, humourous and very attractive.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

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justjoel

35 posts in 529 days
hardiness zone 5b

posted 451 days ago

Thank you all – it was a fun project. I don’t think the peas will cover the entire trellis, so some of it will still show, and they won’t be there year-round so the “art” aspect will still be there most of the year. It is a storage shed (mostly camping gear and yard & garden stuff), but I added the potting shelves and such this season as well (you should have seen the shed when I got a hold of it – amazing what a coat of paint – okay, three coats of paint – and a little love can do). And my 3-year old daughter does love to play there, though she’s not in to the tea party thing (yet) but rather likes helping dad dig – and my 7-year old son just likes the power tools and hammering stuff (no, really?).

-- It's just Joel in (5b) Reno, no cause for alarm...

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justjoel

35 posts in 529 days
hardiness zone 5b

posted 451 days ago

And, ”...imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…” someone said, so copy away. Everyone is going to bring their own likes and style in to anything they do, so hard to really “copy” anyway. I’ve already had one other friend charge her husband with doing something similar after seeing mine – Love it!

-- It's just Joel in (5b) Reno, no cause for alarm...

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Scott Hildenbrand

1658 posts in 920 days
hardiness zone 6b

posted 451 days ago

Sweet.. Thanks for the well wishes.. My wife loves daisies even more than her Daylillies, so this will be right up her alley.

Though really, you could do just about any kind of bloom that you can cut out, for that matter.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

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dini

1503 posts in 865 days
hardiness zone 5

posted 451 days ago

I really like that. Even if you never planted anything there, it would still look way cool!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

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mario1360

921 posts in 563 days
hardiness zone 5a

posted 451 days ago

wow, thats cool….

-- south shore montreal, zone 5a, whish it was 9

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Cyndibelle

51 posts in 547 days
hardiness zone 4

posted 451 days ago

Very cool!!

-- Cyndibelle- Burlington, WI

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GrandmaT

5305 posts in 1026 days
hardiness zone 5

posted 451 days ago

Love it!!! Very cute and truly love that your garden helper was so involved. Hope your snap peas take, although if they don’t you still have quite a lovely “art piece” there.

Great multi-purpose “shed” too …

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

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justjoel

35 posts in 529 days
hardiness zone 5b

posted 451 days ago

Okay, I posted a new photo of what the shed looked like before I got a hold of it. Before this picture was taken I had to remove some half-dead shrubs and stuff from in front of it, and a bunch of old bricks and decaying wood from around the back sides (the cellulose eaters weren’t too happy with my clean-up efforts). Hope my gardening skills are worthy of these other efforts. Thanks again for the kind comments!

-- It's just Joel in (5b) Reno, no cause for alarm...

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TopamaxSurvivor

80 posts in 451 days
hardiness zone 8

posted 451 days ago

That’s a great idea

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Scott Hildenbrand

1658 posts in 920 days
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posted 451 days ago

I should be asleep.

That’s an interesting shed for sure.. What is the deal with the roof line? It’s got me a bit baffled. I’m assuming that it’s a standard gable at the front to give it a certain look and then knocks down to a single pitch roof at the back?

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

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justjoel

35 posts in 529 days
hardiness zone 5b

posted 451 days ago

Yeah, weird design isn’t it? But it came with the house. There’s a door to the gabled roof space accessible only from the top of the standard pitch side (and it was pretty much painted shut, so I didn’t look inside) – the ceiling on the inside is the same on both sides of the different roofing. Have no idea in Hades why it was built that way. I had some cedar shingles left from when I built a dog house, so I figured I’d cover my potting shelves – I call it my “hill-billy” porch.

-- It's just Joel in (5b) Reno, no cause for alarm...

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MsDebbieP

8103 posts in 1148 days
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posted 451 days ago

well, isn’t that brilliant! Cutest darned thing ever!! (And your help is great as well)

and did you say that there is a “secret room” in there and you haven’t look inside yet?? You know that that is where they stored their gold coins! (or seeds from their great-grandparents’ gardens)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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Bon

5154 posts in 928 days
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posted 451 days ago

Very nice.Love that new trellis.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

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jroot

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posted 450 days ago

very nice, indeed. Give me an idea as well. Thanks.

-- jroot

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whitedog

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posted 450 days ago

i love it . that would look great on my fence.

-- Paul , Ca.

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GrandmaT

5305 posts in 1026 days
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posted 450 days ago

HUGE difference … you certainly have a good “eye” ...

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

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Greenthumb

1801 posts in 968 days

posted 450 days ago

Cute

had I done that some folks would question my sense of direction

yours is nailed to your garage wall

-- Central northish Ontario

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Greenthumb

1801 posts in 968 days

posted 450 days ago

kidding

very cute

-- Central northish Ontario

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