Custom Trellis

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

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

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'

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...

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...

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

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.

wow, thats cool….

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

Very cool!!

-- Cyndibelle- Burlington, WI

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

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...

That’s a great idea

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

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...

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

Very nice.Love that new trellis.

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

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

-- jroot

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

-- Paul , Ca.

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

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

Cute

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

yours is nailed to your garage wall

-- Central northish Ontario

kidding

very cute

-- Central northish Ontario