Your climbing plants will love a trellis in your garden. This brings new life to your garden. They help your climbing plants gain more space to grow. Trellis also help with vertical gardening. Vertical gardening increases the air circulation around your plants. There are many designs for a garden trellis, ranging from small ones to large, tall ones.

This is how you can DIY your own.

If you’re looking for a great way to increase the growing space in your garden, a simple trellis panel will do the job just as effectively. With so many different methods and materials used, here is what you will need to build your own cattle panel trellis.

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Materials needed to build a cattle panel trellis

  •  1 5/6 meter long cattle panel
  • 4 studded T-bar posts
  • 24 Heavy plastic zip ties
  • Small hamme
  • Tape measure
  • A Level

Here is how to build your trellis

Adding a DIY trellis to your garden is highly beneficial for most spaces. Installation is straightforward and takes less than an hour with the right tools and instructions.

Step 1: Select the ideal location

Choose a location in your garden that receives at least 8 hours of sunlight daily, as most climbing vegetables require plenty of sun. Choose a direction that works best for your garden’s layout.

Step 2: Prepare your cattle panel trellis

Take your cattle panel, trim it with wire cutters, and get the desired size. You want it to be the perfect size and angle for stability. Position the four T-bar posts. Use the hammer to hammer the posts into the ground, ensuring they are perfectly straight.

Step 3: Securing the cattle panel trellis

Get the biggest zip ties that will fit into the holes of the T-bars. Now you can tighten the trellis with the zip ties to the T-bars. If you want it to be extra tight and have enough zip ties, then you can use all of them. Make sure it is levelled.

Step 4: Now, plant your vertical garden

Now that your cattle panel trellis is properly installed, it’s time to plant your climbing vegetables. A few choices for your trellis include cucumbers, squash or climbing pole beans.

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Soon enough, your cattle panel trellis will be bursting with life in just a month or two. Just water your plants and make sure to maintain them with the necessary care.

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