How to Make a FREE Garden Trellis from Sticks

Okay, let's say a cattle panel trellis is too rich for your budget. Howsabout we make a trellis out of free stuff instead?

Making a garden trellis doesn't have to cost anything. All you need are some sticks and twine, and maybe a machete! Today we build a trellis that looks just like it came from the Shrine.

[ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

As a broke person with very few gardening supplies I am eternally grateful! 😁

[fishinghole]

That was some impressive machete whackin'! Thank you for bringing gardening back down to earth by teaching us how to grow food for almost free.

[christophercain]

As a nation we seriously need to learn how to adapt to our environment. We no longer think outside the box. We all have to work on our problem solving skills. Thanks for the ideas!!!

[TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

As a broke bloke who takes too many tokes, I approve of this message…😂. On a more serious note, I just hammer in individual posts, often hand cut saplings and string twine down the lines, and I haven’t had one fail yet…. I like your shire tepees👌

[ravenwolf]

Timely video, David! Nice to be reminded that rustic can be beautiful and functional.
You are always anticipating similar ideas we have for our homestead. Namely--we are tired of dropping cash on poles and the endless infrastructure homesteading can require. We are building a temporay goat house medieval style all from larger saplings we cut by hand. Our ancestors didn't have big box stores and they did OK.

[tomasarana]

I've built thousands of those here are some extra tips. They work much better with 4 legs. And also you have to put then in the right order forming something like a spiral when you tie them up. Bamboo is the best material for it but anything will work. Water the soil beforehand so it will be real easy to stick them in the ground.

[drewsample]

I saw this video, and promptly went out in the garden and made one. Thanks David.

[GDixon-chyl]

I love the natural trellis.😊 That would make a garden look more whimsical, fanciful, and from another time and it still gets a job done the same way😊

[margiemurray]

Hello the Nana's here from Central Florida Zone 9B I'd like to challenge your subscribers and viewers to share their most frugally creative trellising ideas. Our neighbor was getting ready to throw their above ground swimming pool ladder away but I took it away from the garbage to use for our squash plant because we don't have room for it to grow in our yard. It made a nice trellis when we added some bamboo that grows in our yard along with a few zip ties here and there. All the stakes used in our yard are made from bamboo. Happy trellising.

[tunyarenfrow]

This has really been helpful for me. I can't afford any more cattle panels.

[lazaruslongD]

Home improvement and gardening centers have turned simple gardening into an expensive endeavor. I've used saplings lashed with heat-shrinkable plastic strips cut from 2-liter cola bottles and dig my compost from the woods behind the house. It all works just as well as expensive store-bought stuff.

[pinelandsprepping]

This video is right up my alley! I'd love to see more about gardening with little or no money.

[bluejoy]

I love the rustic look and it blends in with the garden. Nothing wrong with using what you got. Thank you so much!

[wayfaringfarmer]

So weird David.

1. Literally built the same trellis today with bamboo… today 😮

2. Been adopting some of the Foundations for Farming (Farmint Gods Way) this past year!!

[mousiebrown]

David has an excellent assistant. Good job, y’all!

[thadrobinson]

Using a tripod lashing to assemble the tepee frame might be easier than tying it up in situ.

I once used bamboo to lash up tomato trellis; I didn't have any overall plan, just a bunch of tomatoes to support and bamboo to do it with. Wound up looking like a Vietcong Ewok village... with tomatoes.

[johnsanders]

Bad Buds

Some plants hinder other plants' growth and shouldn't be grown next to one another. Here are some bad friends: Beans: onions, garlic

Cabbage: strawberries, tomatoes

Caraway: dill

Carrots: dill

Corn: tomatoes

Cucumbers: potatoes, sage

Hyssop: radishes

Onions: beans, peas

Peas: onions, garlic, leeks

Peppers: kohlrabi

Potatoes: pumpkins, squash, tomatoes

Radishes: cabbage

Rue: sweet basil

Squash: potatoes

Tomatoes: cabbage, cauliflower, fennel,

potatoes

Turnips: potatoes

[GrammyMidwife]

It was so nice to meet you and listen to your presentation at Keepers of the Old Ways! Thank you for your time!

[patriciaserdahl]

Absolutely love it David free scavenging materials works for me Thanks for sharing hope you have a blessed day 🙏 🇺🇸 😊

[PK-zqst]

Right on, good Sir the time may soon come to use these basic supply nature has provided. Probably best to practice now thank you