The Easiest Best Longest Lasting Coolest Garden Trellis (Takes 5 Minutes to Make)

[@gryphonrampant24]

To emphasize your point on these things lasting forever: As a kid in the 90s every summer I'd help my grandparents in the garden, cattle panel trellises absolutely laden with cucumbers and tomatoes. When they passed away, I requested to inherit the panels lest they end up in the trash, and have been using them every year in my own garden over twenty years later. Yeah, growing heirlooms on heirlooms.

[@davidthegood]

That is amazing.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

That is an amazing story! I loved reading this thank you for sharing.

[@rachelhall4808]

That gave me the warm and fuzzies! My g-ma didn’t have cattle panels but she built her outdoor furniture out of cinder blocks. When she passed I asked if I could have her potting bench and seats. My aunts and uncle kinda laughed as if I didn’t know what I was asking. I loaded all of those cinder blocks up and there were almost enough to construct a small shed. Our truck rode low that evening. I still have that “potting bench” that will outlive me.

[@melanieallen3655]

Thats beautiful❤

[@TrggrWarning]

@@davidthegoodI ain’t puttin that thing in my yard. BUT I am going to grow mass tomatoes… so next “normal” option plz

[@D71219ONE]

Perfect timing! I’m not joking, yesterday I showed my wife arched trellises using cattle panel, asking if she’s okay if we have these connecting our garden beds when we move to Florida later this year. I’ve been told all of my beds need to either have a neat perimeter with bricks, or be raised beds. She hosts women’s Bible study for our church, and she wants a backyard that doesn’t look like a farm. I got the approval from her to make arch trellises to connect beds in the walkways, so I’ll be able to walk under some of my food. I’m going to make as many of them as possible, so I get as much food as possible, while keeping my better half happy! 😂

[@Katydidit]

You might want to spray paint the panels and the Tposts to match. I wish I had thought of that before I installed mine. They would have a nicer aesthetic appeal in the off seasons.

[@fancythat5136]

What areas of Florida are good for gardening? We’re looking in NE area...

[@Lastochkad]

Great idea, we did the same, connecting three raws of garden beds with cattle panel trellis. It look great.

[@phineusphineas]

Ask your wife if she wants to draw the layout of the garden and then do what you can to make the layout the way she likes it. She gets involved in the projects and you get a way out if she doesn't like the looks.

[@brichard9485]

So glad you included the price increase in the panels. I'm stunned to see the price doubled in 5 years. More of that transitory inflation running only five to 6% per year🙄💩

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

If you Double up on T posts, you can wire those cattle panels a couple feet above ground .. extra height for tall gardeners, and another couple feet of growing space.

[@dethdriver1974]

And use the actual clips for attaching the cattle panels, zip ties will break. my trellises are all over a decade old and just as sturdy as the day I put them up

[@CyberSERT]

@@dethdriver1974 Can you please provide a link to the clips you're talking about?

[@farmhousegardens]

@@dethdriver1974 clips?

[@sirblacksmith2297]

Im 6'4 and looking to build some trellising, thank you so much for this advice, I've been looking for cattle panel long enough and never considered this

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

@@sirblacksmith2297 I'm the runt of the litter, just 6" even .. I've got one brother 6'4 and another 6'8 (9 if he doesn't slouch). It ain't easy being a giant in today's world

[@user-ic2ug8ys1z]

Herrick Kimbell would approve. 👍

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

I have a cattle panel trellis that's raised up more, with 2 t posts on each side, and metal plumbers tape holding one side to the house. It's on the south side, over a window. In the hot season plants growing on it shades that window.

[@mollytrap]

We love these too! If you don’t have those cool metal chunks, you can just put the T posts in first and that’ll hold the cattle panel until you can zip tie it. We make the arch taller by putting them towards the inner edges of the bed for us giant people to be able to walk under.

[@janebadon3988]

It took me ten years to figure out you can easily carry cattle panels in your truck bed by bending them into the arch shape against the insides😆

[@farmhousegardens]

I was wondering how people get those home. Now to figure how to do it with a minivan. :)

[@marthafinney1369]

Thanks, I was wondering how to do the same 😂

[@Lastochkad]

@@farmhousegardens my husband asked a worker at the store to help him, both they rolled it and that’s how he was able to put it in a car

[@roannegrasso6035]

I am going to try transporting in my truck bed. Thanks for the tip.

[@janebadon3988]

Be sure and tie it down!!

[@bethb8276]

I did something similar, but instead of spiking in those bent metal things, I just measured about 5 feet width, hammered some 5 foot t posts about 1 to 2 feet down into the ground. Walked my cattle panel so the skinny end was now against the ground next to the t post, pulled other end toward me until I had in against the second t post. Zip ties, same as you. My t posts look a bit higher than yours which allowed me to use a couple extra zip ties. Seems very sturdy. Did a second one about 2 feet from first. Growing a couple passionvines, and a grape vine on mine. Did this by myself, no adorable helper like you. I'm a 5'6", 64 yr old female. 2 cattle panels, 4 t posts total, 2 per panel. I was nervous about tackling it myself at first, but it was pretty easy really, I'd do it again elsewhere in my yard.

[@davidthegood]

Good idea

[@marlajestice7418]

God Bless you🤗 I’m in the same boat & going to try this even if my arthritis argues🙏🏼

[@marlajestice7418]

@@davidthegood I didn’t see the measurements of the wire,

[@bethb8276]

You can do it Marla! You don't have to do it all in one day either. Maybe set your posts one day, and the cattle panel on another. The cattle panels are awkward to handle, I very slightly folded my panels in half, but not all the way, just to make it easier to get in place, just take your time, it's not a race right? 😉

[@peggyjohnson3184]

I had no way to haul cattle panels, so I constructed an arch with T posts on each side and a curved pvc arch from one post to the other. I made 3 of these, lined them up and fastened welded wire fencing to cover the arching pvc. Holds up well for years, easy to deconstruct and move.

[@Oktopia]

I'm making bed sidings, mulch and climbing features out of old Christmas trees this year. I collected 7 of them today and will probably get more next weekend. I don't have a car so today my small rural town was treated to the sight of a crazy garden gnome walking her tree. Or was I brushing the road? Maybe doing a door-to-door dog service? Training with trees as a green alternative to tires? People would stop and stare and dogs were barking at me, upset I had my own porta-potty. I love gardening enough to become the crazy tree lady in my neighborhood. :D

[@Katydidit]

That is hilarious!!

[@patriciaserdahl5577]

Very nice David I need to purchase some Cattle Panels they sure have went up in price Love the scavenging for free post n materials every little bit helps God bless 😊👍 🙏 🇺🇸

[@anitamurphy2454]

I grow a lot of things up my cattle panel arches. I also love using half cattle panels arched for a low tunnel. They support tarps if need be, shade cloth, and row cover. May need help to keep from snagging row cover on sharp points, but it works and is easy to stack move around. I also use these half arches for hanging onions and garlic over them to cure in the warm season. Lets them get air circulation, and the tops hang down thru and dry quickly.

[@loves2spin2]

All you need is a little table with chairs and a tea set underneath! Very cool, David.

[@MelSr8]

Just put our first cattle panel trellis up today. 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@observer4292]

4:44 the “yeah, dad” look she gave haha so cute

[@ancient_gamerr]

4:44 "That's not going anywhere!" The look of disbelief and doubt on the other side of the fence 😄

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

We had rows of cattle panel trellises, grew beans on them. We took them all down last fall, because the weeds took over. We wanted to turn the Bean Field into our grocery row garden, so the Bean Field is currently under a silage tarp, to turn the bean field into the weed killing field.

[@kaybonette]

Nice to see your daughter helping out

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We use lots of cattle panels on our place for everything.

[@JDHood]

Cattle panels are worth their weight in gold for trellising. Hardest part is getting them home from the store. If you have an 8-foot truck bed or a similar size trailer, you can load them "arched" just like your trellis. Just tie them down good and they will ride just fine.

[@davidthegood]

Yeah. I have tied them on the top of my van, with ratchet straps.

[@Katydidit]

I purchased 4 at the beginning of 2020... when they were just $20 a piece! Hired my Handyman and his Gardening Neighbor Friend to help me install. It went fast! They even sliced 2 of them in half w some grinder tool to make narrower arches to fit better with the design of my raised beds. We anchored them with a 6 foot TPost on each end and secured with wire because I had no idea how the clips that came with it worked!! ( Hurricane country ) I heard zip ties work but I didn't trust that for the long term. I also have them propped about 10 inches above the soil level so I can work the ground underneath. My advice to anyone installing these for the first time is anchor your posts first. I hit a huge rock ( or petrified wood?) trying to drive the 6 Foot T posts into one of my raised beds ... so had to improvise the plan a bit. They are so worth having!!

[@charlesdevier8203]

I also raise the ends of my panels 8-10 inches above the ground and wire to the T-posts.

[@johnshawngrubb4675]

Hi hubby and I did the very same thing for the first time this week with a 12 foot panel attaching it w fence clips to 2 T-posts and the old fence posts where the gate used to be at the entrance of our swale grocery row garden. It’s about 2’ off the ground to be able to walk under.

[@MsLorisM]

We have one set up ready for melons. The grand kids are anxious to get them planted. Spring break in the garden!. Yay!!

[@carolmayer9789]

Have cattle panel trellises in three rows. Grown green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers the last 2 summers. Great video! Thanks David ❤

[@DaytonaRose-lm1hi]

The look your daughter gives the camera when you say "that's not going anywhere!" lol! 🤣

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

The voice at the beginning almost spit my water out laughing. Great idea for a video, so relatable!

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Getting to the end and was just wondering about muscadine grapes, I have one and was debating to start a line like I saw Scott head do or do something like this DTG, so please do an update.

[@mindofmadness5593]

My hope is to use them this year on a new property. Last year I use 2x3 fencing as a wall garden-had five or six Kershaw squashes supported by that and some PVC posts.

[@mitsealb3609]

“That’s not going anywhere”. “Perfect” works pretty good too as a magic word.

[@annawhitehodges3647]

The pretty young lady is going to be very rare in the future. Learning things that no college is teaching. Class in nature. Great job!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, Anna. She has been my garden helper since she arrived.

[@organiccleanfoodconnection]

David, every spring Orscheln’s farm supply puts the cattle panels on sale. I have two together for a longer tunnel and you can keep adding them.

[@TheIlook1]

I’ve done a cheap tripod by loosely tying 3 bamboo sticks together. Leave the branches but remove the leaves. Then put a steak in beside two of the three and plant your beans around them. Do not plant around the third bamboo. When you want to pick beans up high, just lift the third bamboo and walk away from the other two. The tripod will lower and when done push it back up. Sometimes we put in a third steak and put a loop of twine around it to secure the third one so it can’t blow over. Makes for great vertical growing.

[@pjnelson414]

You just saved me a bunch of work on a grape trellis, at my age I need all the help I can get. Thank you bunches.

[@charlesdevier8203]

Probably not a good idea for grapes. Those woody grape vines need to be cut and removed every year and would be real hard to pull out of the panels. Most all grape growers (including me) use a two wire system.

[@pjnelson414]

@@charlesdevier8203 ok I see you're point. Any ideas would be appreciated. Im a 69 yr old lady so make it easy for me please.

[@mikecarrillo7245]

Props to Gardener Scott.

[@stacey_d]

This is exactly what my husband and I did last year, and we l-l-l-love it!

[@susanjordan2130]

Thanks. I use my cattle panels for hoop houses.

[@iartistdotme]

I wanted to grow food on mine but the roses took over and they look fantastic. Glad they didn't listen to me. Now I'm thinking a smaller section would work for cukes by clamped to the ground in my mounded dirt no dig bed. Then attach the top of the section to the top of the neighboring cattle panel that is like a volley ball net. That way my tomatoes under the volley ball net would get a bit of shade when my FL heat is at the worst and the cukes would provide shade for the bags I grow the maters in. WIN, WIN.! Love the cheap ideas!

[@dbirdeycapozzi9807]

Cool beans! ...just what we're needing up in South Carolina!!

[@marlaallen7234]

Thank you. I'm putting one up by myself. I hadn't thought of the short stakes to hold it while I drive the T post.

[@isabelladavis1363]

I adore these things use the more narrow ones for the 4 ft side of my beds as climbers that arch and connect to the next bed… and the wider panels for the exterior fence to keep our large dogs out…. had my son weld a four foot section on each end of the large pieces so I could give a try at growing hops…can’t wait to,see the results…thanks for sharing I totally agree cost isn’t great but it also looks like they aren’t going down either…an investment…for the future garden..blessings wished

[@juliettedemaso7588]

Oh man I just want to put these all over my yard now 🤩 Thanks! (I say thanks both genuinely and sarcastically) lol 😂

[@MultiEldridge]

Fantastic trellis! Going up is always a great option!

[@thefutureofgardening5912]

I love the cattle panels.. I kind of went nuts on my latest one and used PVC with trellis netting and reinforced with tie wire. Love the video David! Thank you!

[@elijahsanders3547]

That looks great! Thanks for the vid. Should it be oriented in any particular direction to the sun or it doesn't matter?

[@officialDavidRees]

We did this last year for burgundy yard long beans, velvet beans, and cucumber. They all filled in so amazing and grew very well.

[@alicecowan3499]

We did ours like you did 3 years ago and holding up great!❤😊

[@judithstorck5195]

Yes - we got several last year - BEST TRELLIS EVER!!

[@utubeCENSORSaregai]

I am currently still sporting a bamboo trellis and frame that still stands.. from the dark days of the covid era when lumber was more expensive than gold.. its on its last year. And i used our best friend zip ties only have had to replace a few here and there each year at the important spots structurally I cant tell if the trellis was inspired by the tv show Lost or Fantasy Island At the time the bamboo was cheaper Now its time to build a trellis much like one of these.. a mix of trellis to make you jealous and being cheap Thank you ✌🏻🙏🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

[@mesutozsen903]

Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍

[@deannewilliams3321]

I need that in my life! Thanks for posting!

[@brucemullis479]

I'm in the Florida panhandle. Already gt catterpillers on my Tomatoes. Really like winter gardens now.

[@homesteadgmad8223]

Yep. Most folks here in Texas feel likewise! So many stinking insects here, plus the scorching heat is a killer! 🥵

[@brucemullis479]

If it weren't for the freeze at Christmas time. It would have been perfect.

[@zoeshorthouse7913]

I like "cheap". Thanks for the top.😊

[@emilymontellano9126]

Speaking of fencing... do y'all plan to show the tall outer fence line at some point? We need to that at our place (lots of deer) and are thinking of some cost effective (CHEAP) ways to do it! Thanks! Great video!

[@phineusphineas]

Rather than zip ties, if you can find old discarded lengths of Romex electrical wiring you can cut the Romex to length and use them as twist ties. This way you can reuse them over and over. I have a bucket full of various lengths that I have been using for 5+ years.

[@davidthegood]

That's a good idea. I used to do that to hold a tarp down on my nursery trailer.

[@geoffoutdoors]

👍 getting ready for the gardening season

[@teresaholland4790]

Very funny and knowledgeable thank you and your whole family. What a wonderful job.

[@lilspittin313]

Loved the dre interlude along with the good info

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

Good video, you know I love cattle panels.

[@marilynweber7957]

I have done these hoops for grapevines (and portable chicken housing). I drive the 2 T posts on each side first, ,then place the cattle panels. I connect them with electric fence wire. Lasts for years and very stable. I think you might find that the zip ties are not UV resistant and will need to be replaced pretty frequently. Just a thought....

[@cameroneagle4370]

love your sense of humor , and yes you should've moved that one corner back a couple of inches.

[@mrs.t4382]

Good timing. Poking around garage today and found old cattle panel while simultaneously telling my husband I wanted to grow pole beans.

[@kriswhite1344]

Trellis to make you jealous!!

[@zaneymay]

I just finished a bamboo trellis.

[@davidthegood]

Good work.

[@zaneymay]

@@davidthegood I read bamboo will last 10 to 5 years. Is that true?

[@TheJoshuaFrey]

I love this setup! In Canada you're looking at about $110. The panel alone is $80. Still worth it for how handy they are and how nice they look once there covered in plants!

[@davidthegood]

Wow

[@monkeyfoodgarden]

Planning on putting these in our garden thank you

[@khatch62]

I want to do this for grapes.

[@homesteadaquarius]

Good job. Cattle panels do so much at a small price.

[@dylan_mayes]

i used these for the roof structure and inside trellis of a greenhouse- so it's a double layer of the panels

[@southernyards2152]

Thanks for all you do David. If you haven't seen the documentary "Back to Eden Gardening" by Dana and Sarah Films on KZbin I feel you'll enjoy it. Thanks again brother Gary Cecil

[@davidthegood]

Yes, thank you - I reviewed it over a decade ago: www.thesurvivalgardener.com/film-review-back-to-eden-103-minutes-of/

[@dorothypastran2]

Great idea

[@HyggeHomestead]

Very nice trellis

[@suzanriley574]

In hot areas it's a good idea to paint them white to avoid burning plants.

[@bluejoy8869]

I needed this video. So I’m gonna go out tomorrow and see if I can purchase everything.

[@FloridaGirl-]

The cattle panels are the way to go!! I put a stake on each corner. Lemme tell you…They hold up. i went through SMACK DAB in the middle of hurricaine Ian last fall. Cat 4 hurricaine, that lasted for like 16 hrs at least, winds at 145 mph, horrendous!! Completely ripped my veggie garden to shreds. But those cattle panels. Didn’t budge an inch! 🤣 i even plant under them. Easy to throw shade cloth over. Or a threat of frost. Easy to throw something over them.

[@MsValmark]

Ok this is funny....Hubby and I just installed my very first cattle panel (same gauge as you have there) trellis Saturday. I laughed at the awkwardness of you carrying that thing, because that was us only worse...we're in a smaller space and tried not to completely tear up my garlic. Maneuvering that thing was not easy😂😂 Planted squash, armenian cucs and sowed red Chinese Noodle beans at the base. On the other side will be cucs and kajari melons (mice ate mine on the ground last yr). Can already tell, one more will be purchased for my small garden😁

[@tradermunky1998]

I dunno, seems like I need to hire someone to do this... 😆 Thanks!

[@Katydidit]

I hired my Handyman and his gardening neighbor friend to help me. It was so worth it!

[@ICatSea]

I'd love to get some cattle panels but how do you get the dang things home? 16 feet is so giant! Even with a truck

[@Katydidit]

You can bend it into an arch to fit in your truck bed (use rubber bungee straps) and then secure it down with ratchet straps. The arch side toward the cab.

[@herminefostet-smith7571]

Nice way to grow beans. I like the idea.

[@LivingMiracleHomestead]

I also use cattle panels. It was the best investment I made for my garden.

[@MorusMalus]

Take a rope or tie down strap to hold it in its hoop shape without the need for pins. You can hoop it on you drive way or trailer then one man can carry it into place. Secure one side with the post, then adjust the strap to get the other side placed.

[@Katydidit]

That is a great tip. Thanks! I have one left to install... and no one to help me.

[@sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519]

You rock. God bless y’all

[@TheFruitfulFIG]

I grew my tomatoes on an 80' cattle panel trellis last season.

[@coreyellerbe]

I need to get some. I've got concrete remesh that I zip tie to rebar, but it rusts super quickly.

[@fishinghole333]

I'm jealous of your trellis.

[@Lastochkad]

Great idea, we just connected our raised beds with cattle panel trellis. I can send pics if anyone looking for the ideas for their garden.

[@roannegrasso6035]

I'd love to see!

[@Lastochkad]

@@roannegrasso6035 please leave email I’ll send pics

[@johnliberty3647]

I tend to use bamboo for climbing things… your way is better but like you I am cheap and don’t mind it crumbling into a mess as long as I got to be cheap. Scrubland farm nursery is great especially if you want hard to find plants that grow in my area for about 1/3rd the price I expected. Sam traded me moringa seeds for jackfruit seeds today although if one of us did not have anything it looked like the other was still giving. Thanks for mentioning Sam and scrubland farms nursery because it makes my sundays so much more enjoyable

[@ladyhammer8188]

I also use bamboo sticks for my trellises!! But I might have to give the cattle panels a try!! I also have some made with sticks. Lol

[@johnliberty3647]

I imagine a lot mr the goods viewers have done it with bamboo a sticks. We watch this channel because unlike other channel David shows us the least expensive ways to do things. Other channels seem to try to sell us a product like raised beds. David sells us the virtues of basic tools and methods

[@johnliberty3647]

I imagine a lot mr the goods viewers have done it with bamboo a sticks. We watch this channel because unlike other channel David shows us the least expensive ways to do things. Other channels seem to try to sell us a product like raised beds. David sells us the virtues of basic tools and methods

[@johnliberty3647]

I imagine a lot mr the goods viewers have done it with bamboo a sticks. We watch this channel because unlike other channel David shows us the least expensive ways to do things. Other channels seem to try to sell us a product like raised beds. David sells us the virtues of basic tools and methods

[@johnliberty3647]

I imagine a lot mr the goods viewers have done it with bamboo a sticks. We watch this channel because unlike other channel David shows us the least expensive ways to do things. Other channels seem to try to sell us a product like raised beds. David sells us the virtues of basic tools and methods

[@JakeHawken]

Put up my first cattle panel trellis a few months ago and I love it. It’s gonna have Armenian cucumber and Chinese noodle beans on it this summer. If my grape vine ever decides to be alive, it’ll grow there too. I currently have a solar powered string lights on it and it looks magical at night.

[@davidthegood]

That sounds awesome.

[@ss-kz9ee]

We call it reo mesh in Australia. To reinforce concrete. Great job.

[@kaz1388]

Little bit different. The metal mart place nearby calls them gate infill panels.

[@PPH-GARDEN]

Very cool, David ❤

[@essentialcomforts2166]

what will you be growing on them to fill them in?

[@Darkfyre755]

I really really want a bunch of trellises like this but i can't think of how to get that fencing stuff home from bunnings (and also it's expensive)

[@lolaseymour1532]

Read further up in the feed regarding good suggestions regarding doing this with a mini van. Also watch for sales & check out hog panels.

[@trippnbilly7130]

Would love some tobacco videos. I'm a noob this,year and need hints

[@dylankirsch1023]

I used to use a lot of zip ties for stuff like that. But I found that galvanized tie wire it stronger and cheaper. And it's almost as fast to put on.

[@Ann-fn8fp]

and won't float in the ocean for thousands of years...

[@yohanceamir224]

Woof woof woof, love you man

[@k.p.1139]

Yep, 16 bucks, just a few very shirt years ago! I'm glad I got my 3 when I did!

[@lindagraves3250]

My grape arch uses 4 t-posts & a cattle panels. Nothing else. It recently withstood 70 mph winds with no issue. We have to replace the house roof, but not the grape arch. 😊

[@babetteisinthegarden6920]

Now that makes me wanna grow pole beans again

[@dantheman9135]

ThankQ

[@dondobbs9302]

I love it. I hope my wife doesn't see this, she'll make me build her one today. We use bamboo (we're in Thailand) so, that lasts about a year before the insects turn it into powder. Those cattle panels don't exist here, neither do "T" posts. I MIGHT be able to do it with doubling up cement reinforcement screen but, I'd need to get some REALLY good rust/waterproof paint like Epoxy. Eh....got plenty of bamboo......

[@davidthegood]

We had the same issue in the Caribbean. No cattle panels, no t-posts. Good hunting!

[@Lvaladez114]

Yes it is!

[@darlaann1610]

Oooo! Those look like some knarly toe stubbers to me!

[@TheSHOP411]

I use them the same way on my raised beds.