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Re: How NOT to build a trellis

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Kitty,


LOL!  
I've done the same thing but I didn't have an audience
at the time!
Plumbing pipe is a good idea if you have some lying
around. I ended up using 1/2 inch electrical metal
tubing (EMT). It's very sturdy and oh so cheap. I paid
$0.125 a foot. I did put some of that PVC to use. I
cut short pieces and attached them to the inside of
the raised bed at the corners. Then I just slipped the
EMT into the PVC "sleeves".

Good luck and keep your sense of humor!

Ruth


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> Hi everyone. I was looking around trying to figure
> out what I could make my trellis with since my old
> wooden ones had pretty much bit the dust and there
> sat a bunch of PVC pipe left over from a  project.
> Well with a few new couplings and some plumbers tape
> it looked pretty good. Got the string strung and
> even braced it on the sides with another couple of
> pieces of pipe . Then the wind started to blow and I
> thought the whole bed was gonna take off and fly
> away.Just too flimsy. However flimsly my wood
> trellis was- it was much better than this -this is
> just too wobbly. - it is 1 1/1 inch- maybe  just too
> high. don't know.The string looks really good this
> year too you know- darn it? I heard people on this
> very forum warn about this being too flimsy-but did
> I listen? NOOOOOO!- maybe a thicker pipe would be
> ok- but I think you need weigh plumbing pipe or just
> go get some decent wood. Oh well- only lost a few
> hours and learned a lot. My Neighbors got a kick out
> of this boo boo- the old timers in my mobile home
> park are always hanging over the fence waiting to
> see what I am going to next - things that THEYnever
> did when they gardened,"YOU CAIN"T GROW IN BOXES
> LIKE THAT-YOU GOTTA HAVE ROWS.YOU CAIN'T GROW MELONS
>  OR CUKES UP A ROPE LIKE THAT , YOU GOTS TO GROW EM
> ON HILLS, HOW COME YOU AINT ROTOTOLLIN? YOU GOTS TO
> ROTOTIL",  then when something grows-"HEY CAN WE
> HAVE SOME OF THEM TOMATERS?" Today as the trellis
> was swinging about madly (it WAS windy) and I was
> desperately trying to unhook it ALL BY
> MYSELF-without smacking myself silly- they were
> guffawing and snorting(the women do this too!) and 
> I heard someone suggest that it might make a great
> frame for a very large kite. Smart alecs.I wonder if
> any of them have any plumbing pipe....Teri.
> 
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