Rebecca McMahon, a Kansas State University Research and
Extension Horticulture Agent for Sedgwick County, Kansas,
demonstrates a slightly different method of setting up cattle
panels to serve as vertical growing platforms than the method I
described in my post about building a cattle panel arch. The
method she uses is to first cut the panel in half, and then tie
the two pieces together at the top with metal hog rings. At the
base the pieces are spread out to make an A-frame structure
which fits into the raised beds used as shown in the video
below. My arch trellis was placed directly on the ground as was
secured by t-posts. A DIY Tutorial: Repurposing an Old Cattle
Panel An easy DIY (do-it-yourself) vertical gardening project is
the creation of an arch by bending a cattle panel into the arch
shape, pounding four t-posts into the ground a little over one
foot and securing the panel on both sides where each side
touches the ground to these t-posts with post clips or wire.
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