Chicken wire is a very versatile product, used for a range of purposes from chicken coops to plant supports to framing for parade floats and stucco walls. Chicken wire is often sold under the name poultry wire or poultry netting and is very flexible, yet strong. Because it has small enough...
Bush peas can reach 18 to 30 inches tall. Pole types can grow at least 4 to 6 feet tall. Both types benefit from support (especially bush peas above 2 feet and all pole peas). Install thin tree branches or twiggy sticks (pea sticks), trellises, chicken wire, strings, or netting befo...
If growing Sugar Baby watermelons vertically, create slings from fabric or netting. Then, support the fruits with them. Trellising enhances air circulation around watermelons. They help lower foliar disease issues as well. Pick small-fruited cultivars and grow them at closer spacings. How to Grow...
Beans:Trellising beans can create attractive living ornaments in your landscape. Both the leaves and flowers are very pretty. A simple bamboo teepee creates height as well. Most animals find the leaves more attractive than the beans themselves so your harvest will usually be unharmed. Herbs:Perenn...
Planting cucumbers around your fruit trees acts as a force field to keep the raccoons away from your trees. Use bird netting. After building a fence around the trees, you can throw bird netting over the top of the tree and down to the fence. Do this when the fruit is ready to ripen,...
types benefit from support (especially bush peas above 2 feet and all pole peas). Install thin tree branches or twiggy sticks (pea sticks), trellises, chicken wire, strings, or netting before plants establish their shallow roots.See instructions on how to build trellises and supports for peas...