Raspberry supports diy

After a good solid month of working around the house and planting the garden I can say as of last weekend I have all of the spring plantings complete. In the last month I have torn down and re-bui…

This weekend my husband and I built a new trellis for our blackberry canes. Our original trellis was made from 2 landscape timbers with 8 foot of American wire stretched between the post. This lasted about 2 years before the canes pushed the wire forward and made the post lean in. This time we put up a T R E L L I S! We started with 3 eight foot 4 x 4 post. We set these four feet apart and placed them two feet in the ground. We then nailed a 16 foot cattle panel into the post with steeples…

We built new fruit trellises this year in hopes of creating espaliered raspberry bushes, Thompson seedless grape vines, and Bearss seedless lime trees. I adapted a design that I found on the Internet to my planting space. We used pressure treated wood for the posts for longevity, and grounded them in concrete for stability. We […]

Got backyard berries? I'll show you how to build a raspberry trellis in less than two hours with a few simple tools and supplies.

Backyard Raspberries: Raspberries are a great addition to backyard gardening. They are easy to grow and caring for them is simplified when there is a trellis system to contain the vines. When we moved the row of raspberries this spring, we decided to provide a T-bar tr…

When you plant raspberries, you also have to plan for their support system. Raspberries are usually planted in rows with a system of posts and horizontal wires or string to support them. If you do not have room for this, you can grow them in a pot or container supported by bamboo canes. We have both rows and single planted out raspberries. Either way, supports should be put in place at planting time.

Give your raspberries proper airflow and support to create abundant, healthy berries that are easy to pick. This fairly simple DIY garden project can be scaled up or down depending on your needs.

Raspberry DIY trellis idea for your garden. Reusing or repurposing a motorcycle crate adds support for a raspberry patch. Garden trellis DIY!

We got tired of the old wire/cable system that was in place for our blackberry bushes. So we decided to try something new and unique. This design should hold...