Video: Making A Simple Jute (String) Trellis - Vertical Gardening

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Vertical gardening or also known as trellis gardening is a great way to add space to your garden. A 4x8 foot raised bed can also be trellised (if that's a word) to include another 4x8 vertical space or more. You can grow you cucumbers and other light vine crops up a trellis. Another video I did shows you how to create a chicken-wire trellis that measure 3x8 feet.

Jute is an organic fiber that is green friendly. I use it for everything in the garden. Although you missed the window to plant fall peas, a jute trellis is a great way to grow peas. You can set up your trellis now in the fall, so come spring, you can grow you peas vertically. Unlike cucumbers that can sprawl on the ground, peas are quite fragile and really do their best climbing. A jute trellis is nothing more than tieing off string. Who can't do that?

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A Full Meal From My October Garden: Just Garden Salad

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So one of my gardening goals was to get tomatoes come fall. Another goal was to eat a decent meal from my garden through November. October is officially checked off. This was a big goal because I typically lose my gardening stamina come August and my garden collapses.

This a salad of purple ruffle basil, tomatoes (large and cherry) (Oh and an heirloom 'Brandywine'), banana peppers, green peppers and white bunching onions. Topped off with sea salt and olive oil. 

An October Garden Salad - The Rusted Garden

Mozzarella Added to the Garden Salad - The Rusted Garden

All Vegetables From My October Garden - The Rusted Garden

October 1st: What's Going On in The Rusted Garden?

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It's fall. The nights are hitting the 40's and the days are resting nicely in the mid 70's I achieved a lot of garden goals this year. The big goal was getting my videos done. The other big goal is cleaning up my garden this fall and building all the new beds that I want for spring. I actually have a plan this fall for my 2013 garden. Well... a general plan that is a bit more detailed than last year. Here is some of what is going in my garden.

The of 'Sarah's Galapagos': The Rusted Garden

My container gardens were quite successful this year. This is all that remains of the tomatoes. Below are clay pots I used to attract toads. I redesigned my herb garden this month and did a complete over-haul. The sage is all that remained of a large bush that died back.

My Renovated Herb Garden with Sage: The Rusted Garden

Lavender in A Box - The Rusted Garden

Lavender grows quite well in boxes. It is nice to have around the raised beds. It attract bees and good insects and it smell great when you brush against it. The tomatoes were another goal. I got large tomatoes into October. Be it only 1 day. I did it.

The Last of Large Tomatoes and Purple Basil- The Rusted Garden

Video: Building A Cucumber & Vine Chicken-Wire Trellis

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The key to building a trellis is knowing where the sun sits in your garden. A lot of time people build a trellis and the afternoon sun casts a trellis vine shadow on their other vegetables. That is fine if you want a shade garden. It isn't fine if you are shading out crops that need full sun. This video shows you how to construct the trellis and it talks about some planning strategies.