From Broken Garden Hose to Plant Trellis to Temp Gate

I first cut off the ends of the hoses with a PVC cutter. Next I measured the long side of the upright and cut my hoses into equal pieces to fit across the frame. I then grabbed some 1. 25 inch nails and began hammering away attaching my hose pieces horizontally to the wooden upright.

Once those were all nailed into place, I cut 4 more pieces into equal lengths to weave vertically through my horizontal pieces using an under and over weave. I had the trellis laying on its side while working, so my horizontal is the length of the upright.

Below is the weave action of under over. After the 4 short pieces were woven in, I nailed them onto the upright. I ran out of my short gray hose but had 110 feet of black hose left to work with. Yay!

I didn’t measure spacing or anything, I just eyeballed it. The side I was working on was the intended front of my trellis but the back turned out looking better, so I used the backside as the front side.

So after a little bit of cutting and hammering, the trellis was ready for a climbing plant.

Since I had all of the materials on hand, I’m not sure what it would actually cost to make one of these. I just thought it would be fun to post a project using stuff that was laying around taking up space.

Before the trellis even made it into my garden, I turned it horizontally and decided it would make a perfect temporary gate to keep the dogs out of my vegetable garden. One bungee cord to create the hinge and voila, I had a make-shift gate.

P.S. although I didn’t put together the upright, it appears pretty easy to make. The metal thingies on the wooden upright, are called Galvanized Mending Plates. They come in different widths and lengths and are used to reinforce joints or mend splits. Lowe’s carries them. Thanks so much for checking out my post.