Good evening my devoted readers! I hope everyone has accomplished their goals you’ve envisioned for yourselves, if not rest assured you can in August; make it yours. I know I had to pivot, I’ve been going on and on about this trellis, and now the day has arrived, let’s brew about it!
So, goals, they’ve got deadlines or you should have them in place. However, there’s always forces at play and for me it was the dream of having my own teepee trellis. I’ve never made a trellis before and when I seen on either Facebook or Instagram, I had to have one in my garden? Not exactly ground breaking, its a trellis done in a cone shape and you’re just growing some fucking beans up it. Nothing, wild but let me tell you for a girl who’s never grown anything but flowers, this started off with a lot of errors, at least with getting the beans started. Out of the first batch only 1 bean out of 8 survived in the mini greenhouse I bought from Lowes. The soil was too damp because I had overwatered the dirt; the beans can easily mildew is what I learned.
I also, did it backwards, I got all the makings for a teepee trellis the bamboo stakes, the plastic gallon pots, twine and dirt, but no beans! But those were the parts that were most expensive. I bought all but the dirt, bean seeds, and greenhouse trey from Amazon. Now, could I have bought the plastic pots at Walmart? Sure, I could have but I was able to bulk buy the pots and stakes from Amazon for a very good price; which lent me leftovers for future projects. The dirt and twine I bought from Walmart, and the seeds and green house trey from Lowes.
Also, the weather here in Florida is temperamental what with it being hurricane season and it’s been very rainy this season. The beans were ready to be staked and placed in the planter bed but the rain inhibited me from getting out there to clear the space and place them. But this weekend I made a break for it, cleared the bed and was abled to get them strapped in place. I wove the twine in and out through the stakes and so far its still standing. I doubt if there was a real hurricane that it would withstand it of course! But since I strapped it with twine I’d be able to cut it down quickly and take them to shelter IF they’re still alive.
Now, is this cost effective? I wouldn’t say that it was in some ways, the stakes were about 50 and so were the plastic pots, but again, bought in bulk for future projects. So, with that known, the least expensive item on this list was the seeds roughly a few bucks, the greenhouse roughly 8, twine was 5, and the dirt 10.
But I wanted to share the experience with you all, and I hope you enjoy it. I also, listed the links, so if you wanted to try your hand at it, here’s my list. Have you seen a teepee trellis before? Have you tried making your own trellis before?
Pots: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSVKPHL1?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Stakes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GF1KRHBB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Beans: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Ferry-Morse-V-BEAN-FRENCH-FILET/5016802415
Greenhouse: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Jiffy-36mm-Windowsill-Greenhouse-2-Pack/9207194
Dirt: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Expert-Gardener-Potting-Mix-for-Potted-Plants-1-cu-ft/1711862860
As Always Keep On Brewin!