How Do You Make A Trellis For Peas?
Peas need support in order to yield their full potential. They are a vine-like plant with tentacle-like structures that will wrap onto nearby supporting materials. Lacking self-supporting capabilities, they will fall to the ground as they grow taller if they have nothing to hold. For the home gardener, the best option is to make a trellis for peas. Simple and inexpensive to make, a pea trellis will give you a better crop of peas. Cut two 2-by-2 boards to four feet in length. Saw the bottoms off each at an angle to make a pointed end. Drive the boards into the ground about a foot. Each board should be about six feet apart. Cut two 2-by-2 boards to six feet in length. Screw one board to the top of the vertical boards. Screw the remaining board to the bottom of the vertical boards. You should now have four boards that make a rectangle. Starting at the top of the vertical boards, make a mark every 10 inches down the length of the board. Do the same for the horizontal boards. At each mark,
