Urban Squash Sprawl

The squash plants were spilling out over the sides of the beds, so I figured I needed to make some sort of trellis for them to climb. Continuing the cedar and copper theme from the tomato cages, I designed a simple hinged ladder trellis to straddle the boxes. I made two smaller four foot square trellis to allow for easy transport and storage.

The frames are made from  2"x2" cedar simply drilled and screwed together with 3 inch deck screws.

Two frames were attached by two utility hinges.

Notice the quarter inch deep 11/16" holes spaced a foot apart. these are where the copper cross pieces will fit.

Next step was to cut 12 pieces of ½" copper pipe to 45 ¾ inches to serve as cross pieces. 

All that's required for one trellis: the hinged frame, six vertical braces drilled for the copper cross pieces, and six pieces of copper pipe.

Gratuitous artsy shot of me taking a picture while attaching one of the vertical braces.

Finished trellis, shown on it's side for some reason.

And the final shot, with both trellises installed. My sister complained that there was a lack of symmetry, as compared to the tomato cages, but what's a properly zen garden without a little wabi-sabi (侘寂) ?