Using Logs to Border Your Plants & Making a Wall Trellis

The wall itself faced the sun each morning which seemed promising.

It had a wood board both left and right already attached so I decided if I strung wire there something that would vine upward would be great.

We purchased some eye screws and already had wire from another project so we could but something that would grow upward and outward to cover the space. We Also purchased some wood stakes for the border.

It was simple to attach the eye screws to the wood.

And run the wire from one side to the other.

We made several rows of wire going up high hoping that whatever we planted would spread wide and high.

Then we trimmed some tree branches we'd cut down so they were as straight as possible and fit the space.

We stacked them 2 high and screwed them together and to the wood stakes for stability.

We stapled the black landscaping fabric to the wood, tucked it along the back wall and cut an X in the fabric to insert the plants with some good dirt for growth.

We also got some pea gravel type pebbles to cover up the landscaping fabric. Our neighborhood has alot of feral cats and for some reason they don't like the pea gravel which makes me happy.

We're hopeful the plants will grow quickly...

Come on Spring!

Below I list all materials and tools we used for this project . We had many of the tools and materials already as most of you will too. I'd estimate we have perhaps $8 in materials to make this.

For those concerned about termites I think this is no different then using wood chips as mulch I'd think. We do spray for bugs all around the house.

Here's a followup picture as it slowly starts to get some growth! I'll post another as it continues.