Okay… here’s why I was so excited about the crib! I’m going to use the sides in my garden for my beans and my peas!!! It will look good, support them and it was free! I’d like another one too… I’ll be keeping my eye out for one. The headboard I’m going to use as a cucumber slanted bed… something the vines can lay on and around and the cukes can hang down through the slates and such. (I saw one at Gardener’s Supply but it was metal and cost like $50! Mine is freeee!!!)
First I got these long skinny fiberglass poles at the Tractor Supply Store. A mere $1 each. They are pretty long. We hammered them down deep to give the slat side a good place to anchor to.
Then we dug out the bed a bit to lower the slat side into the dirt, to help anchor it good.
Then we used a couple sturdy little tie wraps to attach the sides to the poles. Just a good couple here and there. Tie wraps are just awesome…. handy little dudes, no doubt.
Now once the peas and beans start growing up this… I might take a little copper wire and weave it in and through the slats here and there to give a little something extra for the pea tendrils to grab ahold of. But then if they do a good job climbing up on their own… I might just let them be! I think it looks neat… and it’s re-purposing, which I like… and I think it looks nicer than say just a piece of wirefence and all. We’ll have to see how it works through the season and all.
Jack the cat approves of this new project here at the moby homestead….
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