Building a Raised Garden: The Mator Patch

Step 7 The plants are coming along

Here is some plant growth.

Pic 1 the plants are growing.

Pic 2 getting bigger

Pic 3 bigger still

Pic 4 BIGGER

Pic 5 getting some shade

Pic 6 some more shade

I will add some new pictures because I need some help to design a simple fence to hld the plants up. you will see what I mean when I post those pics.

Comments

[Ibanezfoo]

Your cages are upside down :)

[Mr. Rig It]

Your right they are. I was trying some alternative thinking. The plants kept knocking the cages over with their weight, so I decided to flip them upside down and drive the rods in the ground for more support. It worked for a while but the plants out grew them, really out grew them! I ended up having to literally cut the cages out from the plans. They cages were really to small to start with. I will go out and take a pic today and repost it. If you have any ideas on how to restrain these things after i post the pic please tell me, I could use the advice with this one.

[eatsalot]

it might be easier just to build some little "ladders" out of wood and have them grow up that or you can put 2 2x4's in the ground and run some twine across the 2 and add more string as they get taller

[Mr. Rig It]

Thanks for the info. Those plants are all gone. I have now built a 2 foot lattice fence and have planted, bell peppers and Anaheim Peppers.

[Granny_Leah]

If you want neater plants, buy a bush variety - you had indeterminate ones. They just keep on growing!
You need to fence your puppies out of the garden. Do they have anywhere else to dig?

[Mr. Rig It]

Thank you for the infor on what type of plants they were. Ihad no idea there were types like that. I have reworked the garden and made a 2ft lattice fence this one will keep the dogs out and I have provided the dogs with thier own space. I made an instructable on on both the fence and the doggy space. Look for them soon.