Successful Garden on a Shoestring Budget

Step 5 And now for something different

Although not technically part of my veggie garden, I dusted off some of my old Boy Scout skills to lash together a structure for my hops to climb on. Basically, lay three posts of the same size next to each other with the center post pointing in the opposite direction of the two outside posts. Tie a clove hitch to one of the outside posts and then wrap the string around all of the posts about 6 or 7 times. Wrap another few times in the opposite direction in between each post. Finally, tie another clove hitch to the other outside post. Stand the posts up and spread them in a tripod formation and hang some more string from it.