Support for the Peas

For supporting the peas, Dave and I constructed a trellis out of rebar, garden twine, and baler twine that we had laying around the farm. Dave cut 4 foot sections of the rebar and impaled the ground every 4 feet. This took 6 pieces for one 20 foot row of peas. We then strung garden twine between the rebar stakes parallel to the ground one inch above ground and along the tops of the stakes. With the remaining garden twine we zig-zagged up and down between the two rows of twine parallel to the ground. We ran out of garden twine halfway down the row, and borrowed some baler twine from the shop. It was thicker and stiffer, but seemed to get the job done. The top and bottom rows of twine may not have been quite tight enough; the zig-zagged twine tugged them somewhat out of place. We'll have to wait and see what the weight of the peas themselves do to their make-shift support.