Cattle Panel Trellis Build | How-to/DIY
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- We built a 96 foot long cattle panel trellis to grow all of our winter squash on. We eat a lot of small pumpkins (sugar pie and flatso varieties) spaghetti squash and butternut squash. We usually plant them flat on the ground and this ends up being a jungle of vines. So this year we decided we would trellis all of them. The plants will be rooted under the trellis and the vines will be trained on the outside surface of the trellis. Rooting the plants under the trellis makes for a smaller overall footprint of the trellis.
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0:00 Intro
0:33 T-Post
3:35 Beds/Walkway
5:50 Cattle Panel Install
8:07 Cable Talk
8:58 Cable Install
10:09 Final Thoughts
I love that you wanted it level to the view. It looks so beautiful, I can just see the wonderful winter squash growing on those cattle panels. It's going to look amazing! Can't wait for an update mid summer!
Yeah we plan to look at it for years so I really wanted it level. We are very excited to see it full of vegetation also. Updates will definitely be coming. Thank You!
I so heartedly agree. It’s the fine details that matter in the end. Congratulations. It’s absolutely beautiful.
Thank you very much!!
The attention to detail was great. Glad I came across this post. I look forward to more of your videos. Thanks
Thank You! We always try to do the best job possible. Glad to have you on the channel!
Always enjoy the tutorial on the build. Smooth and paced voice makes it easier to follow along. Maybe a smile every once in awhile LOL Not sure why you don’t have a million followers. I’ll do my part to share.
Thank you for the compliment and I appreciate the share. As for the smile I guess I am still getting a little use to the camera!! Maybe I will be good enough eventually to have a large number of subscribers.
Excellent build, you thought of everything!!
Thank you!
out of all the Cattle Panel Hoop/Trellis build videos I watched. I still watched this one. It was a great video. that Cable run to stabilize the panel sway, though it was a short portion of the video, I will take that tip to the GRAVE. First time seeing that, and such a great useful method. Thank you
Thank you for watching the video. I really believe this trellis will be around for a long time. As of right now, I would not change a thing about it!
Knocked it out of the park again. This is a GREAT build!
Thank You very much! I try to always put in a great effort
I enjoy watching how you garden and your good ideas but love your southern drawl. It is great, never change! I wish I could speak as eloquently as you.
Thank you for all of that! People have commented on my accent for my entire life. Some comments are more polite than others!! So again Thanks!
I love it. I try to talk like you but can't. I have more of a redneck accent being from western Kentucky. Redneck accent is different from a southern drawl. Southern drawls sound so friendly.
Haha!!
@@jday7767 I can never tell the difference! 😂
Came over from Instagram did not disappoint!!!! Can not wait to see how this project performed during the season to see if there are any "lessons learned". I can't say enough how appreciative I am for folks like this sharing their know how! I'm gonna drop this comment over on the tomato trellis video! It's also amazing!
Brother, you had me at " fine tune it with a sledgehammer "
Looks awesome
Haha, that's how I roll! Thank you
I love how it turned out, it definitely would be my ideal building of a bed too.
I am a visual person and it being wonkey would definitely drive me insane.😂
I also would love to do that , the gr we at thing is, it is high enough to make it a high tunnel for the winter.
God bless 🙏
Thank you! I really want to look at it for years and be proud of the trellis and not have any regrets. It didn't take a lot of extra effort to make it level. I will always be happy I done so. Yes this could be a great hoophouse in the winter also.
Lmao this is awesome dude said "I am winning this years cattle panel gold"
LOL! Yes might as well try
You’re already good enough. Just need to get your content out there. I shared with a few.
I love your designs, your attention to detail and safety, your brilliant common sense, your knowledge and understanding of the materials you're using, their strengths and limitations, and your teaching style. You have a nice voice and I love your accent and manner of speech. You break things down and make them simple to understand even though it's apparent that a lot of thought and skill went into the whole thing. You also have an adorable little girl!
Thank you very much!!!
Great set up! I just finished installed three trellis doing the same post and cattle panel technique.
Awesome! I hope you had as much fun as I did building one! Good luck with your gardening season. I can't wait to see ours loaded with vegetation.
Those clamps are genius! Appreciate you taking time to share your build!
No problem. Hope the video helped you out. Those clamps are the real deal. I highly recommend them for using with cattle panels!
I really like the way you built this. Great attention to detail. Thank you for all the info, and the items that you used as well.
Thank you! Glad I could help
Love, love, love the attention to detail, precision and adding the extra support in light of the weight of fruit and strong winds. I must acknowledge that your WIFE is a BLESSED WOMAN INDEED !!!!!! Wish all men came with your skills. You are blessed as well. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Yes, I am definitely blessed with the family I have
Been using cattle panel trellis for 5 years. Love'em. Mine are not as thought out as yours, well done👍👍. I like puttin our maters,cucumbers and beans on them in summer. They also see sugar peas twice a year . I simply made 3/8 re bar candy canes for ground staking. This way I can move them easy. 100 ft run, dang it somebody's gonna be in the kitchen 😂. Ya'll gonna be proud of that. VERY nice.
Great way to do this. Appears very stable and will last!! Thank you for sharing!!
Yes, it is very stable and should last for many years. Thank you for watching!
I like this setup, and you were pretty thoughtful with how you did it.
Thank you very much!
Literally the information you need without the unnecessary. Awesome
Thank You!
Such an awesome idea. Videos are at a great pace and everything is clearly explained. And I love that y’all use what ya got laying around if ya can.
New follower here and my other half is taking notes while cussing you 😅
Thank you! Glad to have you on the channel. Send my apologies to your other half! Haha
Excellent trellis, well built. I like those gridwall clamps
Thank you! The clamps work great
Everything you show is clean and well thought out. I appreciate your videos very much
Thank You. I really do put a lot of thought and planning into my projects
The trellis tunnel looks phenomenal, btw
Thank you!
Step-by-step instructions with great details. Great video.
Thank you very much!
Your work is amazing. Your ability to deliver a tutorial efficiently and articulately is what stands high above other UA-camrs. Well done, sir! Great video! New Sub.
Thank You very much! Means a lot for someone to say that!!!
That was the best trellis bed video I have ever seen, and it is not just because you are lovely to look at. I have one that I did myself and it is wobbly and uneven. Now I know how I can fix it.
Very helpful tips and recommendations. Thanks for sharing.
GOOD LORD what a Garden 😊!!
Thanks!
I have poured a lot of concrete in my life.
You have a knack for setting a form.
Nice job, and thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I just like to be proud of my work.
Yes, snakes can hide under there. I live in NY, so we don't have poisonous snakes, but I hate every one. I've been known to go shoot them when they are sunning themselves on the manure pile, and once, I had a pitchfork in my hand spreading mulch out in the garden when one slithered out, and I shot the pitchfork at it and one tine actually speared it. Lucky shot!! I plan on trellising much more this year. I'm always dragging cattle panels around for various uses. You do an excellent job filming and those are the sturdiest panels I've ever seen. I'm always just 'sewing' them together with balin' twine. LOL!
You are lucky to not have poisonous snakes. We have cotton mouths, copperheads and rattle snakes to worry about!!! As for the pitchfork shot, that sounds like all skills to me!! Haha. We plan to dive deeper into trellising this year also. It is just so much more organized in my opinion. And of course I appreciate the compliment on the filming. We really do try our best to get good shots of what we are working on!
@@SalmonCreekLiving My mother was from Alabama (only 10 miles from where Jim Neighbors grew up, LOL!) and had snake stories. Even on the border of NY/PA, there are mountain rattlers, so I've been told, and my farrier grew up near Philly, about a mile from the Susquehanna, and said there were copperheads down in the rocks on the river bank. I'm just above the PA border - and hope they don't move north in 'global warming'.... Take care!
We don’t have poisonous snakes, and i love the snakes. I catch them and release them onto my property, to catch mice and gophers. Don’t kill those snakes, they are helping your farm!
"Poisonous" You are ignorant if you shoot/kill snakes without legit reason. Let alone it is against the law....
@@njkay0033 that probably depends on where you live. There are no laws about killing snakes in my area. Fall under vermin like rats, mice, gophers, etc. I agree with you though that snakes are generally beneficial to have.
That is a great design. I hadn't thought of using both sides like that. I think most people put the posts on the inside if they are planning on covering it with plastic at any time. But if you don't need to, this is the best looking tunnel I have seen yet!
I definitely like this design for maximum strength. If I ever cover it in plastic then I would most likely wrap the T-post in foam pipe insulation first so they would not tear the plastic
Hollie,
This lady's tunnels are not 100 feet, BUT this is what a tunnel can/will look like when covered in goodies.
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new subscriber here: nice clean job and well explained as well, God bless you little helper!!
This was great! Haven't heard a good accent in a while either. Using the Middle Anchor Cables with those pull strings is so smart.
Thank You! Yeah the accent can be a little strong lol
Great video, so informative! Would love to see an update video now that its later in the season
Fantastic work on the trellis! It’s great to see such a practical and innovative approach to growing winter squash. The 96-foot design not only saves space but seems like it will make harvesting a breeze compared to navigating a ground-level vine jungle. We’ve been looking for ways to optimize our garden setup and seeing your trellis in action is truly inspiring! Thanks for the detailed breakdown and the helpful links-definitely considering this for our next garden upgrade. Keep up the great work; I'm looking forward to seeing your harvest results!
Thank you! We like to design things to last on our homestead. I rather invest a little more time and money upfront instead of reworking it in a year or so. We look forward to seeing the results of the first harvest also. Good Luck with your garden and new adventures!
So well thought out and well explained. Do a follow-up video at the end of summer when that thing is full of fruit!
Outstanding. A master at the age of 30 just like me...30+ years ago.
Consider adding a galvanized ridge pipe and 2 sides right where your cable ties in. Use tee junctions every 10' to run a strut from the ridge to each side, completing that uncrushable triangle.
Then come to my house in Louisiana and build me one, because you love me..heck, you are me.
Well I guess that is a compliment! I would come build it for you but since I am you....I'm already there!!! Haha Thanks for the tips and for watching also.
Your reply was 😂😂😂!
Your videos get better and better. Best one yet! I love your voice.
Thank you! We really are trying to get better with every video we put out. I am glad you noticed!
You build to last, you gave me some ideas on my place, thanks
That's the only way to build something in my opinion! Thanks, I'm glad you got some ideas from the video
@@SalmonCreekLiving I agree, quite a few folks build it and you can tear down how it will break. I am doing 20 raised beds and going to cattle panels between the beds. Keep my veggies growing up, nw Oklahoma has wind, last year I did 3 panels and grew my cucumbers, tomatoes and squash up but squash bugs killed everything off early so doing grow beds with 2 sided tape on the outsides so the bugs get stuck??
You can hear Bob!!! It's going to be so magical!!! I Finally get lights! 😂❤
Awesome job. Great explanation/showing as well as the listing of the tools on Amazon are what you need besides the elbow grease.
Thank You!
Great Job! We also use cattle panels to make trellis for varying crops (last year was melons). I like the use of the clamps to hold the panels together. Thanks for sharing!
Thank You! We plan to try a few cantaloupe on a different style trellis. Will be fun to see how it turns out for us
Great build! And great vid! Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure. Thank you!!
LOVE the long tunnel! I've had 13 panels for a long time. This year, I'm making a LONG tunnel like this. I've already moved them. One thing I have learned over the past 8 years growing this way, is that the beds where I put the panel base in the MIDDLE of the beds perform great. Not on the edge of the bed. I plant the vines to grow inside to outside, and it shades products like lettuce inside, and on the outside for full sun, peppers. Some panels, I experimented doing a M or double hoop where they meet in the middle, those are the best. I have plans to do 4 long tunnels where they meet like a M eventually. It might take awhile to get that many panels. The other thing I always wondered was should I align them East to West or North to South. East to West works good for me. Good Instructions, thank you.
You definitely sound like you know your way around trellis growing!! We plan to try some lettuce under this trellis. Maybe something a little more heat tolerant like romaine. My trellis openings face north and south. This is just because of the way our entire garden is laid out. However, if I had it facing east to west, it would seem to me that my north side would not receive much sun. Either way good luck with your new tunnel!
@@SalmonCreekLiving I was concerned about the N side too. However, I’ve had equal harvest off both sides. I think the vining plants really cover the centers well and it just doesn’t seem to matter. I’ve grown small melons, squash, beans, cherry tomatoes and cucumbers all successfully.
Really nice job and thanks for posting. I do appreciate it.
My pleasure!
Just found your channel and you’ve got a new subscriber. I really enjoy the way you shared your knowledge with all the explanations with no filler. I like knowing the reasons for doing something as well as it makes it easier to remember if you know the why of it. Thank you!
Thanks for the sub! I just want to show people how we are doing the project so maybe they can get a few ideas. I'm really not a fan of wasting anyone's valuable time!!!
This is excellent. A great, cheap (ish) hoophouse style as well. Nice work!
Thank You! We are thinking of possibly using it as a hoophouse this winter. We will see how the year plays out
Holy smokes that thing is awesome !
Thank You!
the stainless steel zip ties are very sturdy. i could see this being a a hoop house green house pretty easy too
Yes I really liked the zip ties. We are talking about making it a hoop house this winter. We will see when fall gets here
@@SalmonCreekLiving I use those for all.sorts of stuff
Beautiful build out! Gonna look awesome with those squash growing through this year!
Thank You! Yeah we are pretty excited to see it. Now I just have to hang some string lights for the wife!!!
Ah, a man that does it right. Sub'd. :) Only thing I would do different is paint the t-posts black so they don't stand out.
Thanks! Glad to have you on the channel. Painting them would have been a good idea. I plan to build a twin to this one in the winter. I may try that this time!!
Thanks for all the good tips. I’m hoping to get a cattle fence trellis up in our backyard soon.
No problem! Good luck with your trellis
That’s some quality work right there 👍
Thank You!
#masterclass. These are fabulous - top knotch!
Just amazing work with meticulous details! Please post a follow up in a few months when your vining plants are covering the trellis and another at harvest time. Subbed! Thank you!
I am looking to add 4 trellises this year and maybe another 4 next year mainly to grow different kinds of gourds, cucumbers and Malabar Spinach.
Thank you! We plan to post updates on all of the projects we have going on. We have built several trellises this year and plan to build another 1 or 2!
This cattle panel trellis build was an awesome job done. Thanks for sharing this video of the build as I have never seen one built before until today. Interesting how you go from a horizontal grow, to vertical grow in under 12 minutes, lol.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Really don't see the need in making such a long video
@@SalmonCreekLiving I also think this is way better than people using PT lumber and using cattle caging for a trellis as chemicals from the PT can leak from the lumber into the plants that are being grown.
Dreamy ❤
man, I can't wait to see this covered in vines!
Me too. It will not be long now. I am training pumpkin vines a few minutes every day right now. We post updates on our Instagram page.
Great looking build! Me being a Texan! I thought I had an accent! And yeah I know I'm the one with the accent you don't have one! Lol I'm going to subscribe to your channel young man! And yeah I'm older than dirt, so you're a young man! Keep up the fine work, and y'all stay safe!
Thank You! Yeah I definitely have an accent. I have got use to being different over the years. There is nothing at all wrong with being older. As long as we are getting older then we are still living!! Thanks again
great trellis i like the clamps
You can cover it during the cold days as well... Especially if you want to start early...
Excellent job, best build I have seen in a long time. What are your thoughts of making a greenhouse on maybe a quarter of the tunnel. For people in the north, it would allow plants to get started early because of the short growing season.
Thank You! We are putting a lot of thought into making it a greenhouse for the winter. If I do it will most likely be used to extend the fall season on some broccoli and brussels sprouts. Our winters are fairly mild here in zone 8.
thank you! will be using your ideas on how to make panel trellis
That is awesome! Glad I could help
Great instructional video! Looks like the best set up for a cattle panel trellis I've seen on youtube. Keep coming with these great videos. I am currently looking for farmland in the South and so I'm curious to know what state you're in?
Thanks,
Eric, currently in Houston
Thank You! I'm going to make videos as long as fine people like yourself keep watching! I'm in Eastern NC. Good luck with your land hunting
Excellent video and clear explanation. Great tips & advice!
Thank You!
I’m subscribed and sharing ya dude. I took so much away from one video. Thank you.
Thank you! We greatly appreciate you sharing. Glad the video helped
Watching your video reminds me of watching one of my videos. My daughter is also almost always playing in the background. Excellent build and instructions. Hard to replace the treated wood when you might need a loan to do it in cedar. New Sub!
Thank You! She sure knows how to make the best of the little things in life. I try to learn from her. And no kidding about the cedar. I would love to use it but its out of the budget!!
Awesome. Thinking this would make a great fence line.
Thank You! Cattle panels would make a pretty cool looking fence
Your detail and explanations are very good. Thank you/
Thank You!
Fantastic Job. Thank you for the great video.
Thank You! Glad you enjoyed it
Yesssss !
Epic trellis run 🎉😂
Thank You!
realy like to see how it performe over the years
Nice job, I got some good ideas from you. Just subscribed.
Awesome. Thanks!
Excellent video! I’m sorry to say though, watching this video I can’t stop hearing Forest Gump, but in all fairness I’m a die hard Gump fan! 😂
Haha I have heard many things about my accent over the years, but never Forest Gump!!
Def not Forrest Gump. Tom hanks did an an awful fake Alabama accent and the whole thing anti-southern, and shot in California with stock footage from here.
Great work great 👍 ! How do you get no “grass or weed” growth around your garden area?
Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing this! 💯
Thank You! My pleasure
Beautiful job.
Thank You!
Great video, very well thought out. Your instructions are simple, and easy to follow. Where did you get your stainless zip ties, and tensioning tool?
The links should be in the description for easy finding. But they were purchased from Amazon
I did this with muscadines and they growing faster than ever and sjready halfway up
This is great and so simple. Thank you! Will it shade itself too much I wonder?
Thank You! There will be plenty of shade under the trellis but since all the vegetation will be on top the winter squash will get all the photosynthesis they could want
Trellis vid was awesome, but you should make an arm workout video as well lol.
Thanks! HAHA Consistency is key to all things working out.
Thank you for the tips this looks like something my husband and I could do. We live in Australia so things are slightly different here. Can I possibly as what gauge the cattle wire panels are that you have used please.
Nicely done.....thx
Wow great instructional video. What size are the panels? I’ve seen some with varying sizes between the lines and also rectangles or squares. Does that matter?
Thank you! The way I built mine, it would not matter if the panels had square or rectangle holes. These panels actually had some of both and measure 50 inches by 16 feet
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You're welcome! From NC USA
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Hi I like your design. I want to know the hole size of the fence trellis
I hear a little Carolina Brogue. Are you from the outer banks or Cumberland county? Great looking trellis setup. This helped me make up my mind on my setup. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed the video. I'm not actually on the Outer Banks but I am from Eastern NC!
@@SalmonCreekLiving heck yeah! Same here.
I like how you put your build together. My one comment would be to replace pressure treated wood with Neem Oil painted wood. Pressure treated wood contains cyanide which will leach into your soil over time and then be absorbed by your plants that you are growing.
No doubt treated lumber always brings up controversy. At the end of the day I think we should always use what works best for our own situation. We grow to become as self sufficient as possible. Personally I am much much more concerned about the herbicides and insecticides that are sprayed directly on the foods we consume. If you can stay away from those then you are way ahead of the game from a health standpoint. But if you are have the extra time to use the Neem oil, then that sounds great to me!! Thanks for the comment.
@@SalmonCreekLiving You speak the truth. I have been gardening a long time and do so organically. I use intercrop techniques that includes permaculture. We now grow the majority of our fruits and vegetables at home. Then, use canning, dehydrating, and freeze drying to keep foods up to a year. We save a lot of money over the year just by gardening.
Modern pressure-treated lumber primarily uses copper-based compounds like ACQ or copper azole to protect against decay and insects. Copper is much less toxic and questionable if much if any will get into the food. I have seen some that line with plastic as an added protection.
I did this myself with grapes. Here is the downfalls of iit from my experience One side may get shaded more than other. The top was hard to harvest and was slow and challenging. Hard to wrap if attacked by wasps as I don’t use poison. And lastly it’s spendy. I took it down and now working on vertical walls to give garden dimension and a maze feel with the new food forest in the desert lol
It will definitely be a learning experience. I plan to only grow winter squash on it. I think with mine facing North to South the plants will get an even amount of light. They may not get full sun because one side will get more sun in the a.m. and less in the p.m. And of course vice versa
Quantum,
Your tunnel doesn't necessarily have to be tall & out of reach. If you make your tunnel wider, the top is automatically lowered. I didn't want to have to grab a stool/ladder to harvest, so the tunnel is high as my arm can reach when I lift it straight up. No strain!!
I want to hire you to come build one like this for me in Aberdeen NC
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Where did you get your grid clamps from, and how much were they?
I would very much like to get some for a cattle panel quail run I intend to build.
I can’t remember the exact price but not very expensive
Love the video, catching up on your library. Curious about one thing. What state is Salmon Creek in? It's just I'm picking up like 12 accents and I want a reference. The internet is giving me Washington and California and that doesn't track with the accents. I would expect Alabama or Mississippi. There is some creole mixed in there.
The accent is really a secret southern blend! Haha I am from NC.
@@SalmonCreekLiving Lol, Nice. I would never have guessed it.
That’s beautiful. What’s the size of the cattle panels?
Thank You! The panels are 50 inches tall and 16 feet wide
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Thanks!