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PLANT/SOW CBER
Artichoke
Asiangreens
BeanS:French/Climb
Beetroot
Broccoli
Cabbage
Capsicum/chilli
Carrot
Celery/celeriac
Cucumber
eggplant
fennel
ginger
Herbs/Mediterranean
Kohlrabi
Leek
Lettuce
melon
onion
potato
pumpkin
radish
rocket/arugula
silverbeet
springonion
sweetcorn
Sweetpotato
Tomato
Turnip
zucchini/squash
WHAT O PLN D SOW
Tropical
Subtropical
Arid/semi-Arid
WarmTemperate
ColdTemperate
PHOTOS: LEONIE SHANAHAN
Ho to
Build a polypipe arch
Make an arch to grow your climbing plants and provide
protection for shade loving plants. This arch is for a
garden bed that measures 1.5 x 2.3m.
MATERIALS
- 6 x 165cm star pickets
- 3 x 4m lengths of 2 inch irrigation polypipe
- 2 lengths of wire dog mesh 4 x 1.2m
- Length of 0.7mm tie wire
HOW TO
- Lay out star pickets, one at each corner of the garden
bed and another in the middle on each of the longer sides.
Make sure the pickets are lined up. - Drive pickets into the ground to approx. 50cm; make
sure the pickets are firm in the ground. - Leave polypipe in the sun to warm up before easing over
the pickets on one side, and then the opposite side, so that
the polypipe doesn’t buckle. Repeat twice. The pipe doesn’t
need to go all the way down to the base of the picket but
should be over halfway down. - Roll wire mesh over half the arch, starting and ending
20cm from base. Repeat for the second half. Firmly
attach wire mesh to polypipe on both sides, using tie
wire and pliers. - Prepare your vegetable garden and plant your climbing
seeds in October/November, for example, choko, luffa,
Madagascar/Lima bean and New Guinea bean.
Below: Once climbing plants grow they will provide protection.