Blackberry Trellis Design-Build — DIY Start to Finish!

For anyone looking to build the other trellises in my garden, the tall vegetable trellises, I just came out with a tutorial! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MF5QHitZg0

I made similar trellises for my blackberries and raspberries but did not notch the posts because it was an extra step that I did not need. I just screwed the cross bars. I added solar post lights and I stained all the trellises Benjamin Moore Kennibukport Green. It is a nice historical color that looks really nice when the garden is finished for the season. It looks great in the winter against the snow. Since BM paint and stains are expensive, I just color match the stain to another brand of paint. I also use the solid stain. It looks just like paint and I have not had any chipping and I stained my first planter 15 years ago. Granted, it did fade, but even with the fading it still looks good. I also propagate the long canes by just getting planters filled with soil and shoving the tip of either the blackberry or raspberry in the soil. To keep it from popping out due to the tension, I place a large rock or brick to keep it in the soil. In less than a month, I have a new plant. I just cut it from the mother plant and transplant it.

I d love to see a video on the other trellises too!!!

Finally! Someone that comes up with garden stuff that beautiful. Totally going to copy cat this and everything is about to get stained black. I was thinking about black stain but was worried that it would look depressing…nope! It looks so classy. Thanks for sharing.

This is the best video I've seen with clear instructions for making a blackberry trellis. Thank you. I'm happy to subscribe and look forward to more of your videos. This one is good to share with other gardeners who want to support crops but have things nice as well. God bless from Ireland

No one talks about trellis' and how to make them except for some obscure state extension PDF's! Thanks for posting!

Love it. Tip...stick a heavy duty screwdriver into the eyebolt to screw it in. Works even better than vise grips

Yay! I have baby hands too! I love the exact ‘how-to’ instructions complete with garden bling. I have been turning my yard into a food forest to help me cope with the stress of the pandemic. Love the videos - keep ‘em coming!

thank you April!

Got our trellises built. Will have to do vegetable trellises next year

Thank you for your video on building a trellis. I pattern my trellis after yours. Thank again for the helpful instructions

Hi, your end posts need a Guy-Wire to support the wire strain on the posts. To prevent this and other problems with rotten wood, I built my grape trellis with steel T-Posts and 1/2 EMT tubing sold in 10-ft lengths. (Texas Prepper) uses the steel T posts on four corners and wraps them with lighter gauge fence wire for Triple Crown (semi-upright) Blackberries. Just giving you a few ideas.. We bought our house and there is a 50+ year old grapevine, its all falling down from the wood leaning and/or rotten locust posts with heavy wire like you used.

Never knew about post spikes! Yay! Perfect answer to some issues I have come across creating some trellis/arches! Thnk u!

I am sure you hear this all the time, but you look just like Kirsten Bell. Thank you for the great video!

Love the tutorial! Great work 💪

love this, gonna use it for my asparagus beds!

Fabulously detailed, organized and fun video. You make it look easy!

👍thanks. Good job.

I love this project and yes, the stain is cool.😊 I’ve never seen those post spikes before.🤯

GIRL!!! You made my day. It looks chic. Love it