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Three years ago I strung the pea trellis in 12″ squares with garden twine that eventually rotted.  Last summer the vines came crashing down in the wind and in an act of desperation I wrapped twine around the outside of the mass of tangled stems creating an odd semi upright plant.  The snap peas yielded a lot of vegetables, but they were very hard to pick and locate in the dense matted foliage.  This year I vowed to re-string the frames with 6″ squares using nylon masonry/fishing line.  The job is done, now we’ll see how well this arrangement works.  I’m glad I started early, it gets very hectic during the one week we can plant for our short 90 day growing season.

Gail Niebrugge, painter of plants and flowers

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