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One of the most fun parts of gardening is the creativity that comes along with it. Being able to add your own personal touch makes the experience more one’s own. Be sure to follow our social media for more creative backyard ideas.

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DIY Tomato Trellis

Budget-friendly backyard ideas for your tomato garden. This trellis system was designed to withstand many growing seasons. Providing a stable structure that is dependable throughout the growing season. The trellis consists of three preferably 8ft tall t-posts, two 8ft pieces of conduit and twine staked to the ground with sticks. The tomatoes are attached to the twine with plastic clips.

Soil prepped and tomato plants transplanted into vegetable garden.

Tomato plants in vegetable garden mulched.

Tomato plants starting to grow up trellises in a vegetable garden.

Tomato plants growing up a string trellis in vegetable garden along with sunflowers.

Tomato plants starting to produce tomato fruit in a vegetable garden.

A tomato and pepper vegetable garden with flowers.

Native Bees

Across the U.S. live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — they are numerous in size and a wide variety of colors.

The face of the goldenrod cellophane bee. — Goldenrod Cellophane Bee or Colletes solidaginis Photo courtesy USGS.

The left side of a hairy Goldenrod Cellophane Bee. — Goldenrod Cellophane Bee or Colletes solidaginis Photo courtesy USGS.

Colletes solidaginis
Goldenrod Cellophane Bee

The Goldenrod Cellophane Bee is a ground nesting, specialist that is associated with Goldenrod or the Solidago genus. Active for a short time in the summer between July and August.

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DIY Pole Bean trellis

Enjoying time at home by taking advantage of what nature gives us. This trellis comes at little to no cost! The sticks are all around 5ft and pushed into the ground. Using a center beam going from one end to the other, with each stick tied to the beam.