Kevin was struck by genius. We would add interest to a blank wall facing our property by building a trellis made from repurposed bike rims. We knew we wanted to plant conchord grapes, which obviously we would want to trellis. We put out a call for rims. Several friends began cleaning out their garages and sheds for us & I think a few might have trash picked! Then we hit the motherload-- I called Joe Bonaparte at the Collingswood Bike Share. Space is a premium for the bike share. Joe was happy to off-load two trunks full of rims. Gleefully, I struck a deal to offer the bike share volunteers yoga in exchange for their bounty.
Laz was instrumental as we de-tired the rims. We found a local spot to recycle the rubber.
We used wire to attach the rims. It was labor-intensive & time-consuming, but when you have a feline muse all things are possible.
The trickiest part was trellis transport. We mistakenly built the trellis laying flat, as shown. It made it easier to attach each rim, but then we had to somehow carry this heavy contraption to the conchord bed.
Luckily, we have a heroic neighbor who heard us alternately laughing and cursing. With him, we had three adults to carry three poles, carefully, to the already dug holes in the conchord bed. Kevin quickly concreted the copper poles into the garden bed.
We leaned our climbing grape vines against the rims.
They're already grabbing hold.
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