imple Vegetarian | Flower flop, part 2

As it seems, this did now not completely paintings. There have been 3 issues with the ultra-modern setup:

1. Some of last year's annuals, particularly the bachelor buttons, reseeded themselves—but because of the way they all flopped over last year, the new plants ended up outside the borders of the flowerbed with its twine grid. So we had a bunch of really tall flowers right in the front, concealing everything behind them.
2. The arrangement we contrived with the twine and string wasn't quite as secure as we would have liked. The strings didn't stay put very well on the smooth stakes; once the flowers started to bend and put their weight on them, they pushed the string down instead of being held upright by it.
3. The grid we'd made was very loose, so although it helped a bit to hold the flowers up, it did nothing to keep them from falling over sideways. Thus, instead of a bunch of flowers all flopped forward, we ended up with a tangled mess of blooms pointing every which way.

The one interesting and unexpected perk of the latest affiliation is that we determined a morning glory vine, which truly wasn't part of our wildflower seed mix, twining itself quite fortuitously up one

of the bamboo stakes. But that's not quite a good enough reason to stick with a system that in other respects isn't doing its job.

So what we have planned for subsequent 12 months is a few issue a piece more rigid, with smaller gaps. A coarse wire mesh, as an opportunity like the stuff our groundhog fence is crafted from, could have openings wide enough to allow the plants increase through, however slim sufficient to maintain them from bending an excessive amount of in any course. Brian says he'd decide on a few aspect made of plastic in region of twine, however I'm afraid it might appearance too glaring. We'll ought to see what is to be had at our neighborhood domestic facilities.

Of route, that still leaves the query of what to attach the mesh to, and the way. We want to mount a horizontal sheet of it at a top of perhaps feet, and probably even a 2nd sheet above that to hold up the clearly tall vegetation, and the bamboo stakes in all likelihood may not be suitable for that motive. So we may also additionally need to shop for a few metal posts as well to consistent the entirety in vicinity. Brian is satisfied we will just figure it out as we pass, however I'd sense higher about the plan if it had been a touch greater concrete. (If I can not make a listing with gadgets that I can go off as I end them, I continuously sense a chunk out of place.)