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[majorcatfish]

down at work have been sitting on these wire panels for years the owner finally told me to scrap them.
really have only been begging for 8 years now to get rid of them. now that i have the opportunity have posted them on craigslist. do not see them selling quickly give me your ideas for their uses to bring them home with me.... they are 10'x4' with 1' wings on each side....

 

[thistlebloom]

Those look like the gauge of wire panels that @NwMtGardener uses for her greenhouse.

Pea trellis?

 

[so lucky]

You may need at least one of them as a drying and curing rack for onions and potatoes outside in the shade. They might make good storage racks for blankets, sports equipment, shoes, garden tools in a garage or basement...use them for a makeshift pen for rabbits or chickens...or a dog, temporarily. Put one in the garden to protect plants from birds or rabbits.....hmmmm...still thinking.

 

[Ridgerunner]

How many do you have? I don't think I'm going to be very original.

If you open them up you get 6 x 10. My first thought was a trellis 6' high. Those openings look too small for tomatoes and cucumbers, the fruit would cut itself into if it grew in the openings. But it would be good for pole beans or peas. Maybe morning glories or some type of climbing flowers.

I like the drying rack idea. Maybe take them apart and have some 1' ones for shelves and the 4' section for a drying rack for potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, or garlic.

To get something to climb a wall, I took some 1-1/2" thick blocks and screwed them to the side of a shed wall where they tied into the 2x4 framing. Then I attached some fencing to those blocks leaving the fencing with gaps to the wall. I've grown birdhouse gourds on that. The vines wrap around the wire but the gourds grow on the face without getting squeezed there. So if you have a vine you want to climb a wall attach that to the wall with spacers. That could work well with flowers. They are coated so they should not rust.

Maybe use them over windows to keep predators out of your chicken coop windows. Or use them to make doors or replace windows on the coop in summer to get better ventilation.

I don't know. Thistle and So Lucky got all the good ones I can think of.

 

[NwMtGardener]

Oh yes, same thing I have!! We use them for everything - have about 10 of them. They were our greenhouse and trellis in one at old house, now they're supporting our dwindling stack of wood inside our pole barn (which doesn't have walls). Also used band clamps to stack 2 and make a gate on our deck to keep lucy contained when we have guests.

Oh, also lay them on sawhorses as a shelf/work bench structure for all kinds of projects - we stripped and repainted all our old kitchen cupboard doors on them at our old house. The stripper took some of the paint off them but still works just fine.

My panels have different diameter holes - and 4" pots sit right down inside, making it awesome for potting up - the pots are gripped tight, and i can easily fill with dirt and put in transplants.

I WOULD NEVER SELL MINE!

 

[NwMtGardener]

P.s. You can buy accessories for this type of display grid - hooks that snap in that you can hang stuff on, but i've never needed that type of storage.

 

[Nyboy]

Send them to me!! What section of craigslist did you list them? That can make all the difference, are they in farm and garden? I have gotten great buys when things where listed in wrong section, no one would reply but me.

 

[so lucky]

@majorcatfish, do you know what their original purpose was?

 

[baymule]

What is the dimension of the mesh? Looks like chicken coop/run material to me. Orrrrr...... Make a vine tunnel. Bow them over from one of your raised beds to the one next to it and plant cucumbers, vining flowers or Tromboncino squash on them. Then you would have a shady spot to sit in and enjoy your garden this summer!

 

[NwMtGardener]

I think their original purpose is display grid. These pieces snap on, and you can hang retail items. Mine are practically impossible to bend, we tried with one panel (wanted to bend the top in to make an archway) and all we succeeded in doing was ruining the structural integrity of it, barely were able to bend it an inch!