New from TX

[HideAwayPines]

Looks like cucumbers to me, maybe a pickling variety and needing to be picked?

I do pickle some, but usually eat them, give them to our animals and give them away..

 

[Zeedman]

Welcome! I love the arched trellis, and the way you utilize the shade beneath it for cool-weather crops.

 

[HideAwayPines]

thanks, it works great.
and in Texas, it is nice to have a place that is a bit out of the sun for some things too, until the cucumbers get so dense that no light gets through at all.

 

[flowerbug]

in the really hot/arid climates this type of technique is a way to grow some plants and to shade and give a wind block to those plants below or next to, plus any extra stuff trimmed/pruned off can be used for mulches.

grapes are popular because they can get pretty deep roots so they will survive dry spells, but also because they make good arbor/trellis plants and who can resist nice hanging clusters of grapes?