Honey Creek Livestock Equipment prides itself on putting customers first. Whether it is 24-foot, free-standing cattle panels, free-standing corral packages, free-standing feed bunk panels, manual and ... Combination panels have smaller openings at the bottom and are more expensive than cattle panels, but will hold baby lambs and cattle.

Understanding the Context

Good livestock fencing surely makes good neighbors, and with the ... It was a great success despite the late tomato blight, so this year I wanted a more structurally sound arched trellis and the cattle panels were the perfect size, sturdy and easy to manage! I like to use the straw bale gardening method with a strong trellis for my tomatoes. I tried both ways, wrapping the cattle panels with plastic and wrapping the whole shelter.

Key Insights

Although I couldn't tell a difference, the last way was faster and easier. During the years, any tears that happened were repaired with a clear 3M duct tape. I also used it to seal any loose seams and it held remarkably well, far better than regular duct ... Cattle panel wire fastened with large fencing stapes to top 2 x 4 rail (fasten first side loosely). Roof frame is 52-inch cattle panels, four panels side-by-side, tied together with UV-resistant plastic zip ties.

Final Thoughts

Then they bent the cattle panels into place, resting the end of each panel onto the ledge. Sorry if I'm not very clear on this. I'll get some pics later, I forgot to take a camera with me Saturday. They didn't cover with plastic or add end walls since they intend to use it as a shade house with flowering vines growing over it throught the summer. Cattle panels are a great help in the garden, I use them to support tomatoes (sometimes), pole beans, and cucumbers. I've cut most of mine into 8' lengths, and for pole beans I stand them on end.

I've got one 16-footer that I always make an arch out of, then have either pole beans or cukes grow up it from both ends and meet in the middle. Picking is easy when the cukes or beans are dangling ... I am at last starting my cattle panel hoop greenhouse. I am perhaps a "slow bloomer".