Garden Structures

Tom has once again proven his talents in constructing bamboo cages for our cucumber plants. To make each cage, he took a large bamboo pole and split it six ways. Then he split narrow pieces of bamboo which he fashioned into hoops. He wound wire at the top of each bamboo pole to prevent further splitting, then spread the legs of the cage apart and placed the bamboo hoops over the cage and affixed those hoops to the cage. The hoops hold the shape of the cage. Our cucumbers are now clambering up these garden structures.

Later today Tom and I took a walk, and I took photos of other garden structures, at ways we manipulate the landscape for garden beauty. Here are a few examples.