Snicklefritz
Well-Known Member
My original plan was to attach some eye hooks to the eaves of my roof and allow the hops to grow on the side of my house. Apparently, my wife does not particularly like the aesthetics of hops growing up the house. I have been pushed to the backyard. I really don't want to have to build a trellis. Looking in my backyard I came across an idea. I have 2 very large trees in my backyard along a hillside. The trees are about 50-75 ft apart. My idea would be to use an eye hook on each tree then run a main cable between the trees. I would then run the climber lines down from the main cable. I am assuming the cable will need to have some significant strength. I am also going to try to make it easily lowered for planting and harvest time so I wont have to figure out a way to get 20ft up in the air with nothing to lean a ladder against. I've attached a drawing of what I'm thinking. I am planning on growing 5 different plants, 4 different varieties. Is there any reason this is a bad idea? Anything I'm not thinking about?