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simple, four wooden poles are stood upright and attached together by four other wooden poles that are nailed together and placed at the top to hold the other four together. Two more wooden boards are placed a foot from the bottom to hold the structure steady.
    At the end, it would look like a room with no walls. A wire mesh is placed on adjacent sides, which is used for your creeping vertical growing plants. Think of a pergola-style structure.
    Supplies Needed
          10 2x4s at the length you choose
          Extra wood for supports
          Nails or screws
          Hammer or drill
          Saw
          Wire mesh
    Steps
     
Nail together three of the boards at the ends, into the shape of street sign that has two signs. There should be one pole standing upright and two boards that are perpendicular at the top.
Cut diagonal pieces of wood to hold up the wood that is at the top of the structure. Nail to the outside of the top board and the pole that ascends downward.
Nail the other two boards a foot from the bottom on the north and south sides, using four foot long pieces of wood to nail them to the upright poles.
Attach the wire mesh to the north and south sides. The four pieces of wood that were nailed at the bottom can be used as spacers to attach additional wire meshes on the opposite side of the structure for more plants, giving you four walls in total.
    When all done the structure should look like the picture below.

    The boards you use should be long enough to give you sufficient space, so that your plants are able to get east and west sunlight. Make sure to place your structure in an area that receives at least 6-8 hours of sunlight.
    This structure will allow you to enter into your vertical garden through the two open sides, providing you with enough room to water, pluck and seed your garden.
    Below is a picture of the communal wall happily supporting a new vertical garden.

     

C HAPTER 5. M AINTAINING Y OUR V ERTICAL G ARDEN
     
    Building and starting your vertical garden is great, but what would it matter if you don’t know how to properly maintain it?
    Luckily, one of the other great reasons about vertical gardening is that it is so much easier to take care of than an outward growing in-the-ground garden. There are a few things that you need to frequently maintain to keep your vertical garden flourishing beautifully.
    Water
    This is a no-brainer. You should have set up your vertical garden in a way that makes watering your plants easy. This could be setting up a water drip system or other automated irrigation system.
    Or if you’re into doing things the old fashioned way with a watering can, hopefully you set up your garden in an organized way, so that you know exactly how much water each section needs. It’s important that you don’t overwater or underwater plants.
    If you have water drippers installed for your vertical garden, make sure that they remain unclogged from the nutrients you add into the system. This is done to ensure that your plants receive plenty of nutrition. You can find these at your local nursery.
    Trimming and Pruning
    Some of your plants will be required to be pruned and trimmed to keep from overgrowing and overtaking your vertical garden. Pruning and trimming ensures that certain plants are able to flower and produce fruit.
    Whenever you find dead leaves or flowers, make sure to clip them off. Other plants may need to be pruned, so that they grow in the manner that you prefer. Keeping your garden nice and neat will add to the beauty and enjoyment and can also improve the health of your plants.
    Checking for Disease
    It’s important to keep a close eye on the plants in your garden to check for any diseases or plant damage. You want to know exactly when any type of disease hits, so that you can react quickly. It’s best to sever the diseased leaves, so that it doesn’t spread to the rest of the plant. You also want