Great idea. Actually not all that many here use Mel's trellis, so those that want to do so will benefit from this trick. Thanks and welcome!

Here is a link that might be useful: Sinfonian's garden adventure

Thank You!!! I'm also making my first this year, and plan to do the same thing, and was wondering how to keep the trellis from sinking down more than I want it to!!

Thanks Again!
Karen

Not to steal your thunder, but it is actually old news. Sorry.....Rather than having people search for the old post that someone did over the winter, it's good that you posted about it now. :-)

EG

Well, it's new news to me - thank you! We just bought the last of our trellis supplies (using Mel's design) today and will start putting them together soon, so I appreciate the tip.

Well, I guess I missed the previous post on this and was noticing the same problem with the conduit sinking. I was considering the washers myself and now that I have confirmation that it works, I'll definitely pick some up.

Here is a link that might be useful: Luke's SF Victory Garden

I used 1x2 and 2x2 screwed the bed frames, no sinking and very cheap. I knew rebar would sink in all but the very hardest of soils, esp. when it rains.