Pollinating animals travel from plant to plant carrying pollen on their bodies in a vital interaction that allows the transfer of genetic material critical to the reproductive system of most flowering plants – the very plants that

• bring us countless fruits, vegetables, and nuts,
• ½ of the world’s oils, fibers and raw materials;
• prevent soil erosion,
• and increase carbon sequestration

First step was to pound in the T posts and then attach a panel piece lengthwise (16 ft long x 4ft tall) to the T posts. Then we put in T post across on the slope side and brought a panel to place long ways starting at the base of first two T posts on the slope side and bent and attached it to the lengthwise panel; we did this 4 times, so the arbor ends up being 16 ft long, because each panel is 4 feet wide.

The picture below was taken August 2021 , 4 months after building it. The native grape and the grape cultivar are growing up the left side and butternut squash and watermelon are growing up the right. The huge bushy grass is a lemongrass plant, it has grown super fast!