Some of my plants (tomatoes, cucumbers, peas) are completely out of control. Granted, it's out of control in a good way but they're shadowing some of the smaller plants (peppers, onions, green beans). I had intended on building cages for the big plants to keep them under control but that was not working out so instead, I built cages for the small plants to keep the big ones from invading their space. I think it worked out pretty well.
To make 1 foot cages to fit into my 1 foot squares, I cut the fence into 3.14 foot sections. (You know, 'cause c = 2πr. As it turns out, I did learn something from all those math classes.) Then I used four zip ties to make them into cylinders.
They stand up well on their own and they are easily dug into the relatively loose dirt in the garden so I didn't need to use anything to anchor them down. I ended up putting them around my four pepper plants, one square of onions and one square of green beans. The original square of green beans is way too big already.
I think the peppers are thanking me already.
