TRELLIS OF MY DREAMS

my hubs promised to make me a proper cedar trellis to replace the rustic trellis i made from twigs, which has been the center of the potager all summer. here's my recent sketch...8" cedar balls are quite expensive, so i've been trying to think of an alternative. any ideas?

this weekend i removed the ailing cucumbers and zuchinni, along with some poorly producing beans. i planted more carrots, lettuce and sugar snap peas. after...
before...
here's the crape myrtle through the sunroom window. it's over 20 feet tall! are they supposed to get this big?
blight, shmight. i got one big tomato!!!! this is neve's azorean, which seems a bit resistant to late blight. and there are more coming!