There are several native vines that would be fun to grow, but there has been nowhere for them to climb. I have pondered a variety of structure options, but for now have decided to go with a small free-standing wall.
As always with this lot, a major challenge is digging down through our stony soil. Fortunately I now own a pick mattock (which I wish I had got when I first arrived here). These two small holes yielded a bucket of stones.
After placing the trellis, I filled the holes with alternating layers of stones and soil, and then tamped it down.
The area beside the trellis is pathway on one side and utility/nursery on the other, so the bare soil was covered with a layer of woodchip like my pathways. When it comes time to plant a vine (my first choice is a Passionflower, host to Gulf Fritillary butterflies), I’ll clear an area within the woodchip.
This area is where I planted my original Frogfruit plant, but I have that growing in so many other areas now that I didn’t need the “master plant” any more and I removed it.
Rewilding My Lot 
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