yhs: Fruits & Vegetables – Bean Trellis
This year we took a different approach with the bean trellis. Last year, we did this for our peas and lima beans. It worked well enough, but it was hard to get the stakes in the ground and the strings were a pain in the ass. So this year we decided to go with something more simple for our green beans and made teepees out of tree branches. It was hard to get a pictures where they didn’t just blend in with the surroundings, but I think you can get a good idea from this picture:
Andrew simply found some thin branches and cut them all roughly to the same height (about 6 feet) and we pushed them into the ground and tied them together at the top. The beans took to them wonderfully.
Unfortunately, last weekend storms wreaked havoc on our garden. We’ve had a lot of rain this season and up until this past weekend the garden has been holding up pretty well. But last Friday and Saturday proved to be too much to handle. Two days in a row of powerful winds toppled corn, bean trellis’, and tomato plants! I don’t think anything was seriously damaged, but it was a sad sight to see.
-c.
Tags: Country Living, Garden
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