2026 Little Easy Bean Network – Plant A Garden, Water Your Soul, Join Our Family

[Rillowen]

Gosh I think I can start my bean trays before I leave for a trip on Friday, and theyll be read for planting out around the 25th. Crack the champagne ladies and gentlemen! So excited.

Has anyone here done the weave trellis method for their pole beens? Johnnys recommends it, and does it for their pole beans, and I’m considering it. As opposed to erecting gigantic makeshift fences and cattle panels that will ultimately never be tall enough I love the *look* of a woven stick fence, but the *work* to make them is not my favorite.

I thought about it, havnt done it yet though. This last winter i gathered large amounts if 9ft+ branches that were at least 2 inch at the bottom and made massive bean teepees. They are 5 ft diameter, and about 7 ft tall (not counting the angle) I burried the bottom 5inches or so at a slant and left some branches on the tops to interlock, then tied it with plastic garden string/baling twine. I used twine to wrap around (wrapping around each pole when I got there) to make horizontal climbing steps. It looks awesome, so far my pea loves it. Lol

 

[Heliena]

I might do this with the beans that arent in the main rows of the garden, it'd be too wide to try in my rows but that does sound awesome lol

My bonus mom planted a scarlet runner at the base of her flag pole last year, and that vine almost certainly reached the top before the end of the season. I want to say the pole was 12-15ft tall. Crazy.

 

[Rillowen]

I might do this with the beans that arent in the main rows of the garden, it'd be too wide to try in my rows but that does sound awesome lol

My bonus mom planted a scarlet runner at the base of her flag pole last year, and that vine almost certainly reached the top before the end of the season. I want to say the pole was 12-15ft tall. Crazy.

As a bonus my kids are looking forward to hiding in there and snacking on beans this year

 

[heirloomgal]

I thought about it, havnt done it yet though. This last winter i gathered large amounts if 9ft+ branches that were at least 2 inch at the bottom and made massive bean teepees. They are 5 ft diameter, and about 7 ft tall (not counting the angle) I burried the bottom 5inches or so at a slant and left some branches on the tops to interlock, then tied it with plastic garden string/baling twine. I used twine to wrap around (wrapping around each pole when I got there) to make horizontal climbing steps. It looks awesome, so far my pea loves it. Lol

After some experimentation, I feel like the most productive and also easiest, least laborious way to grow pole beans is up single vertical poles. I tried @Blue-Jay 's method but using little saplings instead of lumber. I drive them in 2 feet and they're good to go. I've never had one fall over yet, though I've had them break if I used a sapling that wasn't fresh. I love that air can move so easily between all the plants.