Entwined.

[Ron Evers]

I always plant "bush" beans because they do not need staking. However, this year I failed to notice the word "pole" on the packet of yellow beans I purchased. What a tangled mess I have now.

 

[Woodsman]

Oops, my wife only has 4 plants and has gotten green beans off them enough for a meal 3 times already.

 

[Ron Evers]

Oops, my wife only has 4 plants and has gotten green beans off them enough for a meal 3 times already.

No beans yet, only blooms. However, we have peas ready to pick.

 

[Ysarex]

Oh oh -- they're looking for something to climb. Stick some bamboo poles in the ground for them.

Two years ago we finally broke down and bought this: 5 ft. x 150 ft. Steel Mesh Roll-05042 - The Home Depot

I worked slowly over a week or two but eventually put together about 20 cages/towers -- need bolt cutter, gloves, large pliers and a couple boxes of band-aids. The mesh is heavy duty enough to last for years and the openings in the mesh are large enough to reach an arm through. On end they stand 5 feet and are ideal for tomatoes, beans and peas. Compared with what's commercially available (often a joke) they're ideal and in fact cheap.

Joe

 

[Ron Evers]

Oh oh -- they're looking for something to climb. Stick some bamboo poles in the ground for them.

Two years ago we finally broke down and bought this: 5 ft. x 150 ft. Steel Mesh Roll-05042 - The Home Depot

I worked slowly over a week or two but eventually put together about 20 cages/towers -- need bolt cutter, gloves, large pliers and a couple boxes of band-aids. The mesh is heavy duty enough to last for years and the openings in the mesh are large enough to reach an arm through. On end they stand 5 feet and are ideal for tomatoes, beans and peas. Compared with what's commercially available (often a joke) they're ideal and in fact cheap.

Joe

I think I have some of that mesh in the shed, leftover from making a chicken run.