Pole Bean Teepee Hideaway
Right before we went on vacation, we started a project that will be fun for the boys if it works out as planned. We tied some poles together, laced them up with twine, and dug out a trench from our yard around the base of the thing.
Pole beans growing
We planted pole bean seeds in the little trench. The intention is that the pole beans will climb the tepee and completely cover it, making a little tent for the boys to not only play in, but also snack in, straight from the garden!
View from the back
The conclusion of this project can be found in this post.
Posted by foreverbird on June 22, 2009 at 12:16 pm
What a cool idea!
Posted by sarabclever on June 22, 2009 at 1:09 pm
That looks great! Would love to try that someday.
Posted by Red Icculus on June 23, 2009 at 5:41 am
I would love to do this, but I have a dog that destroys everything in the yard. This is such a great idea!
Posted by Jimmy Cracked-Corn on June 30, 2009 at 11:30 am
Thanks everyone! The plants are being VERY slow to grow. I think I’m going to need to sidedress with some compost and carefully remove a bit more sod. The grass seems to be either outcompeting the beans, crowding it’s roots, or both.
Posted by swampcatquilter on July 10, 2012 at 11:55 am
Try a mixture of 1 part peat, 1 part coarse vermiculite, and 1 part compost. In the 1 part compost try to get as many different kinds of compost into that one part. EX. You have 1.25 gals as 1 part. Divide that by 5 and get 1 qt each of 5 kinds of compost.
So: 1.25(5 qts) gals peat
1.25(5 qts) gals vermiculite
1 qt compost A 1 qt compost C 1 qt compost E
1 qt ” B 1 qt ” D
Put this in the trench instead of the dirt. You will get fantastic results!
Posted by Jimmy Cracked-Corn on July 10, 2012 at 4:27 pm
I have never seen a bag of vermiculite available for sale. Maybe I am just not looking in the right place yet. Thanks for stopping by!
Posted by sunnyromy on March 20, 2013 at 4:14 pm
Reblogged this on SunnyRomy.
Posted by Jimmy Cracked-Corn on March 27, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Thank you.