Re: trellis & Green Beans

maureencaballero 6/20/2021, 4:04 pm

@OhioGardener, how do you secure the cattle panel to the base? Do you just dig it into the mix? or is it somehow attached to the galvanized panels of your beds?

OhioGardener 6/20/2021, 4:54 pm

@maureencaballero wrote:@OhioGardener, how do you secure the cattle panel to the base? Do you just dig it into the mix? or is it somehow attached to the galvanized panels of your beds?

I drove 7' T-Posts (fence posts) into the ground about 2" away from the raised bed, then slid the end of the cattle panel between the T-Post and the raised bed, and repeated on the other side. There is one T-Post in the center of each 50" wide cattle panel. After the panels were in, I used fence clips to tie the panel to the T-Post in 3 places on each post.

These beds are 4' apart, to create room for the arbor. If a person wanted the arbor higher, the ends of the panels could be placed higher on the T-Posts before securing them.

This was the beans on the arbor a few months later.

**sanderson** 6/20/2021, 5:55 pm

OG Man, oh man, I love your arches with the beans hanging down for easy picking. When ever I see the fruits hanging down on someone's arches, it just looks so perfect.

OhioGardener 6/20/2021, 8:53 pm

You are right, Sanderson! It is so relaxing just walking through that arbor with the plants hanging down full of fruits just asking to be picked. I often just stop and stand there relishing in the moment. And, even on the hottest day it is so cool in there.

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