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Father'sDaughter · March 3, 2014

I grow about 16-20 pole bean plants on one of these that I picked up used on eBay several years ago --

http://www.gurneys.com/product/bean_tower/bean-seed

A few other places carry it as well. It fits beautifully in my 4' wide raised beds and leaves me space in the "corners" for low plants such as lettuce. And I can even get away with planting early crops in the middle of the bottom ring that will be harvested before the beans get too tall.

My dad uses trees! In his landscaping days whenever he was asked to remove a young tree, he would cut all the branches off the trunk and trim the bottom into a point. You need a good sized step ladder to pick beans in his garden!

March 3, 2014	#11
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,917	I grow about 16-20 pole bean plants on one of these that I picked up used on eBay several years ago -- http://www.gurneys.com/product/bean_tower/bean-seed A few other places carry it as well. It fits beautifully in my 4' wide raised beds and leaves me space in the "corners" for low plants such as lettuce. And I can even get away with planting early crops in the middle of the bottom ring that will be harvested before the beans get too tall. My dad uses trees! In his landscaping days whenever he was asked to remove a young tree, he would cut all the branches off the trunk and trim the bottom into a point. You need a good sized step ladder to pick beans in his garden!