Friday, March 18, 2011

Be prepared

In anticipation of great runs of climbing beans, I built a couple of structures of cedar strips tied together at the top and splayed them over the bales where the beans were planted.
I also inverted one tomato cage over another and secured them with electrical tape, to get some height, and inserted them into the bales over the tomato plants. I was able to fasten the tops to the structure for some strength, as when the bales really start to decompose, they don't have a lot of holding power.
In hind-sight, having the bottoms of the netting open allowed the squash to ramble out, which was a good thing, cause they are heavy producers. I probably had about 20 feet of length on one of the squash plants - dotted with squash all along.