Beginner Gardening: pole bean teepee height & material., 1 by Ozark

Ozark wrote:
Not a teepee, but I just built a "bean arbor".

I had a 16' x 4 1/2' wire fence panel, and I drove four t-posts, bowed the fence panel up between them, raised it up one foot, and wired it to the posts. Then I added soaker hoses and planted two short rows of beans at the ends. The vines should climb up each end of the fence and meet in the middle.

The top of the arbor is 6 1/2 feet above the ground, just above my head. I planted big Romano-type pole beans on it and I know they'll hang down from the vines, so I should be able to pick beans easily while standing on the ground. I bet our grandkids will enjoy playing under this arbor - and I know I'll enjoy having a shady place in the garden to go to this summer.