I found this on another allotment website. I've done several read thru's but still can't understand what he's on about. Can anybody out there understand this person & if so, translate for me.
thanks
CC
now then folks its munty one here bringing you a gardening tip from itv kessingland ,suitably dressed in flat cap and corduroy trousers. now i want you to imagine a big blond and a gallon tub of ice cream ...ooooooops wrong program ........ i want you to imagine a ice hockey stick ,,,,,, ok stay with me now!!!!v now it has a short end and a long end ok? now what i want you to do is dig your trench fill it with lovely manure and then put the soil back on . now take 2 5ft stakes and drive them in at the end of your trench . now take another stake and put it in the middle of the other 2 .in a line of course . now walk down your plot to the south about 4 /5 paces . now stick a 8ft stake in there adjacent to the 3 you have already put in .now looking at it you should have 2 lines of stakes one about 3 ft high n tother about 6ft high? ok
now take some baling twine or strong thin rope and join the three short stakes together with it , now do the same with the 3 long ones . now going from the long stake to the short stake i want you tie lengths of twine every 6 inches or so . now leave a bit extra say 4 ft hanging over the short stake end ... now looking side ways on to this erection it kinda looks like ya hockey stick. now with the extra tail you left on the short end i want you to plant your runner bean plants , put the tail under the plant to hold it down . trying to keep it tight as you do so ,after you have put a plant at every string . rake back all the soil over the to the beans . now twist all the bean vines that are growing around the twine ,and then sit back and watch them follow the sun and twine up the whole frame ,,,,,,,,, why do i do this , well the bean pods hang down so nice and grow straight , and the sun is on them all day . yopu just pop under to get ya beans ,,,,,, and wait for itttttttt, you can plant lettuces and radishes under the shaded bit and they still grow lovly . thats all from me for now
Very enterprising!
Hi CC,
If you back on the forum where you found that info, Im sure there are pics of the finished frame. Either do a search or post asking where it is.
I have seen it but I dont use that forum these days. Good luck, it is a great idea.
It's here:
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,41860 (http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,41860)
Very interesting, the secret must be the sloping "roof" because when I tried to train them along horizontal wires last year, the only went about 18 inches along before running out of steam.
http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_Beans_Runner.html
Hi CC
Just thought you might want to see how the bed evolved.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/pigbun/DSC00165.jpg)
There is a lot more growth now and the beans are creeping up onto the 'roofing'. One addition, we have added a stake in the middle to support the weight. As you can see on this photo, the support is bending under the weight.
MP
What a great idea and the underplanting also! Too late for this season but definitely one to try next year.
We have just the broken down chair to sit on to pick under the "roof", too. ;D
Our runners have just started to appear. About 1" long. So exciting.....
Happy picking. ;D
Quote from: allaboutliverpool on July 26, 2008, 22:35:20
Very interesting, the secret must be the sloping "roof" because when I tried to train them along horizontal wires last year, the only went about 18 inches along before running out of steam.
http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_Beans_Runner.html
That's seems likely and perhaps is why my tunnel hasn't worked - the 'roof' is horizontal. Modification will take place....