[Homestead] bean trelises

Leslie cayadopi at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 17 12:36:45 EST 2010


Winery !!! yes, thanks, there is one on the way to the dairy farm.  
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I will give that pounding a try and see what happens.    

This a/m I put the solar oven out to catch the early rays at 7:15.  It was 27 degrees outside, yet 45 mins later the oven temp was already 200 degrees.  I find that simply amazing.




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From: Lynda <lurine at com-pair.net>
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Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 3:10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] bean trelises

t-posts are those metal posts folks pound in the ground.

No-climb is a type of wire fencing.

And, yes, you can make a type of twine out of yucca.  You pound it and it 
will become a lot of long fibers.  You pull them apart and then braid them. 
Kinda like French braiding.  You can probably find something about it in 
cultural stuff for the Aztecs and historical things.

My tribe used willow roots, bear grass (related to yucca) and the wild iris 
that grow in our area.

Any wineries around your area?  They should be pruning just about now.  You 
could ask for the prunings.  They make great stuff when woven together.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie" <cayadopi at yahoo.com>


t-posts?
no-climb?
speak "city" !!!
LOL

I don't want to have to re-buy stuff each year.

I was talking to someone yesterday about yucca cactus here, and how much use 
the native indians made of them, which struck me funny because just the 
other day I was wondering if there was some way to cut them and braid some 
kind of ropey-vine for beans to climb.


OT, there is an interesting program on TV about home birthing vs hospital. 
NYC hospital are now on average over 40% CSection (that is insane) and the 
rest of the nation isn't far behind? Why, turn over those beds faster for 
hopsital profits, and some Drs. attitude that they can't get sued if they 
section birth... Geez. They just showed Rickie Lane giving birth at home in 
a tub. My granny was a mid-wife and would be horrified if she saw this 
program. Modern medicine with all the drugs and other non-sense, birth 
defects, suctioning babies out to speed up things so they can get home for 
dinner etc. The world has gone crazy, I'm convinced of that.... LOL.


All of the above, Leslie. Beans will climb on anything that will hold still
long enough for them to get a grip on it. I was gifted with a few old rolls
of chicken wire and that's what I've been using the last couple of years.
Works just fine. However, it is kinda saggy, so I've had to use more
t-posts than I would have if I used the old roll of no-climb that I have.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie" <cayadopi at yahoo.com>


I would like to plant more pole beans this year, and try again to grow them
as a "hedge" to shade my east side from the scorching summer sun.

Last year I used string hanging down for them to climb. That became a
tangled mess. What else can I use that I wouldn't have to throw away at the
end of the season? Can they climb metal? How about old plastic coated wire?
Chicken wire?



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