Market Farming

["Floyd and Bobee" <floydandbobee AT ih2000.net>]

Kevin,

What I do is find the dumping area of local cemeteries and salvage the
floral stands.  They are three legged, push into the ground easily and when
you are done with them they fold up and are no problem to store.  Some
cemeteries let florist recycle the stands so make sure you are not getting
stands that are meant for other folks!  I use them for peppers, tomatoes,
beans, etc.  Anything that climbs are needs supporting.  I have picked up as
many as 100 in a day with no trouble and was able to check out some great
old tombstones at the same time.  Cemeteries can be interesting places to
visit.

Floyd in Texas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mayapple Farm and Gardens" <mayapplefarm AT yahoo.com>
To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 6:23 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] Pole bean supports


> I'm soliciting new ideas for ways to efficiently grow
> my pole beans.  I grow about 500 row feet of various
> varieties using approximately the same system for the
> beans that I do tomatoes, the North Carolina (or
> California) weave system.  If you're not familiar with
> that one, it involves driving stakes every three to
> four feet within the row and running horizontal
> lengths of twine every foot or so from ground level
> going up.  It works great for tomatoes since you're
> making a basket of sorts from the twine, but the beans
> prefer to grow vertically and end up all congregating
> on the stake instead of distributing themselves along
> the lengths of twine.
>
> Since I rotate my beans, I can't justify building
> anything on a permanent basis, and teepees made from
> saplings don't especially seem all that effective a
> use of space.  Any brilliant ideas out there?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
>
> =====
> Krystyna L. Prochocki
> Kevin L. Strohmeier
> May Apple Farm and Gardens
> 4020 N. Grandview Church Rd.
> Big Spring, KY 40175
> 270/828-4953
> mayapplefarm AT yahoo.com
>
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