Container Gardening Complete

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MATERIALS NEEDED

1 large, 30- to 40-gallon

plastic storage bin

Enough 50/50 potting

soil and compost blend

to fill the bin

2 branches, 1 to 2 in.

diameter and 4 to 5 in.

longer than the length

of the bin

8 branches, 1 to 2 in. in

diameter and 4 to 6 ft.

tall.

Aluminum hobby wire

1 packet of pole bean

seeds

8 to 10 flowering

annuals, if desired

TOOLS NEEDED

Utility knife

Wire cutter

Pruning saw

Pole beans are one of the most productive garden crops you can grow,

but because the plants grow so large, they require a lot of support. Their

twining vines wrap around whatever they touch, and unless you give them

some type of trellis to climb, they’ll quickly get out of hand.

This simple trellis, made from a recycled storage bin and some branches

is perfect. It gives the vines plenty of room to grow while taking up very

little real estate. Use it to grow pole beans on an apartment patio, a deck,

or a balcony. For something a little different, try growing yellow or purple

pole beans, pole limas, runner beans, Chinese yard-long beans, or winged

beans on it, too.

BEAN

TRELLIS

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HOW TO MAKE A BEAN TRELLIS BIN

STEP 1 Flip the plastic storage bin over and use the

utility knife to cut a 1-in.-square drainage hole in the

bottom of the bin. Use the wire cutters to cut eight

pieces of aluminum hobby wire, each about 30 in. long.

Put them aside, but keep them within arm’s reach.

STEP 2 Lay the two shorter branches across the top of

the container, spacing them about 2 in. apart. Insert

one of the taller branches in between the shorter

branches, just inside one of the container’s side

edges. Wrap a piece of aluminum hobby wire around

the vertical branch and both horizontal branches in a

figure-8 fashion to secure them together. Repeat with

another vertical branch on the edge of the opposite

side of the container.

STEP 3 Place two more branches in between the

horizontal support branches, about 3 in. in from the

first vertical branches. Use aluminum hobby wire to

secure these to the horizontal branches.

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