New Idea for Runner Bean Frame

I love seeing how other people arrange their gardens, well done Victoria, all nice & neat.

 

Freddy; I'm still growing beans on this frame, it is working very well. The idea of being able to get a second crop underneath needs a liitle organising, this year I've got carrots underneath. I've got some brick steps amongst the carrots to avoid standing on them when I harvest the beans. The second crop needs to be fairly low growing, so far I've alternated between parsnips and carrots, which isn't good from a rotation point of view. I dug out all the soil and replaced it from the adjacent bed over winter.

I might adjust the frame next year to make it higher by another foot, because the beans hang down means I have to stoop down underneath them which is a bit awkward with a dodgy back.

 

It's about 6ft high at the front sloping to 4.5 foot at the back. I've found that 6ft is too low, as the beans hang down making it difficult to walk under without stooping, so I wish I'd made it 7ft high sloping down to 5.5 foot. Obviously you make it as long as your plot allows. Hope that make sense Freddy.