putting up wires for climbers

Hi windy
There are lots of ways to do this. The easiest, but most expensive, is to buy the heavy duty type of plastic pea netting. You can get it in square pattern with the mesh in 2 - 3 inch squares and the plastic about a quarter of an inch thick. This is flexible but doesn't sag and only needs pinning in a few places round the edges.

Otherwise you can use screw-in vine eyes in the fence posts and then you would be able to get a lot more tension on the wires.

Another method, if they are climbers that are each happy with one wire to climb up is to put nails along the top of the fence and drop wires down from them. For instance, this is quite good if you have a small garden and want to grow runner beans. They look good and give good colour on a garden fence and you don't need a veggie plot for them.

Good growing.
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shiney

 

Hi windy

The best way to grow them is to plant the beans about a foot from the fence (18 inches if you have the space). This allows the roots to be in well dug (and manured) soil. It also gives room for them to wind round the wire. Strong string is better because, when the beans have finished, you can just cut the string at the top and lift the plants.

As the plants grow you can train them around the string. You don't need to fix the bottom of the string to anything - just wind it around the stem of the plant.
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shiney

 

You can buy plastic coated gardeners wire in most garden centres.

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shiney