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𝐃𝐈𝐘: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡 Kaylene and I completed a little project in the veggie patch yesterday that was very satisfying. Simple enough for anyone to do and will be great for growing climbing beans and cucumbers. See the details below. I've laid out all the materials and why we used each one so you can avoid the mistakes we started to make. Brian 🙂 p.s. If you find this article helpful, share with your gardening friends and introduce them to Aussie Gardener too. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭 🐝2 x Star Pickets 2.4m ht 🐝2 sheets of concrete reo mesh 7mm diameter 1800mm x 1000mm 🐝1 pack of heavy duty cable ties 7.6mm wide (usually 300mm or more long) 🐝Steel Mallet hammer 🐝Ladder (and someone to hold it when on uneven ground) 🐝Spirit level (or your own judgement if you have a good eye for vertical) 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 Our initial thought was to use some heavy duty reo bar as the uprights so that it all blends in, but it turned out to have too much movement due to the flex in the rod even when well hammered in. Star pickets have the extra 3 way ridge strength and worked out a lot better. The other option would be to concrete in some timber or steel posts but that would make them very permanent and we didn't want to have treated pine in the veggie patch. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡 Our garden has a nice rustic feel to it, with heavy timbers, stone and steel. We looked at galvanised mesh options but they were a lighter guage steel (thinner) and didn't have the rigidity we needed when only using 2 end stakes. Also a lot of the galvanising sold these days in hardwares is not to the consistent standard and ends up rusting anyway! The steel used in the reo mesh is construction grade and is going to get surface rust within weeks of being outdoors, but it will take many years for that rust to get through the 7mm steel. To back this thought up, you will often see the reo mesh stored outside at the hardwares and covered in surface rust and still for sale. This mesh has large openings which is great for being able to reach your hands through for picking beans and cucumbers on either side. It also has little ridges all over the mesh (originally to help the concrete stick to it) but in our case it gives plants a great way to grip on as compared to smooth wire which it can slip off from. Reo mesh is available in the builders section in your hardware stores. (not the gardening section) 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 https://aussiegardener.com.au/blogs/aussiegardenerlibrary/how-to-build-a-bean-trellis-in-steel-mesh To read the rest of this article where we answer the following. 🐝𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥? 🐝𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞? 🐝𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝟐 𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐬? Gardeners love to share. Leave a comment below. 🙂