Country Lore: Vertical Gardening
Use strong limbs to build a tipi for your garden vines.
April/May 2009
By Dag and Dawn Haraldson
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These tipis make great supports for garden vines.
DAG AND DAWN HARALDSON
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In our garden, my husband and I leaned these large poles against each other tipi-style, then bound them at the top with natural jute twine (see Image Gallery).
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We grew birdhouse gourds on one of the tipis, cucumbers on another and pole beans on the third. I trained them to work up the poles by using the twine and gently wrapping the new growth to the poles.
Dag and Dawn Haraldson
Westhampton Beach, New York