Tepee or not tepee !

[Snadger]

I've started growing tall peas - heritage varieties - and yes, I do use wigwams. I never manage to do very well with peasticks either. I've found it better for anything a bit shorter (I like oregon sugar pod for a mangetout which gets to about 4ft here) I use that thick plastic mesh with about 2" squares - it comes on a roll and is brown. I support that at each end and the peas not only scramble up well, but they are easy to detach in the autumn too.

I'm using some strong heavy re-inforcing wire that goes in concrete (to re-inforce it............ would you believe!)
It's made up of 1/4" bar criss crossed so is vey stong. the pieces I have scrounged are about 6 foot high so should make a perfect, permanent, pea support!

[Flummery]

I know the sort of stuff you mean - goes sort of rusty but I suppost that doesn't matter? Wish I knew the right people to scrounge off!

[Alison]

I'm using some strong heavy re-inforcing wire that goes in concrete (to re-inforce it............ would you believe!)
It's made up of 1/4" bar criss crossed so is vey stong. the pieces I have scrounged are about 6 foot high so should make a perfect, permanent, pea support!

It's just known as mesh and used in lower strength concrete structures, paths etc, some is square and some rectangular but all fine for this use.

[Snadger]

I know the sort of stuff you mean - goes sort of rusty but I suppost that doesn't matter? Wish I knew the right people to scrounge off!

The rustiness adds to its appeal Flum! It's so substantial that even with 10 years of acid rain I reckon it will be as good as the day I finally get round to erecting it!

It's not really scrounging btw.....it's recycling, or is it precycling?

[Eco-Chic]

I've the rusty springs from a double mattress which I intend to use as trellis. Got the idea from a freecycler who sliced up one she found on the street. The one I have is the remains of a mattress a friend burned.

[Professor Peabody]

I'm glad I am not the only one to recycle someone elses stuff in order to grow runner beans. Last year my parents took down their garden arch so I pinched it and now my runner beans happily climb all over it (two seeds per leg) and the pods are easy to pick because I can stand underneath it (also looks mighty fine when the plants are in full bloom).