How to Make Tripods for Climbing Beans and Tomatoes

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Gather together the required equipment: three wooden stakes or thin poles

   This will give the rubber ring a twist between the center pole and the other two, fastening them firmly together. ,, Place the next tripod the opposite way around, with one leg in the first row and two legs in the second row.
   
   Keep alternating the tripods in this way to the end of each row, so that they are staggered. , Once you've reaped your crop and have finished with the tripods, simply snip the rubber ring away from between each and scoop up all of the stakes.
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   Step 2: one slightly shorter than the other two; and a 1" rubber 'ring' cut from a small tire inner tube.

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   Step 3: Hold the three stakes together with the shortest one in the center and slip the rubber ring over the top and down about 3" from the top of the shortest stake.

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   Step 4: Grasp the center pole (the shortest one) and flip it over in a complete circle between and over the other two.

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   Step 5: Spread the three 'legs' out evenly and you will have a tripod!

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   Step 6: Use the tripod in your garden by placing two legs on either side of the base of a plant in one row with the third leg positioned in the second row.

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   Step 7: Leave the tripods in place until the end of the growing season.

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