How to Make a Container Bean Teepee for Your Kids in The Garden

This is a great garden project for kids. They love to help build the teepee. Then as the beans grow, they create a secret hiding place inside where kids can play and eat beans right off the plants! I used containers because our ground is not safe to plant food we want to eat.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• a sunny spot
• organic soil conditioner
• organic topsoil
• organic aged manure or compost
• poles about 5'long
• some string or wire
• pole bean seeds
• mulch

1. Smooth the soil out where you plan to put the teepee. Choose a sunny spot where the beans will get maximum daylight.

2. Get three large containers and fill with a mixture of 1 part manure, 1 part soil conditioner, and 1 part top soil.

3. Set containers in a triangle and set up the poles to make a teepee. Tie at the top and push poles into the pots to secure. Leave a doorway big enough for kids to get in.

4. Cover the ground inside with wood chips or mulch.

5. Plant 3-4 seeds at the base of each pole. Cover lightly with soil. Water.

6. As the beans grows, train them to grow up all sides of the teepee.

7. Encourage your children to eat the mature beans right off the vines while they play inside!

Tips & Warnings

• If you tie string at different intervals between the poles, the beans will spread out and cover the teepee more completely.
• Include extra poles from the ground to the top of the teepee in between the pots.