How to Vine Green Beans

Till the soil to loosen it with a rototiller.

Add a layer of compost 2 to 3 inches deep. Add organic fertilizer on top of the soil, then till it again to mix the compost and fertilizer into the soil. Read the instructions on the packaging to determine how much fertilizer to use for the size plot you are planting.

Water the soil until it is moist.

Drive wooden stakes between 6 and 8 feet tall into the ground about 3 feet apart from each other, and cultivate the soil to form a small hill around the base of each stake.

Plant the seeds into the ground 3 to 4 inches apart. How deep the seeds need to be buried depends on the type of soil that you have. If the soil is sandy, plant the seeds 1 1/2 inches deep; if the soil is a heavier clay, plant the seeds 1 inch deep. Plant each row of seeds 3 to 4 feet apart.

Water the soil to keep it moist as the beans grow. If the surface of the soil dries out and forms a hard crust as the plants emerge from the ground, the soil will strip the leaves off of them.

Tie the vines loosely to the stakes with twine as they emerge from the ground to train them as they grow.