Vine Tepee

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I'm growing hops this year for brewing and wanted a way to let the vines climb without being 50' tall, so I came up with this design using three 10' pvc pipes and 50' of paracord. Hops seem happy so far :) Instructions Print out one bracket and 3 caps for each tepee. I suggest a light color. The cap fits tightly over a 1" pvc pipe. The hole is 5mm dia, I didn't have enough 5mm bolts for it, so I wound up putting some cuttings of 1.75mm filament through and melting the ends. Drill holes down the sides of the pvc pipe to thread paracord through. Assemble. 50' of paracord was plenty but I had to keep moving the legs of the tepee in to make it reach the top. I hammered stakes down into the ground and slipped the pvc over top of it to hold them down.