I like to cut my own ( I use bean sticks) and I cut hard wood saplings about the diameter of 1 1/3inches to 2 inches at the base. Sweetgum saplings are very prevalent where I live and living way out in the sticks mean there's more of them than I need.
Thank you.. I’ll definitely check the FR links. Can’t wait to “show off” my maters.. :-) You should see my Alabama Black Eye Butter Beans. There’s no finer example of the relationship between beans and Kudzu than the afore mentioned variety.