Three sisters follow up
Well, this is interesting. I’ve had some very helpful comments (thank you!) from Caro at urbanvegpatch and Sarah at thegardendeli who have experience of growing the ‘three sisters’ – that is, beans, sweetcorn […]
Well, this is interesting. I’ve had some very helpful comments (thank you!) from Caro at urbanvegpatch and Sarah at thegardendeli who have experience of growing the ‘three sisters’ – that is, beans, sweetcorn […]
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about zones. Not the London Underground ones – the permaculture ones. Zones are a key building block used in creating and organising a permaculture […]
Done it. I’ve finally planted out the sweetcorn. This year, as part of the great polyculture experiment, I wanted to try the ‘three sisters’ – a traditional Native American method, […]
Today I made this year’s batch of Elderflower cordial. The smell was amazing as the flower-heads sat steeping in a bowl on the kitchen counter. It’s not exactly healthy – […]
One of our aims for this site is to grow at least some of our fuel. The land here is fairly bare and windswept – and open to ‘spray drift’ […]
I’ve been droning on about bees, recently. I noticed during this past wet, windy Spring that there was hardly a bee to be seen on the apple blossom. The kids […]
After years of planting veg in nice neat rows, one crop at a time, I’m finally giving polyculture a proper go. Polyculture just means growing a mix of vegetables together, […]