Friday, 27 June 2008

Which one's Olga?


Here is my three sisters bed. I've grown sweetcorn and runner beans in two humps about 2ft across each, with squash planted between the humps - a variation of the traditional Iroquois women's planting scheme called the three sisters. Proper feminist allotmenteering! Apparently the beans nurture the nutrient-hungry sweetcorn, while the squash provide a mulch to keep water in and weeds out with their big spreading leaves.

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