I have written about the Three Sisters system of growing before. For those who missed it, here's a quick resume. Grow sweetcorn, squas...

The sweetcorn this year has performed slightly oddly. The cobs have swelled and ripened well, but the plants themselves are rather stumpy....

Last year I attempted to cultivate The Three Sisters. That's the system where you grow sweetcorn in small clumps, interspersed with sq...

Swallows gathering ready to leave This year has been a challenging one but still I have learned a lot and things have moved forwards h...

  If you ignore the missing bean plants, then I guess this is what the Three Sisters planting system is supposed to look like. The squa...

Three Sisters, Sweetcorn, Climbing Peas and Cucurbits  This was my Three Sisters patch just over two weeks ago. The sweet...