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Three Sisters Garden
My neighbor was showing me through his vegetable garden yesterday and his prized area was what he called his Three Sisters Garden. Originally developed by Native Americans many centuries ago, the Three Sisters Garden has three main elements *duh…*. Sown together in a mound are corn (in this case sweet corn), climbing beans and squash. [...]
Moon Planting Experiment
Having a Degree in Applied Science, you can understand that I am quite interested in experimenting with different ideas and seeing what results they yield. After reading What to plant in September on Aussie Organic Gardening I’ve decided to experiment with Moon Gardening. Hypothesis: To test if Dwarf Beans planted in the Last Quarter phase [...]
Snake Bean Troubles
After discussing gardening with an old bloke at work a few months back, he gave me a small jar with some bean seeds in it and told me that they would be the best beans that I would ever eat. The original parent seeds were reported to have come from Italy about 10 years ago, [...]
About Me
My name is Ben, and I'm a self confessed gardenoholic. My other interests include growing plants, looking at plants, drinking coffee and taking the odd photo. My wife thinks I'm mad, but is getting into the whole garden thing, possibly going mad as well. In my spare time I'm a geologist (must be something about dirt and rocks...)- Get me on Twitter
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