tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post1292345067967510944..comments2024-01-27T11:40:35.680+00:00Comments on Bean Sprouts: Allotment UpdateMelanie Rimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05871992146568559100noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-78281354991386243292007-05-23T14:51:00.000+01:002007-05-23T14:51:00.000+01:00A friend just gave me some strawberry runners. I'l...A friend just gave me some strawberry runners. I'll be picking mine at the farm market this year, but next should have some of my own! :)Stephanie Appletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411714132368771649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-38043003144120685762007-05-22T22:03:00.000+01:002007-05-22T22:03:00.000+01:00Agreed with the Three Sisters method. However I d...Agreed with the Three Sisters method. However I do grow my corn with my squash, and so long as the corns are already good and strong, then they do really well and tower above the trailing squash plants. I am growing Mealie maize this year as an experiment for grinding so just might try a few beans up a couple of them.<BR/><BR/>We have started picking strawbs Melanie, and by the look of your photo, you must be by now.Emma Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028922864896453796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-89244595783921584672007-05-22T13:26:00.000+01:002007-05-22T13:26:00.000+01:00I am all set to try it, too, but haven't get plant...I am all set to try it, too, but haven't get planted things out. I'll wait a bit now and do some research first!Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328795228297873415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-59979722536902167692007-05-22T11:31:00.000+01:002007-05-22T11:31:00.000+01:00Thanks Kethry, I'll check that out. It's not too l...Thanks Kethry, I'll check that out. It's not too late to transplant things if need be.Melanie Rimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05871992146568559100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-47213424206722025782007-05-21T20:18:00.000+01:002007-05-21T20:18:00.000+01:00What a busy day you had. I love growing vegetables...What a busy day you had. I love growing vegetables and it's great running a gardening club at my local school too. I can pass on my enthusiasm!<BR/>Sara from farmingfriends in YorkshireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-84072399609982856212007-05-21T14:03:00.000+01:002007-05-21T14:03:00.000+01:00Great minds think alike, I am also trialing this w...Great minds think alike, I am also trialing this way of planting this year.<BR/><BR/>I also have had a comment on my blog this morning regarding the beans snarling up the sweetcorn, surely as long as you have a dwarf variety and pinch the tops out before they get to the sweetcorn husk they should be OK - surely if the Indians did it for centuries we can make it work between us??welsh girls allotmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414620510445285115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-70118749137585558162007-05-21T13:03:00.000+01:002007-05-21T13:03:00.000+01:00i remember reading somewhere - on lily marlene's b...i remember reading somewhere - on lily marlene's blog - that the three sisters cannot be used the way that people like Carol Klein have been recommending. I quote from her Friday 18th entry:<BR/><BR/>"Carol Klein was going on about that "Three Sisters" method of growing sweetcorn, squash and beans. Once again she omitted to mention that it is only worth doing if you want maize for grinding and beans for drying....like the Indians did. If you want fresh sweetcorn and fresh beans then don't for goodness sake let the beans climb the sweetcorn. They will wind themselves all round the cobs and you'll not get them off without breaking the bean stem....thus you'll get no beans. I know....I tried it following someone else's suggestion a couple of yeas ago. I was spitting mad when it came to harvesting the cobs. What a waste of bean seeds!"<BR/><BR/>i think there's more elsewhere on her blog about it, but i've read about this elsewhere as well - you may want to research it a bit before you plant.<BR/><BR/>HTH<BR/><BR/>keth<BR/>xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com