Planting the three sisters is something I’ve wanted to do since I first learned about them, probably in junior high. It’s such a beautiful ecosystem: corn for the beans to grow on, beans to feed nitrogen to the corn and squash, and squash to defend the corn from critters, and shade the ground to keep…
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Preparing the soil. Three sisters garden, step one.
I’ve decided that this is the year I’m trying my hand at planting the three sisters, a historic symbiotic garden featuring corn, beans, and squash. I have a handy patch of ground where I made the murder compost last year that’s pretty sunny, and I think it’ll be good great place to stick my new…
Outdoor Hedonist 