An Experiment with Corn and a Sister

As we know, gardening must be viewed as an experiment. You try something new and witness the outcome much later: in a month, by the end of fall, perhaps by next summer.

Our Three Sisters planting of corn, squash and beans has never been successful. The squash and beans have almost always failed to grow. And why?

RABBITS

To demonstrate that rabbits had been consuming two of our "sisters", we planted four corn in a bean bed that we had protected from rabbits by chicken wire. Here we have bountiful beans growing, and they are growing up the corn. It's too late to add squash into the planting for this year.

Corn and Beans: Two of the Three Sisters

So: next year, we must protect all the Three Sisters beds with higher chicken wire. Or ideally, all the Produce Garden with higher chicken wire.