At last, the squash and beans are starting to grow among the Bloody Butcher Corn in Produce Garden Bed 1. These are the Three Sisters of native Americans - both North and South America:
Plant the corn first. When the corn is six inches high, plant the beans and squash.The beans climb up the corn in order to get to the sun. Also, the beans fix nitrogen in the soil for the benefit of both corn and squash. The squash covers the ground keeping the roots of the corn and beans cool and moist. What an amazing team.
FYI below are the roots of the Bloody Butcher Corn in the same bed:
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