A Garden Adventure of Three Sisters

   I've wanted to try the three sisters method of gardening for a while. Today, I planted the corn! You can follow me on this journey and we can both see how it turns out.
   Three sisters gardening is a method of companion planting. Native Americans have used this method for centuries. The three sisters are a nutritional benefit to gardeners, as well as a gardening to each other.
   The corn plant provides pole-like support for the beans to grow up. The beans provide nitrogen in the soil that benefits all three crops. The squash provides shade to keep the soil cool, moist, and prevent weed growth.
   The corn variety I planted today is called Golden Bantam. This is my first time to try this variety. Last summer I ate Rattlesnake green beans for the first time. They were delicious! I will plant them next to the corn in a couple of weeks when the stalks are a few inches tall. Haven't decided which variety of squash I'm going to plant yet. I hope you will follow along for the adventure. Until next time, take a few minutes and check out the link above to the video showing the start of my three sister's garden.
    Happy gardening and God bless!