New Techiques

I wanted to record a technique that I read about and want to try this year.

Three Sisters Planting: In this month's Park Seed newsletter, there was a description of a great companion planting technique that the Native Americans used. The three sisters are corn, beans and squash. They are planted in mounds. Two stalks of corn are planted on the top. About two weeks later, a few pole beans are planted. The beans will climb up the corn and fix nitrogen for the soil. A couple of weeks later, a few plants from the squash family are planted at the bottom. The squash provides weed control for the beans and the corn.

I also bought 25 strawberry plants and two growing bags last week. With the growing bags, I can just hang them up from the top of the porch. No worry about weeds. I'm probably a little late getting started, but hopefully they will arrive soon and I won't be too late.

It looks like most of my seeds are beginning to come up. Yay!