Prepared a bed and planted the corn for a "
three sisters" crop today. Yes it's not pretty but its about food not garden shows! under each hump is a good shovel of compost. I have grown all these before- corn, pumpkin and beans- but never in this companion planting context so it should be interesting. They're supposed to help each other along when planted together, I'll be putting in the beans when the corn is 4 inches high.
I have a feeling that the raised beds are more appropriate for clay soil and that the humps will actually make evaporation a nightmare here in Western Australia, with sandy soil and 45 celcius in the summer. As I ws finishing I thought next time I'll do the opposite and bury the compost in holes: we will see.
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