Nevadans?

[NevadaRon]

I was going to do a 3 Sisters planting this year

Aha! That's what I was trying to remember! Now we can look it up on the internets.

Thanks Missy!

 

[NevadaRon]

Found this great article on the Three Sisters, with links to some other ones.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

I've read that article before. It's really good. A few things to remember about planting these in our area:
1) You have to plant a lot of corn, in a block formation, for it to fertilize right and make it worth your time.
2) You need a trailing squash, not a bush habit. And since a lot of hard squash are long-season, look for short-season ones, and consider starting inside and transplanting seedlings. Territorial Seed has some shorter-season winter squashes.
3) Beans need a really tall corn, like 6-7 feet. The seed catalogs should tell you if your corn is tall or short.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERYL!

 

[sherylreno]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERYL!

Awe, thanks Aubrey!

Ron/Missy - I found the same website as well and bookmarked it. I'm glad I'm planting corn this year for the first time like ever. Now it says the nitrogen from the beans will not work the first year. I wonder if I can move the dirt where the beans were last year into the mounds and then I'll have the nitrogen? But then again, chicken manure has tons of nitrogen as well so perhaps we are all fine after all?

 

[sherylreno]

Happy belated birthday Ron!

 

[wolftracks]

Posted these in the California and Bay Area threads. This is what my FBCM hen gave me just a while ago as her first egg of the year.

 

[NevadaRon]

Happy belated birthday Ron!

Thanks Sheryl - and Happy Birthday to you, too!

I think you are right - the chicken manure will have plenty of nitrogen for your corn. I never had any problem growing corn, but I was using Miracle-Gro on it, too. Which is a high nitrogen fertilizer. I always grew mine in 3 long rows, with the plants in each row spaced tightly together, and I got great yields. But I'm really interested in trying this Three Sisters method. Especially since I love corn, beans, and squash!

 

[NevadaRon]

Posted these in the California and Bay Area threads. This is what my FBCM hen gave me just a while ago as her first egg of the year.

Wow

Are you sure it's not part ostrich?

 

[wolftracks]

Wow

Are you sure it's not part ostrich?

I know! This bird is usually my producer of the darkest, roundest, biggest egg. Today she beat her own record on big.