[Silentgypsy]

We’re going to attempt the Three Sisters method of raising corn, beans and squash this year. We bought and started the seeds before we thought of doing that, so the squash might not be satisfactory in terms of shading the ground and conserving moisture. We have no idea what we’re doing.

[greeneyes]

It should be ok. Sometimes, I even plant melons instead of squash.LOL

[JRandomFreeper]

It's hard to go wrong with 3 sisters. I learned in the mountains of New Mexico from old women that barely spoke spanish and spoke NO english. Their families had been there before there was a United States.

The squash they used isn't crookneck or zucchini, but those work. I'll also be using muskmelons this year, as they do a better ground cover thing.

The old women used pine needles for mulch, so they didn't have much in the way of weeds coming up anyway.

I did come away with some of their pinto beans to use for seed. I've kept those going and will use those again this year.

/johnny

[tillacum]

HE HE HE.don’t feel rained on...I’m doing the same thing, and when the squash start “running, I’m going to wind them around the outside of the beans and corn stalks. I’ll put straw around the area before I wind the squash. I’m using straigt necked squash.