permaculture

[rick valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>]

>Have you practiced, or can you report reliably, on this "3-sisters one hole"

>approach?
The varieties I have tried (of those which succeeded) require planting beans
1-2 weeks after the corn, squash on the outer edges of the patch. Or you just
harvest squash. You need tall, strong corn, and semi-climbing beans, and
ruthless pruning of the squash. -R

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