I planted two boxes with the companion planting attributed to the Iroquois, who used to be one-time inhabitants of this area of Ontario. Beans grew up the corn stalks in the centre of a mound, and on the periphery squash was planted, which would shade the soil and keep the moisture in, as well as the big squash leaves discouraging weeds. Beans add nitrogen to the soil that the corn needs to grow. A natural fertilizer.
In the other two boxes I planted a spiral of wheat with corn in the centre and then the other box with rows of wheat as it is typically grown in monoculture farming of the sort we so-called Westerners have developed.
I planted the escapelot blog address as well– see what grows in this virtual garden.
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