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August 05, 2007
Complimentary Planting
Our best experiment this year has been with complimentary planting-- plants that help each other, and can therefore be planted very close together. In this 4 x 4 raised bed, we have four mounds of corn, each surrounded by pole beans, with squash in the spaces between. Oh, and onions to help keep the bugs out. (Fortunately chinch bugs don't like any of these crops.)
It looks a bit like a jungle, or at least a big mess, but everything is doing well. The squash and beans are blooming, and our corn has even tassled out-- we may get actual edible corn for the first time this year!
Posted by DJSueellen at August 5, 2007 11:55 AM
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