The pole beans will be planted a few weeks later or when the corn plants are 6-12” tall. Before planting the young pole beans around the mound's edge do a good weeding if needed.

The Indigenous "Three Sisters" planting method featuring corn, beans, and squash builds resilience, sustains communities, and enriches culture and history.

Native growers knew that planting corn, beans, squash and sunflowers together produced mutual benefits. Corn stalks created a trellis for beans to climb, and beans’ twining vines secured the corn in ...

Serves 4 Corn and beans are two of the "three sisters" (the third is squash), crops that Native Americans grew together. This late-summer duo is the perfect take-along dish, whether you're headed ...

The pole beans will be planted a few weeks later or when the corn plants are 6-12” tall. Before planting the young pole beans around the mound's edge do a good weeding if needed.

He hopes to grow ingredients for a future Indigenous feast like the one he attended at W&M. Growing corn, beans and squash together is efficient, Custalow said.

Sweet corn can be planted from January through April in Central Florida and this month is the start of growing pole beans, beginning in February and going through April and then again in August ...

Corn acts as a natural pole for the beans to climb and provides partial shade and shelter to squash leaves. Beans are like natural fertilizers that enrich the soil for all three plants with nitrogen.