In gardens across the continents, people have planted corn, beans, and squash together in small hills of soil. Typically, corn is planted first, followed shortly by beans in the same long, low mound.

This story was originally published by The Conversation. Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of ...

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

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 ...

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 most well-known combination of intercropping with corn is the Three Sisters, combining corn, pole beans, and winter squash. The Best Companion Plants for Corn Cucumbers ...

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.

Mariah Gladstone documents recipes for "Indigikitchen." (Courtesy of Mariah Gladstone) This article is more than 1 year old. Traditional indigenous foods such as corn, beans and squash — known ...

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 ...

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.