Solanum tuberosum Full Sun Soil pH: 4.5 – 6.0 Companion Planting is the growing together of all those elements and beings that encourage life and growth; the creation of a microcosm that includes vegetables, fruits, trees, bushes, wheat, flowers, weeds, birds, soil, microorganisms, water, nutrients, insects, toads, spiders, and chickens.” – John Jeavons, How to … Read more
Cucurbita maxima Full Sun Soil pH: 6.0 to 7.5 Best Companions: Corn and Beans Intercropping Pumpkin “Companion Planting is the growing together of all those elements and beings that encourage life and growth; the creation of a microcosm that includes vegetables, fruits, trees, bushes, wheat, flowers, weeds, birds, soil, microorganisms, water, nutrients, insects, toads, spiders, … Read more
Interplanting Cucumbers and Sunflower ‘Cucumbers are sweeter when planted with sunflowers’, that’s what I kept hearing. I could find no scientific validity to this old wives tale so I decided to try it for myself a few years back. Lo and behold I’ll be darned if it didn’t work. Perhaps it was coincidence, perhaps just … Read more
The 3 Sisters Legend A number of Native American tribes had varying versions of the 3 sisters legend. The Cherokee version was adapted to three women who helped each other on the Trail of Tears. This story which may have some basis in fact was transformed into a lesson the Cherokee used in their agrarian … Read more