Three Sisters In The Garden

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The rain stopped and the sky lightened up, Its cooler but I still only wore short sleeves. I had only planned to set out a few tomatoes in the garden, it has not been plowed and won`t be this year. I set out 10 tomatoes plants. But, while I had the shovel out I began to flip dirt and busting the clods, soon I had a nice area turned over 2 1/2 feet wide and about 20 feet, this felt effortless. What is three sisters? Its beans, corn and squash. The Native American Indians planted these together. The corn tall and strong for the beans to run up on and the squash to shade the roots so no weeding was necessary. So, I planted corn, beans and squash in that freshly turned over ground, I will see if all this works. Next I sowed seed for more big boy tomatoes and black beauty eggplant in pots on the deck. I also put sunflower seed out by the deck. The evening ended with the sun shining bright as it set the sky turned deep pink and purple. How was your Saturday?