Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Three Sisters

Plant Scarlet Runner Beans in the corn patch, one seed about every 4 corn plants, when the soil is warm. They climb the corn decorating the tops with bright red flowers. They only grow as tall as the corn in Wisconson, but I think they'll go a lot taller farther south.

They also fix nitrogen in the soil for the heavy corn and squash feeders, IF you inoculate your bean seed.

I read that you can eat the beans, but few people do, not the pods, just shell them. They're quite pretty.
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