In a three sisters garden, corn serves as poles for beans, and squash is a living mulch ... Avoid harvesting beans too early, as immature pods may not produce fully developed beans.

The three sisters refer to a traditional trio of plants grown by various Indigenous Peoples across North and Central America—corn, climbing beans and squash. When planted side by side these crops help ...

Pumpkins are a type of squash. Why did they grow these three things together? Corn, beans, and squash are called the Three Sisters. Corn and beans have amino acids in them. Amino acids are what we ...