Vegetable Gardening: Three Sisters Companion Planting


Companion planting what the Iroquois valued as the sustainers of life: beans, corn, and squash. Watch the video and learn how to plant them in a raised bed. The tools I use are from Radius Garden, click the link to get your own! cli.gs SUBSCRIBE TO MY FREE MAGAZINE: visitor.constantcontact.com Share on my messageboard: www.gardengirltv.com

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By XsexymommyX on April 23rd, 2010 at 8:19 pm

GardenGirl – is goat poop a good fertilizer like rabbit poop, or will it burn the roots?

By matshroom on April 23rd, 2010 at 8:20 pm

great… :)

By SaviourSole on April 23rd, 2010 at 8:47 pm

She’s cute.

By Treefrogs2 on April 23rd, 2010 at 9:22 pm

nicely done video.

By misspookietoodle on April 23rd, 2010 at 10:01 pm

the corn plants looked a little too small compared to the beans.. the corn needs to be 4-5 inches tall before you plant the beans.

By misspookietoodle on April 23rd, 2010 at 10:52 pm

you should buy Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long, by Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch. Eliot is from Maine and has a harvest all year round. alternately there’s a book called The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book by Mike Oehler, which would be good if you had any property. :)

By misspookietoodle on April 23rd, 2010 at 11:41 pm

there’s a book on amazon called How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine… it’s a good book & tells you how to grow things organically & help build up your soil. you can also get All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! – it’s simple for beginners. :)

By BamisHouse on April 24th, 2010 at 12:24 am

Thanks for this great video. I am just redoing my veggie garden (after the chooks got in and demolished it) and was planting corn and beans together but hadn’t heard of putting in squash too.
I am going to give this a go now. – Bami from Oz

Very nice !! Very good cinematography

By scarletprairie on April 24th, 2010 at 12:53 am

It’s great what you’re doing but if you have to turn your raised bed to plant then you’re doing something wrong. It should be friable enough that such a process is unnecessary. The idea of the raised beds is to NOT have to do such things. My recommendation, make CERTAIN you’ve put a good layer of mulch on top of it for the none growing season. The manure should be added at the end of the season underneath the mulch, rabbit or not, so it is immediately available to the plants in the spring.

By MaryAsinger on April 24th, 2010 at 1:53 am

Wow great channel
I subt ;-)
5/5/5/5/5
xx mary

I would like to know what books you would suggest to read.. i want to do all organic.. I would like to have a organic growing book that would be very througho… I will likely be in western washington if that matters any

enjoyed her video, I have garden for cash though, for many years, if you want cash from a garden check out
donze52 on youtube when your done here.

By MaxwellsDemon2000 on April 24th, 2010 at 3:22 am

yes, great video! i gave up gardening cause there was not time but i have to get back to this

By ItripledogdareU on April 24th, 2010 at 4:12 am

AS always another great video, I’ll get started on this method right away. Thanks again Patti.
Florida Gardener.

By papilatin69 on April 24th, 2010 at 4:23 am

I was wondering i live in nyc, can i bring in my vegetable garden in to my apartment and keep growing them, when the fall and colder weather comes? thanks

By amberefaye on April 24th, 2010 at 5:17 am

Thank You for sharing. That is some very valuable information. Have you heard of or considered trying a no till method? There are many benefits that accompany it. For one you don’t disturb all of the beneficial organisms that if left alone will basically till the soil for you. They also produce glomulin which is a natural form of storing carbon as well as making enzymes that help maintain soil health.

By teenmod12 on April 24th, 2010 at 5:49 am

i have to say. all your vids an all your tips are so helpful. im planning on doing this next growing season, but with chicken poop. also, your chicken vids really help me when i got m chicks two weeks ago. keep up the good work

keep up the GREAT WORK

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By Cutchswife on April 24th, 2010 at 6:38 am

I am useless at gardening. Patti gets me motivated to sit and watch more of her brilliant vids lol

By TheWarOnDebt on April 24th, 2010 at 6:53 am

I always love these video updates. Great production and gardening tips. Thanks!

Atta girl.

By filfthyewok on April 24th, 2010 at 7:56 am

your video is beautifully done, thankyou!

By Coolpix7900 on April 24th, 2010 at 8:17 am

Interesting combo so close together. I was going to ask about the hand tools you were using. They look much sturdier than what is sold locally.

By deepwatertree on April 24th, 2010 at 8:34 am

Hey Patti, you dropped a little something there at the end. You might want to run back and grab it before that dog relieves himself on it… ;)

 

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