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The Three Sisters Technique

"A Three Sisters garden is usually a mound of soil with corn planted at the center. Beans ring the corn, and squash is planted at the edges. The corn stalks create a natural trellis for the beans to climb, while the beans fix nitrogen in the soil, which nourishes the corn. The leaves of the squash vines ramble around the mound, preventing the spread of weeds and providing shade for the shallow roots of the corn. The symbiotic interaction of the three plants allow them to produce more food using less water and fertilizer." - Earth Friendly Gardening

Information Here and Here

Bean Teepee

We have also purchased some scarlet runner bean seeds and instead of constructing a boring old trellis, we are considering building a bean teepee.

Create a Bean Teepee with Children

Planting a Sunflower House

One fun garden project we are looking forward to is planting a sunflower house. We have found useful information on a few different sites.

Growing a Sunflower House for Your Kids

Garden Themes for Kids

Sunflower House...a magical summer place

How to Plant Potates

We are just using some organic potatoes we bought from the store that are sprouting. Buying potatoes from seed magazines is expensive and other gardeners seem to have luck using store bought varieties that are sprouting in their pantry.

Tomatoes and Peppers

We placed two-four seeds in each hole of the rockwool cubes and so many of the seeds have germinated. Many of the holes have more than one seedling growing at a time. We did not know we would have such a high germination rate. We are not sure if we should thin seedlings now or later.

Getting our hands dirty and sowing seed

Seeds Sown Today

Pansy Swiss Giant Blend

Lobelia Crystal Palace
Globe Amaranth Strawberry Fields

Salvia Blue Victoria

Calendula Triangle Flashback

Bunny Tail Grass

Black Eyed Susan Vine

Forget-me-nots BoBo Blue

Rosemary

Sweet Genovese Basil

Germination Station

Cherry and Brandywine Tomatoes

Humidity Dome

Seedling Incubation Commenced

Adventures with Rockwool

Started a 72 cell tray with peppers and 3 different kinds of tomatoes on Monday night. We are trying rockwool cubes for our first shot at this. We soaked the rockwool in water then dropped 2-3 seeds in each pre-punched hole in each rockwool cube. We put a little water in the bottom of the large flat tray which holds the 72 cell tray for beneficial humidity. We labeled each cell with the name of the seed. We then placed the tray into the oven with the humidity dome on. We turned on the oven light, to create some moderate heat.

Average Last Spring Frost Map

Map

Seeds we have purchased

We need to narrow it down a little. We haven't decided what all we want to plant. We like having plenty of choices!


FLOWERS
Marigold (French) Dwarf Lemon Drop Seed
Kiss-Me-Over-The-Garden-Gate
Trailing Nasturtium Mix
Sunflower, Giant Primrose
Sunflower, Mixture Spcs/Fms
Bobo Blue forget-me-not
Strawberry Fields globe amaranth
Mountain Snow
Triangle Flashback (OG) calendula
Scarlet Runner Bean
Outhouse Hollyhock OG
Lobelia Crystal Palace Seed
Love In A Mist Miss Jekyll Blend Seed
Black Eyed Susan Vine Seed
Morning Glory Bush Ensign Blend Seed
Daisy African Zulu Prince Seed
Morning Glory Grandpa Otts Seed
Cosmos Sensation Blend Seed
Cosmos Bright Lights Blend Seed
Alyssum Sweet Tiny Tim Seed
Alyssum Sweet Oriental Night
Salvia Blue Victoria Seed
Rudbeckia Goldsturm Seed
Zinnia Scarlet Flame
Pansy Swiss Giant Blend
Sunflower Vanilla Ice Seed

Ornamental Corn:
Corn, Japonica OG

children's garden:
Daisy White Button
Prickly Caterpillar
Grass Bunny Tails Seed
Pumpkin Sugar Pie
Sunflower Teddy Bear

Veggies:
Tomato, Brandywine (Sudduth's Strain)
Taxi (OG) tomato
Tomato Cherry Gardeners Delight
Tomato Pole San Marzano Organic
Pepper, Chervena Chushka OG
Pepper, Fatali Pepper,
Hot Portugal Pepper,
Jimmy Nardello's OGPepper,
Buran Pepper,
Orange BellPepper,
Quadrato Asti Giallo Pepper
Chile Jalapeno
Spinach, Monnopa OG,
Bean, Empress
Onion, Australian Brown
Onion (Intermediate Day) Flat of Italy Seed
Onion (Long Day) Ringmaster
Cucumber, Parade
Cucumber Armenian Seed
Cucumber Japanese Burpless Organic
Broccoli Di Cicco Organic Seed
Squash Winter Butternut Waltham
Squash Summer Straightneck Organic
Squash Summer Blk Organic Zucchini
Carrot Royal Chantenay Seed
Carrot Asian New Kuroda Seed
Carrot Baby Little Finger
Bok Choy Tatsoi

Fruits:
Goldie (OG) ground cherry
Sunberry OG,
Watermelon Ice Box Mickylee


Herbs:
Giant from Italy Parsley
Genovese Basil OG
Jantar cilantro
Rosemary

Planting and Harvesting Chart

Our Zone: ZONE 5

Designing a Vegetable Garden

This is a nice little guide.