Bed recipe · field-tested

Sweet corn + Marigold + Zucchini

Majs + Tagetes + Zucchini

Grown for real in my garden in 2023 — first written up in the log.

Illustration
coming

How the bed is laid out

Tall corn stalks, zucchini sprawling as ground cover below, and marigold tucked between the two.

A simple, beautiful trio: corn brings the height, zucchini keeps the soil covered and moist, marigold pulls in the pollinators and keeps some pests guessing. Close cousin of the plain corn + zucchini bed.

In this bed

The season, month by month

MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Sweet corn sown indoors STH
Marigold S
Zucchini sown indoors STH
Sow — indoors or direct, per row note Transplant Harvest

A friendly reminder: every garden plays by its own rules. Zones, soil, weather and a hundred small things decide what works — so this is how I did it and what worked for me, not a promise. Try, learn, adjust, try again.. that's half the fun anyway.

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