Sweet corn and pumpkin went in first, transplanted out once the frost risk had passed.
A few weeks later, the rest of the bed followed. The spinach that had been growing here all spring had to be cleared out to make room.
Corn, beans, and pumpkin, all going in together — the classic Three Sisters. Corn gives the beans something to climb, beans feed nitrogen back into the ground, and pumpkin’s big leaves keep the soil moist and shaded underneath.
