Three sisters - beans, squash and corn in clever intercropping
To practice companion planting with vegetables is a great way to save space, but most importantly, plants with different characteristics can benefit from each other - especially beans, squash, and corn. The Inca people in North America already cultivated these vegetables together, calling them the three sisters. Here we will tell you more about this cultivation technique.





Written by: Liselotte Roll
Swedish garden inspirer, journalist and author of books about nature, cultivation and animals, such as "Soil", "Grow for insects" and "Chickens as a hobby".