Planting a-maizing ideas

I'm pleased to announce I've found the directions / instructions I've been looking for on how to grow a three sisters garden. I'm debating whether to plant sweet corn or a variety of maize. I suspect the answer will be some of each. One of the reasons I want to at least try a three sisters garden  is I know I spend to much time inside my head instead of outside the house (and not in the Jeep). I'm curious to see how much food the deer and other critters may help themselves to versus how much we humans get to keep. It's also a good way to learn more about the history of Native Americans and the area where I live. I came across this resource this afternoon: American Crossroads: Teaching History on the Great Plains.

this barn is on the way to a CSA farm we had a share in

Photo by J. Harrington

The good news is, even if the deer, et. al., eat all our plants, we're only out some seed money and sweat but probably won't starve. If we do manage to produce any of our own food this Summer, we'll have reduced our "foodprint" a little bit (we hope). I've always related more to hunting, fishing and foraging than to farming or gardening. I've not spent much time the past few years hunting, fishing or foraging so ... we'll try to compensate [Yoda reminds us "Do or do not. There is no try!"].

if field corn is this high late in June, early June is planting  time?

Photo by J. Harrington

Reducing food waste is one of the more significant things we can each do to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Eating a plant-rich diet is another. I've been unsuccessful over the past few years in my efforts to compost our yard and food waste. [Last Spring the neighborhood black bear kept tipping over the compost bin.] If the three sisters provide food for us then that offers an opportunity to work harder at composting so we can enrich the mounds in which the sisters are planted. Plus, gardening offers more options for exercise, so I'm filing this whole endeavor under the heading of "nothing ventured, nothing gained."

What to Do If You Find a Dead Hobbit in Your Garden

By Murray Edmond

• Phone your local police station. They have a 24-hour answering service. Please note your message will be used for training purposes. Your voice print will be added to their database.

• Access Hobbit Rescue (HR) on the Hobbit Rescue app (type in Hobbit Rescue). Type your address in the required box. Wait for assistance to arrive.

• Do not touch the Hobbit. Warner Bros. can recycle most parts of a Hobbit. Interference with any part of a dead Hobbit is a crime. Remember: you will be liable!

• Do not Facebook your Friends. Some of your Friends may not be Friends. Australian Unionists are known Trollers. Be vigilant. Unionists have no part in our film industry.

• When Hobbit Rescue arrives they will ask you questions. You are required to answer. Hobbits are an integral platform in our 
national economy. Withholding information from a private company in pursuit of its legitimate profit can be deemed a treasonable act.

• Remember Hobbits are our friends. They were born here. This is their home. They represent our way of life. Do you want to lose that way of life?

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