http://lifeboat.co.nz/garden-diary-24th-november/ Our escape to the good life Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:28:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://lifeboat.co.nz/garden-diary-24th-november/comment-page-1/#comment-174 John Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:08:03 +0000 http://lifeboat.co.nz/?p=314#comment-174 I think anything that covers the soil will help the corn along with shade, moisture retention and weed suppression. You’re right about the beans too – corn takes a lot of nitrogen from the soil so legumes nearby will replace quite a bit if you dig them in when harvest is over.

]]> http://lifeboat.co.nz/garden-diary-24th-november/comment-page-1/#comment-170 drift Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:29:09 +0000 http://lifeboat.co.nz/?p=314#comment-170 nice, I planted some buttercup by my corn yesterday without knowing they’d be good companions. I suppose the same goes for melons and corn too huh? I read somewhere beans and corn were good together too.

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