Traditionally, corn, bean, and squash were important crops planted together by the women of the tribe (and for that reason called “the three sisters”). The broad leaves of corn provided shelter from the sun; the corn stalk was a living stake for the bean and squash vines; and the squash vines provided good cover, ensuring maximum capture of rain and minimum erosion. The beans help replenish nitrogen used by corn.
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