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Habitant garden

 I have a very small garden in my yard. I affectionately call it my “habitant garden” because I’m attempting to grow (not specific varieties) the types of plants a typical habitant would have cultivated. This year my blueberry bushes have gotten stronger but haven’t produced a berry. Although my uncle advised me that I could harvest from my rhubarb the same year that I transplanted it I’ve opted to not harvest it and to let it grow large, only trimming where absolutely necessary. For a second year in a row watermelon has proved an abject failure for this habitant. I’m unsure if it’s the soil or a lack of sun or both. My Three Sisters garden is doing better than last year. I planted more plants than I have in pervious years. This year I attempted two three sisters gardens in one. On the left I planted everything within a matter of weeks and on the right I staggered the planting by months according to these instructions: another difference between them is that with the right side I a...