A few years ago I attempted to grow corn on my property. Rather than either a row garden or a three sisters hill method, I chose a hybrid of those two. I planted the corn in a spiral. I took a pole wrapped in string and used it as my row planting guide. I inter-planted a bean as well, I didn't add squash.
That experiment was a complete failure. Corn grew, but whatever was produced was destroyed by wildlife before I ever saw it. So I abandoned the test to the birds & the deer. I suspect that the
root of my failure wasn't the animals, per se; since there were many lots of traditional field corn growing nearby. I suspect that my property lacks important nutrients to grow corn effectively, and I'm entirely unwilling to resort to artificial fertilizers.
I'm thinking of trying this again with sorgum/milo as my primary grain. I intend to plant, then largely leave the lot be for the season. My goal is to find a grain crop that I can grow for animal feed, not human consumption; but one that doesn't require much attention. Has anyone here had
experience with sorgum that might be applicable to this concept?