Penn State Extension, Susquehanna County, has a good Master Gardener article on it.
Use the "Three Sisters" planting method - corn, beans, squash together. Corn is a trellis for the beans, beans fix nitrogen in the soil and stabilize the corn to keep it from blowing over, squash becomes a spiny mulch that holds in water and prevents weed. Penn State Extension, Susquehanna County, has a good Master Gardener article on it.