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Liberty Garden- I just started planting my 3 sisters garden today. I sowed the corn.
wildchook (Mary)- I was just thinking of using this method this year so that I can have some corns growing and can utilise the stalks for the beans and squash to keep the soil moist.
Little Jack- This is not how the natives did it. They made about a 4' mound with about 8 corn seeds planted in the center. Then beans planted outside of the corn then squash planted around the beans.
Haji Dontsurf- can snap peas be substituted for pole beans?
lindapriorirish8- what kind of beans runners are what?
kittensugars- I have heard that this is a dependable method, used for thousands of years, thanks for the demo. :)
Tiersa32- Would love to see the plants in a fully grown state... hope it all worked out for you!! Thanks for the vid
george k- At 11:51 perhaps you wanted to say "the Native American Genocide"?
Julie Z- Thank you sir, do you think it's too late to plant from seed this week in New England?
Millard Waltz- This was a wonderful video on an important method of gardening. The timing may be a problem in European gardens because we have cold weather in the summer which makes it difficult to get corn, beans and winter squash to germinate and grow as required. We just had a cold spell so that I'll have to sow my corn and runner beans a second time. Thanks again for your experimentation and rediscovery of ancient knowledge!
John Orr- I wonder if Hopi Blue Corn works as a substitute for Sweet Corn?
Gayle Siler- Great video! I live in Southern Mississippi and today I'm going to try this method, but using a few different kinds of seeds because that's what I have available. Instead of winter squash, I'm using summer and instead of pole beans (Kentucky Wonders) using 'Contender Bush' beans. Next year I'm going to go with what you suggested.
kwo dell- Squashes like acorn and butternut and even pumpkin were often sliced into thin rings, and strung on long cords and dried. Added to stews or broths or just boiling water and they were cooked with beans and hominy corn or corn mush.
Anon Planz- Corn is worthless as far as health benefits. It's a filler.
jeff duvall- The Cherokee/The 5 civilized tribes have/had a written language, and still do. A mass gathering of info was done and recorded when the written language was developed.
Roosevelt Cox- Planting a semi-traditional three sisters garden
David Gaudette- Excellent! Perfect! Very nice job! Thank you so much! :D
Rida Ponce- Very informational...thank you very much
MiWilderness- The main difference between modern man and natives was most native people had lines regarding respect for mother earth they didn't cross. We have no lines and by crossing those lines have unleashed "demons" upon the earth that go unrestrained wreaking havoc on nature and man. That's why we have all these weird diseases and such that destroy us, our crops, our woodlands, fish, lakes, and streams. There is opportunity to heal and if we make the changes required it won't be forced on us by nature.
MiWilderness- 12 x 25' in all and I have another patch that will be 10x25 using Indian corn.
MiWilderness- Thanks! We've been eating lots of radishes, turnips, swiss chard, lettuce and other salad greens lately. The snow peas are just coming in now.
BackyardSolarPowerCo- Great information, my friend. I have been hearing a lot about three sister planting, and like normal, you over-deliver with great information. Thank you
Rick Larson- I could have planted my beans too early, based on your research, so I will adapt by making a teepee trellis with some 8 foot sticks.
imstillworkin- Good luck with your three sisters. I've never tried it before but I did plant pumpkins between rows of corn one year because folks claimed it would keep the raccoons from eating my corn. They supposedly don't like prickly leaves. They ate all the corn and pumpkins too.
MiWilderness- You're welcome and thanks for sharing your experience with the three sisters garden. The golden bantam is approaching knee high, but their stalks seem a bit weak. I'm hoping they will hold up. The pole beans I planted had only 80% germination, which is probably a good thing considering the corn stalks. The squash are just now poking through the ground.
Douglas Christie- Man, I had a hard time finding my comment to reply, you have so many, that's awesome. I have come to the conclusion that planting corn seeds right in the ground is way better than transplanting them. I think it might have something to do with the tap root but that is only a guesstamation. The very first time I grew the Indian Corn, that I sent you, I think it was six feet tall or more, the second time, they grew 4-5 feet, but I had clay soil and I didn't do anything such as additives or compost.
MiWilderness- You're welcome! I wasn't really aware what a three sisters garden was until I did the research, as I just thought it was simply planting corn, beans and squash together, but it's the varieties of corn, beans, and squash that are important. the planting times and arrangement also play a role in having repeatable good results with this method. Thanks!
Randy J- I had a phone call today to warn me that a badger and youngster had moved onto the farm building site I maintain :) sure enough there are fresh burrow holes out there. I set up a game camera to see if the activity is current or a one time deal.
The Self Sufficient Life- Looks good Roosevelt. I'm using a different configuration this year or, rather, I was. Corn is doing well but the butternut seedling burned as we had 2 sudden days of strong sun after our heavy rains and cool weather. Half my beans came up but something got half of THEM. I'm having bad luck this year with some things. Doing very well in others. Will be doing a vid tomorrow on the progress. Looked at some interesting property today at a good price that may change things for me this year.
The Self Sufficient Life- Yes I heard you say that. That's why I made my post. Not everyone failed. I didn't. Was having great success until the deer and birds got the corn.
riley54976- Haven't heard about this before. I usually learn something from each of your videos. Thanks for posting. Looking forward to the updates! (Nice haircut by the way.)
Taz Mahal- Is the traditional way to garden to find a break in the tree canopy and garden there? I assumed that the three sisters were planted in a mound, not sure where I got that. So do you think that traditionally they dried both the beans and corn for winter storage? Do you have any original sources describing the three sisters? Thanks, three sisters and native gardening are very interesting.
MiWilderness- Thanks!
LoveVanillaRose- Thank You! ..This is Great!!
MiWilderness- Well thank you Mr. Rivet, it means a lot hearing that.
MiWilderness- There were definitely some military type natives, but they too had a role to play in keeping the balance between man and nature. My particular area was partly a no man's land where many tribes came to hunt, and in doing so battle each other for hunting rights. Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Ottawa formed an alliance called the council of the three fires and that is roughly the tribes that inhabited this area. But, tribes from far away would come here to hunt and do battle.
MiWilderness- Awesome! I'll have to come over and take a look. :)
karenchakey- Great for preps too!
Rick Larson- I like the dogwood reference and the digging stick simplified. I have some hills with 3, 4, and 5 corn per hill. And then I overdid the bean plantings, just for fun and excitement you understand me.:-) Oh hey, you forgot to keep your ice fishing catch entrails under the corn! I did, so we can compare the results! Very good topic.
MiWilderness- I'm growing Kentucky wonder and lab lab beans. I put all the plants I'm using in the description too.
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