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Re: Sunflowers/3 sisters?

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If anything, square foot gardening is an offshoot of the three sisters,
which Europeans found in use when they 'discovered' the Americas.

The three sisters are corn, pole beans, and pumpkins/winter squash....grown
in hills, the squash vines run along the ground and create a barrier
deterrent to raccoons; the corn grows the pole for the beans to climb on;
and the beans help fix some nitrogen in their roots.

Nutritionally, beans, corn and squash, with a bit of wood ash, provide very
nearly a complete diet.

Thus the Three Sisters complement each other, both in the garden and on the
dinner plate...:-)

Here's a website to start you off....

http://horizon.nmsu.edu/ddl/wqthreesisters_k.html

Frank---part Cherokee, he will plant a Three Sisters patch this year with
Bloody Butcher corn, pole beans and pumpkins still to be determined....

-----Original Message-----
From: Jessica Marquardt <jessicaafm@theglobe.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>; jcosler@mindspring.com
<jcosler@mindspring.com>
Cc: LivNLrn3R@aol.com <LivNLrn3R@aol.com>; Kim Kiernan <kkiernan@home.com>
Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: Sunflowers/3 sisters?


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> The "3 sisters" is an offshoot of square foot gardening. I don't remember
what exactly the veggies were but it had corn as the center plant with
vining beans or peas climbing the stalk of corn. I believe the base plant
was squash, not sure though. Anyone else fsmiliar with this method?? JessM
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>On Fri, 07 May 1999 15:04:58   Sammy's huwummun wrote:
>>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>>On Fri, 07 May 1999 07:45:42 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>>>Kim,
>>>I don't have alot of experience with sunflowers but I imagine you could
do something along the line of the three sisters. Do you have any vining
veggies to plant in the same sqares as you sunflowers??JessicaM
>>>
>>3 sisters???
>>Judy (zone 7, close-in SS, MD)
>>to e-mail me:  jcosler@mindspring.com
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