three sister farming?

Answer 1

Corn, beans and squash, The Three Sisters, were the principal crops of the Iroquois and other Native American groups in the northeastern United States, at the time Europeans arrived here about 1600. By this time, the Iroquois had been planting these three crops together for about 300 years. Corn and beans are not native to this area; they originated in tropical America where they were cultivated by early peoples, long before these crops were cultivated in the northeastern United States. Pumpkins and similar types of squash have a tropical origin, as well.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/sistersone.html

Answer 2

Three Sister Farming

Answer 3

The legacy, the lessons learned in farming as it was seen by all the peoples of the world are really a valuable tool when we look at modern agriculture; the mistakes and the advances. The Native Americans and their particular practices gave us a great and simple insight into agriculture that utilizes lessons learned threw watching nature and being guided by her. One thing I attempt to do, in how I have farmed as well as how I live, is to do a thing that will have the permanency of many generations.

I think the general question you might be asking is more than just the original companion planting of a few crops but more the lifestyle of, as was described in the 60's and still today as, the back to nature movement. Now it is more a self sufficiency, a permiculture, a level of living with the land and nature, not just on the land and off nature. That seems so much a taking with no giving. As we discover we are part of the world, part of nature, we stop making a thing so that we become it and allow ourselves to happen with it. That seems a bit more the message of the Three Sisters.

It was always a direction I have gone in my study of life, I still work to realize that and share what I can for now.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

A Guide to THE THREE SISTERS Diorama


AN IROQUOIS AGRICULTURAL FIELD at the NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM


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This diorama depicts the type of agriculture the Iroquois practiced when Europeans came to what is now Upstate New York, beginning about 1600. This exhibit strives to be authentic in all respects, from the major setting to the small details. The plants and animals displayed are accurate replications of those that inhabited the Iroquois world.

INTRODUCTION

Corn, beans and squash, The Three Sisters, were the principal crops of the Iroquois and other Native American groups in the northeastern United States, at the time Europeans arrived here about 1600. By this time, the Iroquois had been planting these three crops together for about 300 years. Corn and beans are not native to this area; they originated in tropical America where they were cultivated by early peoples, long before these crops were cultivated in the northeastern United States. Pumpkins and similar types of squash have a tropical origin, as well.

The earliest evidence of corn cultivation in New York is by 1200 years ago (A.D. 800) and beans, about 500 years later (A.D. 1300). The tropical varieties of squash did not enter the Northeast until about 1000 years ago (A.D. 1000). Some other types of squash originated in the eastern U.S.; they were cultivated in the Northeast by at least 2700 years ago (700 B.C.).

Cultivation of crops, gradually brought about a change in the Iroquois' way of life from hunting and gathering their sustenance in the woodlands, to cultivating crops in fields created by clearing patches of woodland. However, the Iroquois had cultivated plants native to the Northeast long before the 'Three Sisters' became the basis of their economy. Native plants were not only sources of food, but also provided medicines, beverages, dyes, etc. We know very little detail about these earlier agricultural practices.

Development of farming brought about the development of 'permanent' villages linked to the fields. Women, who did the farming, then lived year-round in the villages. This arrangement was established at least three hundred years before European arrival.

THE SCENE

The scene is in the Mohawk Valley about 30 miles west of the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers near Troy, N.Y. The view is to the southeast toward the Mohawk River where it flows through a narrows called the Noses, several miles west of Fonda, N.Y. The setting is a day in late August when the corn is beginning to mature. This is the time of the Green Corn Festival, one of the Iroquois' days of thanksgiving.

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Answer 6

The native americans used the three sister farming. I believe they planted corn rice and mabey indigo, but you might want to check that. Isn't this a history question?

Answer 7

Corn. Squash. Green Beans.

The Corn grows tall. The Green Beans climb up the corn stock and recieves lots of light.

The Squash has large leaves and are prickly. The leaves provide shade and keep moisture in the ground. The Prickles on the leaves and stems of the squash repel animals and bugs.

Each of the three sisters support one another.

"Three" is an important number in my culture...they have different Sweat Lodges and Ceremonies that include the teachings of The Three Sisters. The Story tells how everything is connected and each animal, plant, ect. of nature is dependent on one another for suvival. It tells how our people are deeply commit to community, caring, and sharing.

Answer 8

your looking for
corn
beans
squash

when grown together the beans crawl up the corn, the squash leaves keep the ground covered so the land will not dry out.

its a way of desert farming when the soil is to barren to do anything else.
they would also grow cotton as well.

Answer 9

3 babes eating total cereal near a farm road?

Answer 10

I don't know what you're asking, you probably mean the traditional native american farming technique, see Wikipedia