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The Three Sisters - Daves Garden The legend of the three sisters was a mythical explanation of a long-standing Native American agricultural practice--that of interplanting beans, squash and corn, respectively the youngest, middle and oldest of the “three sisters ” Planted together in the same mound, the three crops have a symbiotic relationship, each contributing to the others' growth Bacteria living on the roots of the
Wildflowers of the Little House Books - Daves Garden For most of her childhood, she and her mother and three sisters travelled ever-westward with her restless pioneer father, finally settling in De Smet, South Dakota In 1894, Laura and her husband Almanzo Wilder bought property in the Missouri Ozarks, where they remained for the rest of their lives
Apples in Folklore and Fairy Tales - Daves Garden All three goddesses tempted Paris with a bribe: Hera offered him Europe's and Asia's kingdom, Athena offering him skills and wisdom in war, while Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman, Helen of Sparta, later known as Helen of Troy Paris gave Aphrodite the golden apple, who, in exchange, made Helen fall in love with Paris
How to Protect Your Garden from Wind - Daves Garden The “three sisters” method of growing corn, beans, and squash together is another example of how plants can benefit from each other: the corn provides the trellis for the beans, but the corn is also made less spindly in the wind because of the bushy squash plant and the bean shoots
The Tall and the Short of It: Beans - Daves Garden The original bean plant is a vine with a twining habit much like today's pole beans, suitable for growing in the "Three Sisters" method developed by ancient Native Americans, where the bean vines are planted to grow up the stalks of corn
The History and Uses of Sunflowers - Daves Garden In fact, there should actually be a 'fourth sister' counted with the sacred Three Sisters of corn, beans and squash since sunflowers contributed so much to early man's survival They ate the young, unopened flower buds as a vegetable and the seeds were pressed for their rich oil
Keeping Raccoons Away from Your Garden - Daves Garden One way to protect your sweet corn is to grow it three-sisters style: plant climbing beans and pumpkin or squash vines alongside your corn seeds in a mound That way, the beans have something to climb and the pumpkin vines keep raccoons at bay with their furry, prickly leaves and stems
Companies with names that begin with T - Daves Garden Thorne Beehives Ltd Three Ladies in the Garden Three Oaks Farm Three Rivers Wreath Co Three Sisters Nursery Three Trees Farm Thuja Gardens (formerly PlantsRus) Thummim Farms Thumper's Daylily Farm Tick-n-Thistle TickleMe Plant Company, Inc Tierra Garden com Tierra Madre Farm Tiffany's Gardens Tilley's Nursery (Water Works) Timbercreek
Popcorn: Our Beloved Snack has an Interesting History They called corn, beans and squash the Three Sisters and these people could exist for long periods of time on just those foods About 2500 years ago, the grain we call corn made its way into what is now the Southwest U S and sometime later, further east
Achieve Symbiosis in Your Garden with Companion Planting The "three sisters" gardening method is a three-way companionship of corn, which is grown on by winter squash vines, as well as climbing bean plants By planting them together, you create the trellis and they all benefit from each other's general biochemical make-up