#three-sisters — Public Fediverse posts
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view west of the three sisters
#photography #photo #scotland #glencoe #threesisters #bnw #noiretblanc #monochrome #bw #blackandwhite #nature #mountain #hill #sky #highlands #valley #path #river #clouds #landscape #outdoors #exploration #scenic
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view west of the three sisters
#photography #photo #scotland #glencoe #threesisters #bnw #noiretblanc #monochrome #bw #blackandwhite #nature #mountain #hill #sky #highlands #valley #path #river #clouds #landscape #outdoors #exploration #scenic
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#Haudenosaunee #Strawberry Drink Recipe
It's finally strawberry season in San Diego, and what better to celebrate than with a fresh pitcher of traditional, Haudenosaunee strawberry drink?
Posted by Lauren J. Mapp, April 10, 2016
"#Strawberries are an important part of the Haudenosaunee food culture, so much so that they are even mentioned in our creation story. According to one version, the Earth was created when a woman fell from the Sky World and landed on a turtle's back. Many water animals tried to dive to find mud from under the sea, but the only one to survive was a muskrat. He brought mud up from deep below the surface of the water and put it on the turtle's back, helping to create Turtle Island as we know it today.
"When the #SkyWoman died and her body was buried, various plants sprouted from the earth. The #ThreeSisters of corn, beans and squash came from her head; tobacco from her heart; and various medicines and strawberries from her feet.
"Strawberries are known to have many health benefits: they are good sources of Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin B-6 and folate; they're rich in antioxidants; and they are a natural blood thinner.
"Today, strawberries remain an integral part of our culture, and are celebrated each year through singing, dancing and storytelling in June during the #StrawberryFestival. The following recipe for Haudenosaunee strawberry drink uses sugar instead of the more traditional maple sap (which is pretty much impossible to find in Southern California), but the flavor of this juice makes for another way to enjoy this delightful fruit.
Ingredients:
🍓2 pints of fresh strawberries
🍓2 TBS sugar
🍓Fresh, filtered Water (enough to fill pitcher)Recipe:
1. Remove leaves from strawberries, then slice them lengthwise.
2. Save 6 strawberries-worth of slices and mash remaining strawberries with a fork, muddler or potato masher.
3. Mix sugar with mashed strawberries, and then add the mixture and sliced strawberries to a 1 gallon pitcher.
4. Fill the remainder of the pitcher with fresh water and enjoy. Can be served chilled or over ice.Note: You can omit the sugar if you desire a less sweet or healthier juice. You can also substitute agave syrup, maple sap (not syrup) or honey for the sugar - just add a little at a time until it is the desired level of sweetness."
Source:
https://www.offthemappblog.com/2016/04/haudenosaunee-strawberry-drink-recipe.html#SolarPunkSunday #HistoryOfPlants
#NativePlants #WildStrawberries #IndigenousFoods -
#Haudenosaunee #Strawberry Drink Recipe
It's finally strawberry season in San Diego, and what better to celebrate than with a fresh pitcher of traditional, Haudenosaunee strawberry drink?
Posted by Lauren J. Mapp, April 10, 2016
"#Strawberries are an important part of the Haudenosaunee food culture, so much so that they are even mentioned in our creation story. According to one version, the Earth was created when a woman fell from the Sky World and landed on a turtle's back. Many water animals tried to dive to find mud from under the sea, but the only one to survive was a muskrat. He brought mud up from deep below the surface of the water and put it on the turtle's back, helping to create Turtle Island as we know it today.
"When the #SkyWoman died and her body was buried, various plants sprouted from the earth. The #ThreeSisters of corn, beans and squash came from her head; tobacco from her heart; and various medicines and strawberries from her feet.
"Strawberries are known to have many health benefits: they are good sources of Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin B-6 and folate; they're rich in antioxidants; and they are a natural blood thinner.
"Today, strawberries remain an integral part of our culture, and are celebrated each year through singing, dancing and storytelling in June during the #StrawberryFestival. The following recipe for Haudenosaunee strawberry drink uses sugar instead of the more traditional maple sap (which is pretty much impossible to find in Southern California), but the flavor of this juice makes for another way to enjoy this delightful fruit.
Ingredients:
🍓2 pints of fresh strawberries
🍓2 TBS sugar
🍓Fresh, filtered Water (enough to fill pitcher)Recipe:
1. Remove leaves from strawberries, then slice them lengthwise.
2. Save 6 strawberries-worth of slices and mash remaining strawberries with a fork, muddler or potato masher.
3. Mix sugar with mashed strawberries, and then add the mixture and sliced strawberries to a 1 gallon pitcher.
4. Fill the remainder of the pitcher with fresh water and enjoy. Can be served chilled or over ice.Note: You can omit the sugar if you desire a less sweet or healthier juice. You can also substitute agave syrup, maple sap (not syrup) or honey for the sugar - just add a little at a time until it is the desired level of sweetness."
Source:
https://www.offthemappblog.com/2016/04/haudenosaunee-strawberry-drink-recipe.html#SolarPunkSunday #HistoryOfPlants
#NativePlants #WildStrawberries #IndigenousFoods -
Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday
#GoodlettsvilleTN - #CompanionPlanting Workshop - by the #SeedExchange
Saturday, June 13, 2026 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
#GoodlettsvilleLibrary
205 Rivergate Parkway
Goodlettsville, TN 37072"Learn how to improve your gardening experience through choosing how organizing plants that serve as allies to each other systems such as '#ThreeSisters Planting' plant, using herbs as partners in the garden to help with pest control, or which plants may be enemies to other plants or impact growth or flavor of vegetables."
#NashvilleSeedExchange #GrowYourOwn #TennesseeEvents #LibrariesRule #GYO #GrownYourOwnFood #Gardening #GardeningWorkshops #SharingKnowledge #FoodSecurity
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Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday
#GoodlettsvilleTN - #CompanionPlanting Workshop - by the #SeedExchange
Saturday, June 13, 2026 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
#GoodlettsvilleLibrary
205 Rivergate Parkway
Goodlettsville, TN 37072"Learn how to improve your gardening experience through choosing how organizing plants that serve as allies to each other systems such as '#ThreeSisters Planting' plant, using herbs as partners in the garden to help with pest control, or which plants may be enemies to other plants or impact growth or flavor of vegetables."
#NashvilleSeedExchange #GrowYourOwn #TennesseeEvents #LibrariesRule #GYO #GrownYourOwnFood #Gardening #GardeningWorkshops #SharingKnowledge #FoodSecurity
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Three Sisters Gardening Program | Local News https://www.allforgardening.com/1797068/three-sisters-gardening-program-local-news/ #children #garden #gardening #ThreeSisters #TraverseCity
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Three Sisters Gardening Program | Local News https://www.allforgardening.com/1797068/three-sisters-gardening-program-local-news/ #children #garden #gardening #ThreeSisters #TraverseCity
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#CompanionPlanting with #Beans
by Barbara Pleasant, 26 April 2018
"Fast to mature and easy to grow, beans have several characteristics that make them good partners for other vegetables. They tolerate partial shade, and most beans have tiny hooked hairs on their leaves that entrap #aphids and other small insects. Beans can fix nitrogen taken from the air, so they make fewer demands on the soil's nutrient supply compared to other vegetables. Beans also deter weeds with their dense growth both above and below the ground.
How you use beans as companion plants depends on what you hope to accomplish. High-rise walls of pole beans can be used to provide shade for neighbors that suffer in strong summer sun, while low-growing bush beans can be used as weed-suppressing ground covers between rows of potatoes.
Whether they grow on vines or bushes, you will need good access to beans that are harvested as green or snap beans, which need to be picked every other day when the crop is ready. Dry beans, which are left on the plants until the pods dry to brown, can simply be left to grow, so they are a great option for Native American-inspired Three Sisters plantings comprised of corn, beans, and long-vined winter squash or pumpkins."
Learn more:
https://www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-with-beans/#SolarPunkSunday #GrowingBeans #Gardening #ThreeSisters #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #FixingNitrogen
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#CompanionPlanting with #Beans
by Barbara Pleasant, 26 April 2018
"Fast to mature and easy to grow, beans have several characteristics that make them good partners for other vegetables. They tolerate partial shade, and most beans have tiny hooked hairs on their leaves that entrap #aphids and other small insects. Beans can fix nitrogen taken from the air, so they make fewer demands on the soil's nutrient supply compared to other vegetables. Beans also deter weeds with their dense growth both above and below the ground.
How you use beans as companion plants depends on what you hope to accomplish. High-rise walls of pole beans can be used to provide shade for neighbors that suffer in strong summer sun, while low-growing bush beans can be used as weed-suppressing ground covers between rows of potatoes.
Whether they grow on vines or bushes, you will need good access to beans that are harvested as green or snap beans, which need to be picked every other day when the crop is ready. Dry beans, which are left on the plants until the pods dry to brown, can simply be left to grow, so they are a great option for Native American-inspired Three Sisters plantings comprised of corn, beans, and long-vined winter squash or pumpkins."
Learn more:
https://www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-with-beans/#SolarPunkSunday #GrowingBeans #Gardening #ThreeSisters #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #FixingNitrogen
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Rain yesterday, rain tomorrow. Making seed balls today. #NaturalFarming #OneStrawRevolution #ThreeSisters
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RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/114490117957652083
So, I'm going with the #Hidatsa garden design for my vegetable garden. I have just the right amount of room to pull it off, and I have fencing that will support the squash.
#SolarPunkSunday #ThreeSisters #FourSisters #TraditionalGardening
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RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/114490117957652083
So, I'm going with the #Hidatsa garden design for my vegetable garden. I have just the right amount of room to pull it off, and I have fencing that will support the squash.
#SolarPunkSunday #ThreeSisters #FourSisters #TraditionalGardening
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Three sisters gardening likely provided for the first Thanksgiving https://www.allforgardening.com/1523981/three-sisters-gardening-likely-provided-for-the-first-thanksgiving-2/ #Beans #corn #Ecuador #garden #gardening #squash #ThreeSisters
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Three sisters gardening likely provided for the first Thanksgiving https://www.allforgardening.com/1523981/three-sisters-gardening-likely-provided-for-the-first-thanksgiving-2/ #Beans #corn #Ecuador #garden #gardening #squash #ThreeSisters
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The Three Sisters at Twilight
The Three Sisters on the Dingle Peninsula in Co. Kerry. The sun had just sunk below the horizon and beyond a cloud bank at the horizon but the sky was still glowing a lovely soft yellow glow.
Apertureƒ/16CameraILCE-7M3Focal length49mmISO100Shutter speed1/6s#2020 #blueHour #CountyKerry #DinglePeninsula #DingleScenery #gaeltacht #Ireland #IrishCoast #IrishMountains #IrishSeascape #Kerry #KerryGaeltacht #KerryLandscape #Photo #Photography #seascapePhotography #SmerwickHarbour #SonyA7III #ThreeSisters #twilightPhotography #WildAtlanticWay
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The Three Sisters at Twilight
The Three Sisters on the Dingle Peninsula in Co. Kerry. The sun had just sunk below the horizon and beyond a cloud bank at the horizon but the sky was still glowing a lovely soft yellow glow.
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#2020 #blueHour #CountyKerry #DinglePeninsula #DingleScenery #gaeltacht #Ireland #IrishCoast #IrishMountains #IrishSeascape #Kerry #KerryGaeltacht #KerryLandscape #Photo #Photography #seascapePhotography #SmerwickHarbour #SonyA7III #ThreeSisters #twilightPhotography #WildAtlanticWay
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Out on the still waters of Sparks Lake, the Three Sisters peaks rise in quiet harmony. The sunset paints the sky in soft pinks and golds, mirrored perfectly on the calm surface below. A moment of perfect stillness—where mountain, forest, and reflection meet in balance.
View or collect the artwork here 👉 https://dansproul.com/featured/sisters-oregon-mountain-reflection-dan-sproul.html
#Oregon #landscape #nature #reflection #mountains #fineart #photography #DanSproul #ThreeSisters #sunset #SparksLake
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Out on the still waters of Sparks Lake, the Three Sisters peaks rise in quiet harmony. The sunset paints the sky in soft pinks and golds, mirrored perfectly on the calm surface below. A moment of perfect stillness—where mountain, forest, and reflection meet in balance.
View or collect the artwork here 👉 https://dansproul.com/featured/sisters-oregon-mountain-reflection-dan-sproul.html
#Oregon #landscape #nature #reflection #mountains #fineart #photography #DanSproul #ThreeSisters #sunset #SparksLake
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The contrast highlights the solitude and majesty of Scotland's Glencoe three Sisters mountains frame a path leading to Loch Linnhe
#scotland #glencoe #blackandwhite #mountain #nature #threesisters #photo #highlands #bnw #photography #bw #alba #landscape #highland #mountains #monochrome #sky #glen
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The contrast highlights the solitude and majesty of Scotland's Glencoe three Sisters mountains frame a path leading to Loch Linnhe
#scotland #glencoe #blackandwhite #mountain #nature #threesisters #photo #highlands #bnw #photography #bw #alba #landscape #highland #mountains #monochrome #sky #glen
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The Three Sisters of Glencoe rise steeply, their green slopes and rugged cliffs showing both beauty and scale - go see them if you have the chance
#threesisters #scotland #nature #highland #verdant #riochgr #scenic #photo #hill #outdoors #landscape #travel #photography #glencoe #mountain #adventure
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The Three Sisters of Glencoe rise steeply, their green slopes and rugged cliffs showing both beauty and scale - go see them if you have the chance
#threesisters #scotland #nature #highland #verdant #riochgr #scenic #photo #hill #outdoors #landscape #travel #photography #glencoe #mountain #adventure
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Also, these might be my favourite mountains so far: the #ThreeSisters
You can even hike behind them to reach the "Lost Valley"! (Unfortunately, no dinosaurs there...)https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/lostvalley.shtmla
Found in #Glencoe, #Scotland -
Also, these might be my favourite mountains so far: the #ThreeSisters
You can even hike behind them to reach the "Lost Valley"! (Unfortunately, no dinosaurs there...)https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/lostvalley.shtmla
Found in #Glencoe, #Scotland -
Sunset Glow over the Three Sisters, Blue Mountains
More about me and prints:
https://linktr.ee/steven.sandnerGraduated ND filter
Aperture f/11
ISO 100
1/15s#ThreeSisters #BlueMountains #VisitNSW #Australia #Sunrise #LandscapePhotography #Nature #Katoomba
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Sunset Glow over the Three Sisters, Blue Mountains
More about me and prints:
https://linktr.ee/steven.sandnerGraduated ND filter
Aperture f/11
ISO 100
1/15s#ThreeSisters #BlueMountains #VisitNSW #Australia #Sunrise #LandscapePhotography #Nature #Katoomba
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I came across this article while looking for how to plant #ThreeSisters (and #Sunflowers). Very informative! I learned that I should be planting my sunflowers in the north (makes sense, so they don't overshadow the corn). The article includes Zuni and Wampanoag garden designs!
The Three Sisters: Planting Corn, Beans, and Squash Together
By Melissa Breyer
Updated October 11, 2022"The sisters are corn, pole beans, and squash (traditionally winter squash, but summer squash can work too). According to legend, notes the Almanac, 'the plants were a gift from the gods, always to be grown together, eaten together, and celebrated together.' "
https://www.treehugger.com/three-sisters-why-you-should-plant-corn-beans-and-squash-together-4857996
#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #CompanionGardening #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalGardening #FoodSecurity
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I came across this article while looking for how to plant #ThreeSisters (and #Sunflowers). Very informative! I learned that I should be planting my sunflowers in the north (makes sense, so they don't overshadow the corn). The article includes Zuni and Wampanoag garden designs!
The Three Sisters: Planting Corn, Beans, and Squash Together
By Melissa Breyer
Updated October 11, 2022"The sisters are corn, pole beans, and squash (traditionally winter squash, but summer squash can work too). According to legend, notes the Almanac, 'the plants were a gift from the gods, always to be grown together, eaten together, and celebrated together.' "
https://www.treehugger.com/three-sisters-why-you-should-plant-corn-beans-and-squash-together-4857996
#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #CompanionGardening #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalGardening #FoodSecurity
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Getting to know our food, and how being good stewards of the land can help us eat better
by Katharine A. Jameson, Vermont Country magazine
03/01/2024Excerpt: "Learning from the land
"Chief Stevens points out that it’s all in one’s perspective. He gives the example of #dandelions. 'You might look at them as a weed but I might look at them as a food source,' he explains, noting the wine and greens for which they’re used.
"When Europeans arrived in what they later named Vermont, they saw the lush #ForestGardens Natives had fostered, but didn’t recognize that it had been cultivated. 'The sophistication of the agriculture system was so high that people couldn’t see it at all. It just looked like abundant wild lands, but really they were so abundant because of our deep connection and long-term #stewardship of them,' #Abenaki tribal member, #JohnHunt describes in a new, short film posted to YouTube about Abenaki food systems.
"What can we learn from these growth practices? Professor Tiana Baca of Sterling College explains in this film: 'Nature doesn’t grow in #monocrops.' She notes that Native people’s lush gardens maximized yields by #CompanionPlanting crops like the #ThreeSisters. 'The three sisters is a companion planting group of corn, beans and squash. They’re plants that grow together and support each other. The corn is growing up, it’s providing this living trellis. The beans use that to climb on. The beans are then fixing nitrogen and supporting the growth of the corn and then the squash plant kind of sprawls out and creates this living mulch. All of them working together makes all of them produce better.'
"Respect runs deep in the Abenaki tradition. From the elders and ancestors from whom they learn to the food and animals they consume, they bless the animals they dispatch with tobacco and hold sacred the chain of custody of each of their seeds.
" 'We have to have some foresight about it. Treating the land with respect and not looking at it always through our need, but as a collective community need. In the old days we used to look at community more than individual needs.' Stevens discusses the Native mentality that land, contrary to the European way, is to be shared by all creatures, not owned.
" 'There is hope,' Chief Stevens says. 'There is a way to reconnect and change the outcomes of what is happening. But the only way to do that is to put the effort, time and resources into connecting with us, the native people and others to try to remember that historical knowledge of connection to our land, our animals and our wild food sources. The forests and the wild foods sustained our people for thousands of years. Why would we not think it wouldn’t do that now?'
"The Chief set out a few things we can all do to help save the planet."
https://vermontcountry.com/2024/03/01/abenaki-food-systems-native-stewardship/
#NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanFood #FoodSovereignty #FoodForests #Stewardship #RelationshipToPlace #SolarpunkSunday #KnowWhereYourFoodComesFrom
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Getting to know our food, and how being good stewards of the land can help us eat better
by Katharine A. Jameson, Vermont Country magazine
03/01/2024Excerpt: "Learning from the land
"Chief Stevens points out that it’s all in one’s perspective. He gives the example of #dandelions. 'You might look at them as a weed but I might look at them as a food source,' he explains, noting the wine and greens for which they’re used.
"When Europeans arrived in what they later named Vermont, they saw the lush #ForestGardens Natives had fostered, but didn’t recognize that it had been cultivated. 'The sophistication of the agriculture system was so high that people couldn’t see it at all. It just looked like abundant wild lands, but really they were so abundant because of our deep connection and long-term #stewardship of them,' #Abenaki tribal member, #JohnHunt describes in a new, short film posted to YouTube about Abenaki food systems.
"What can we learn from these growth practices? Professor Tiana Baca of Sterling College explains in this film: 'Nature doesn’t grow in #monocrops.' She notes that Native people’s lush gardens maximized yields by #CompanionPlanting crops like the #ThreeSisters. 'The three sisters is a companion planting group of corn, beans and squash. They’re plants that grow together and support each other. The corn is growing up, it’s providing this living trellis. The beans use that to climb on. The beans are then fixing nitrogen and supporting the growth of the corn and then the squash plant kind of sprawls out and creates this living mulch. All of them working together makes all of them produce better.'
"Respect runs deep in the Abenaki tradition. From the elders and ancestors from whom they learn to the food and animals they consume, they bless the animals they dispatch with tobacco and hold sacred the chain of custody of each of their seeds.
" 'We have to have some foresight about it. Treating the land with respect and not looking at it always through our need, but as a collective community need. In the old days we used to look at community more than individual needs.' Stevens discusses the Native mentality that land, contrary to the European way, is to be shared by all creatures, not owned.
" 'There is hope,' Chief Stevens says. 'There is a way to reconnect and change the outcomes of what is happening. But the only way to do that is to put the effort, time and resources into connecting with us, the native people and others to try to remember that historical knowledge of connection to our land, our animals and our wild food sources. The forests and the wild foods sustained our people for thousands of years. Why would we not think it wouldn’t do that now?'
"The Chief set out a few things we can all do to help save the planet."
https://vermontcountry.com/2024/03/01/abenaki-food-systems-native-stewardship/
#NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanFood #FoodSovereignty #FoodForests #Stewardship #RelationshipToPlace #SolarpunkSunday #KnowWhereYourFoodComesFrom
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Returning the ‘Three Sisters’—Corn, Beans and Squash—to Native American Farms Nourishes People, Land and Cultures
For centuries Native Americans intercropped corn, beans and squash because the plants thrived together. A new initiative is measuring health and social benefits from reuniting the “three sisters.”
by Christina Gish Hill
November 20, 2020"Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. And traditional Native American farming practices tell us that squash and beans likely were part of that 1621 dinner too.
"For centuries before Europeans reached North America, many Native Americans grew these foods together in one plot, along with the less familiar sunflower. They called the plants sisters to reflect how they thrived when they were cultivated together.
"Today three-quarters of Native Americans live off of reservations, mainly in urban areas. And nationwide, many Native American communities lack access to healthy food. As a scholar of Indigenous studies focusing on Native relationships with the land, I began to wonder why Native farming practices had declined and what benefits could emerge from bringing them back.
"To answer these questions, I am working with agronomist Marshall McDaniel, horticulturalist Ajay Nair, nutritionist Donna Winham and Native gardening projects in Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Our research project, 'Reuniting the Three Sisters,' explores what it means to be a responsible caretaker of the land from the perspective of peoples who have been balancing agricultural production with sustainability for hundreds of years.
Abundant Harvests
"Historically, Native people throughout the Americas bred indigenous plant varieties specific to the growing conditions of their homelands. They selected seeds for many different traits, such as flavor, texture and color.
"Native growers knew that planting corn, beans, squash and sunflowers together produced mutual benefits. Corn stalks created a trellis for beans to climb, and beans’ twining vines secured the corn in high winds. They also certainly observed that corn and bean plants growing together tended to be healthier than when raised separately. Today we know the reason: Bacteria living on bean plant roots pull nitrogen – an essential plant nutrient – from the air and convert it to a form that both beans and corn can use.
"Squash plants contributed by shading the ground with their broad leaves, preventing weeds from growing and retaining water in the soil. Heritage squash varieties also had spines that discouraged deer and raccoons from visiting the garden for a snack. And sunflowers planted around the edges of the garden created a natural fence, protecting other plants from wind and animals and attracting pollinators.
"Interplanting these agricultural sisters produced bountiful harvests that sustained large Native communities and spurred fruitful trade economies. The first Europeans who reached the Americas were shocked at the abundant food crops they found. My research is exploring how, 200 years ago, Native American agriculturalists around the Great Lakes and along the Missouri and Red rivers fed fur traders with their diverse vegetable products."
#IndigenousFood #NativeAmericanFood
#Decolonize #TraditionalFoods #TraditionalDiets #Reclaim #ThreeSisters -
Returning the ‘Three Sisters’—Corn, Beans and Squash—to Native American Farms Nourishes People, Land and Cultures
For centuries Native Americans intercropped corn, beans and squash because the plants thrived together. A new initiative is measuring health and social benefits from reuniting the “three sisters.”
by Christina Gish Hill
November 20, 2020"Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. And traditional Native American farming practices tell us that squash and beans likely were part of that 1621 dinner too.
"For centuries before Europeans reached North America, many Native Americans grew these foods together in one plot, along with the less familiar sunflower. They called the plants sisters to reflect how they thrived when they were cultivated together.
"Today three-quarters of Native Americans live off of reservations, mainly in urban areas. And nationwide, many Native American communities lack access to healthy food. As a scholar of Indigenous studies focusing on Native relationships with the land, I began to wonder why Native farming practices had declined and what benefits could emerge from bringing them back.
"To answer these questions, I am working with agronomist Marshall McDaniel, horticulturalist Ajay Nair, nutritionist Donna Winham and Native gardening projects in Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Our research project, 'Reuniting the Three Sisters,' explores what it means to be a responsible caretaker of the land from the perspective of peoples who have been balancing agricultural production with sustainability for hundreds of years.
Abundant Harvests
"Historically, Native people throughout the Americas bred indigenous plant varieties specific to the growing conditions of their homelands. They selected seeds for many different traits, such as flavor, texture and color.
"Native growers knew that planting corn, beans, squash and sunflowers together produced mutual benefits. Corn stalks created a trellis for beans to climb, and beans’ twining vines secured the corn in high winds. They also certainly observed that corn and bean plants growing together tended to be healthier than when raised separately. Today we know the reason: Bacteria living on bean plant roots pull nitrogen – an essential plant nutrient – from the air and convert it to a form that both beans and corn can use.
"Squash plants contributed by shading the ground with their broad leaves, preventing weeds from growing and retaining water in the soil. Heritage squash varieties also had spines that discouraged deer and raccoons from visiting the garden for a snack. And sunflowers planted around the edges of the garden created a natural fence, protecting other plants from wind and animals and attracting pollinators.
"Interplanting these agricultural sisters produced bountiful harvests that sustained large Native communities and spurred fruitful trade economies. The first Europeans who reached the Americas were shocked at the abundant food crops they found. My research is exploring how, 200 years ago, Native American agriculturalists around the Great Lakes and along the Missouri and Red rivers fed fur traders with their diverse vegetable products."
#IndigenousFood #NativeAmericanFood
#Decolonize #TraditionalFoods #TraditionalDiets #Reclaim #ThreeSisters -
Toolkit for #NativeFoods in #Montana #SchoolMeal Programs
"This toolkit was created to help food service directors identify, procure, and successfully incorporate traditional, healthy foods into their breakfast and lunch programs. It is also a teaching tool to educate those interested in traditional foods about American Indian nations and tribal communities."
- Details on traditional foods of Montana
- Crediting information for common traditional foods
- Standardized recipes for food service directors to implement in their programs
#Recipes include:
- Little Gobblers
- Layered Enchilada Bake
- #ThreeSisters Salad
- Pumpkin Lentil Soup
- Bison Chili
- Maple Squash BakeLearn more:
https://www.indigikitchen.com/traditional-foods-in-montana-schools/#IndigenousFood #NativeAmericanFood
#SchoolLunches #IndigiKitchen -
Toolkit for #NativeFoods in #Montana #SchoolMeal Programs
"This toolkit was created to help food service directors identify, procure, and successfully incorporate traditional, healthy foods into their breakfast and lunch programs. It is also a teaching tool to educate those interested in traditional foods about American Indian nations and tribal communities."
- Details on traditional foods of Montana
- Crediting information for common traditional foods
- Standardized recipes for food service directors to implement in their programs
#Recipes include:
- Little Gobblers
- Layered Enchilada Bake
- #ThreeSisters Salad
- Pumpkin Lentil Soup
- Bison Chili
- Maple Squash BakeLearn more:
https://www.indigikitchen.com/traditional-foods-in-montana-schools/#IndigenousFood #NativeAmericanFood
#SchoolLunches #IndigiKitchen -
https://n2s.altervista.org/blog/three-sisters-steam/
È disponibile gratuitamente su Steam, solo fino al 4 aprile alle 19, Three Sisters, un semplicistico RPG indie.
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https://n2s.altervista.org/blog/three-sisters-steam/
È disponibile gratuitamente su Steam, solo fino al 4 aprile alle 19, Three Sisters, un semplicistico RPG indie.
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Large Magma Bodies Found Beneath Dormant Volcanoes, Surprising Scientists
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-large-magma-bodies-beneath-dormant.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01630-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #seismology #seismic #teleseismic #magma #volcano #vulcanism #geophysics #geophysical #geology #structuralgeology #crust #hotspot #PNW #PacificNorthwest #MountRainer #MountSaintHelens #eruption #dormant #Cascades #CascadeRange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #MountHood #ThreeSisters #Oregon #Washington #California #NewberryVolcano #CraterLake #MountShasta #LassenPeak #partialmelt #model #modeling #seismicity #earthquake #risk #hazard #active #threat #monitoring #engineeringgeology #EarlyWarningSystem -
Large Magma Bodies Found Beneath Dormant Volcanoes, Surprising Scientists
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-large-magma-bodies-beneath-dormant.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01630-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #seismology #seismic #teleseismic #magma #volcano #vulcanism #geophysics #geophysical #geology #structuralgeology #crust #hotspot #PNW #PacificNorthwest #MountRainer #MountSaintHelens #eruption #dormant #Cascades #CascadeRange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #MountHood #ThreeSisters #Oregon #Washington #California #NewberryVolcano #CraterLake #MountShasta #LassenPeak #partialmelt #model #modeling #seismicity #earthquake #risk #hazard #active #threat #monitoring #engineeringgeology #EarlyWarningSystem -
@thomasb hah! :D we probably stood in the same spot on the #EchoPoint #ThreeSisters platform
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@thomasb hah! :D we probably stood in the same spot on the #EchoPoint #ThreeSisters platform
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For the third day of #Solotober, #ThreeSisters!
I honestly thought this was a game about cozy witchcraftery at first, but I’m equally happy about it being a game about backyard farming!I actually quite like this roll & write: it’s got satisfying combos, a rondel reminiscent of Red Cathedral, and, of course, a homey theme (that makes me want to finally do something with my own yard).
