I didn't quite know where to post this, but am hoping it gets some responses. I would really like to grow a small patch of the "Three Sisters" using heirloom seed with Native American provenance. I have long been intrigued by this, and got further inspiration visiting the old trading post at the Museum of the Fur Trade near Chadron, Nebraska.
The sisters are, of course, corn, climbing beans to climb the corn, and winter squash.
Thinking I will go with the Hidatsa Shield bean: http://www.seedsavers.org/hidatsa-shield-figure-organic-bean
For flint corn for parching, either Seneca Red or Mandan Bride: http://www.seedsavers.org/mandan-bride-organic-corn
And for squash, I am still up in the air. There's a Lakota squash but it doesn't get the best reviews. Anyone else planted the Three Sisters?
The sisters are, of course, corn, climbing beans to climb the corn, and winter squash.
Thinking I will go with the Hidatsa Shield bean: http://www.seedsavers.org/hidatsa-shield-figure-organic-bean
For flint corn for parching, either Seneca Red or Mandan Bride: http://www.seedsavers.org/mandan-bride-organic-corn
And for squash, I am still up in the air. There's a Lakota squash but it doesn't get the best reviews. Anyone else planted the Three Sisters?
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