The Three Sisters - Ancient Food Security Technique - How It's Done And Is It Right For YOU?
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Done properly, the three sisters technique of growing is the ultimate in food security. There is no other technique that offers a better Work Input to Food Output Ratio than this one! But SO MANY people are doing this incorrectly and I want to clear that all up in this video.
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This is by far the best three sisters upload ive seen. Ive studied this for years. Im mexican/Lakota/Apache. Glass gem wasn't around but its a dry, hard corn and will work just as good as any flint or dent. The reason behind is they do not need to be gathered as early as sweetcorn is gathered. It's a whole drying system. Sweetcorn is gathered around 20 days earlier than the beans and squash and must be gathered in a timely manner. The harder corns need to be dried out anyways so you just leave them up with the beans til its time. Mexica ancestors were the first to do this and they did this with hard corns because they used it for all of their essentials. Their masa. The three sisters all came from Mexico. My compliments on this video. I think I've seen nearly all of them. Great job here.
thank you for the positive energy and information my friend!!
@@gardenlikeaviking absolutely! Happy gardening.
@@corrinenolan344 great feedback!
Is the glass gem corn edible?
@DoubleQz it is but it's really used to process and make tortillas and most mexican cuisine with. The process is nixtamalizing the kernels and it its time consuming. I really like it for making tamales. Other than thay, really, it's ornamental and it really does turn out gorgeous. It's so surreal when you dehusk glass gem corn. And when it dries, the colors are still really pretty. So it could be something to share for crafting or sell for seeds. I used some of mine last year for a fall wreath that I bagged up to pull out again this coming year.
Can you show us? Or maybe make a drawing? I'd like to see a visual of this so i know if I'm using correct planting distance and doing everything right
Thank you Nate. It would be wonderful if people who have the room could grow one for themselves and one to share with people who are struggling. We must help each other. You are such a great example to us all.
Problem is that people will be dependent on you.
We have offered able bodied people to come and pick what they like from the garden. We would help them.
Some even had children and were going to the food bank. If it wasn't picked for them, they wouldn't come. Some even lived down our road, less than a quarter mile away!
My dad told the neighbors for years to come pick. Only one older lady would.
Now my nephew sells the rest of the produce and the same people who wouldn't pick for free buys it. $50/ bushel for peas. I'm not even kidding.
I just can't imagine it but it's true.
We used to pick the extra from my sister's garden and take it to the church and give it away. People would fuss because we forgot to bring bags for them lol
Thanks for clarifying about the difference between survival and 3 sisters gardens. 3 sisters is about maximum calories out per minimum calories of work going in. That is a great statement that will keep me pondering about this method for a while longer.
Great clip.. I am a Zimbabwean who grew up in subsistence farming.. In a rain fed only maize/corn field we grew maize, pumpkin, beans, watermelon, Non sweet mellons, beans, sweet reed that looks like millet.. we also had natural veg plants that grew yearly when the rains came.. That was maybe 6 plus varieties of natural vegetables.. 15 to 20 crops in a maize field and we would be harvesting all the time whatever was ready to eat..
This is way cool. My wife asked me if I was gonna grind up all that corn. Lol
Good video. I use a different method using block plantings of many varieties of corn, beans, squash, etc. We only have an annual precipitation of seven inches and we can have frost every month of the year. By creating "rooms" of three sisters plantings, the heat is held in to be able to produce melons, okra, and cucumbers. The method of getting water for the plantings is deep flood irrigation via ditches and mini canals. Integrating vining and climbing plants among corn plants conserves moisture and regulates the temperature from extreme fluctuations one gets in a desert climate. By the way, Rattlesnake beans are one of the best climbers, for sure! But I use many different combos of varieties of winter squashes and corns, according to growth habits. So fun to play in the blank canvas of soil each year!
Good content, there is a lot of discussion of the 3 sisters' concept now in deer food plots. Preach on brother because your message is being heard beyond the backyard gardener.
oh yes deer absolutely love this combination of plants and often they become a serious nuisance!...
Nuisances eventually become dinner
Always learning!
Oooh, this is the one I’ve really been wanting to learn about. Thanks!!!
Would you be able to put out a short video on the 3 sisters and show a picture or diagram of the setup thanks....?😊
good talk Nate, cheers
Certainly not for me,
BUT
i will still try the incorrect way of sweetcorn with beans in a square raised bed that you mentioned....; maybe just plant beans on the outside of the corn? Any suggestions?
Great video as always, thanks!
So grateful for everything you do.
I've looked into this method but had I tried it yet, I'm sure i would have messed it up like you said. I would have been trying to do the same thing. Unfortunately I don't yet have the room for this method. Hoping to get some property in a few years and I'll be experimenting with many of the methods you showcase.
Great information… thank you.
Neat to see the full year cycle
Great info Nate, thanks
Thanks for all you knowledge
thanks man great intel
Indeed
Thanks 🙏🙏❤️
nice video nate
The ORIGINAL N.A.I. way of planting 3 sisters is to go fishing first! You skipped that, Nate! 😂 They always buried a fish under the corn when they planted it as fertilizer. Were you promoting your fish fertilizer video views by not mentioning the fishing part? HAHA. Love you two. Be safe. Have fun. Stay far enough away from those gigantic turtles. All your parts are important! 🤣
Quite interesting! Are there any other planting relationships such as this one? What plants grow harmoniously together?
Is there any other seed that would be good with the corn and peas besides squash? We don't like squash and would be a waste to grow squash. Any advice on that for the 3 sisters way?
any type of watermelon or honeydew or cantaloupe would work the same way for the three sisters... I highly recommend the Ali Baba Watermelon its absolutely top shelf!!
@gardenlikeaviking ah ha, perfect. I will try the glass gem corn 🌽 and the peas and the Ali baba watermelon 🍉 😋 thank you so much for all the information you speak.. I have been binge-watching all your content. Moved from Tampa Florida to East Tennessee and this is my second year growing on my homestead. Thank you Nate, you are amazing 👏
Is this OK in the uk?
Im letting my wheat just grow on out , so im planting a bag garden this year with my compost aint no way am i gonna break new ground this ky clay will suck out so much compost trying to enrich the ground definitely not worth the years it takes
I'm in Clark County KY. I just lay cardboard straight over the grass where you plan to plant. Then cover with about an inch of compost. Then cover with about 6 to 12 inches of leaves and grass clippings mixed. Let that sit over the winter and by spring you will have a perfect garden space. Just rake the mulch back to plant and once the plants get up higher than the mulch scoot the mulch back up against the plants. The mulch will keep pretty much all weeds from growing and the leaves and grass clippings will decompose and feed the plants. It works great. Only drawback is that it takes a whole season to prepare, but it's very low effort.
hit me!
Corny!
From 'Almanac"-
"Each of the sisters contributes something to the planting. Together, the sisters provide a balanced diet from a single planting.
As older sisters often do, the corn offers the beans necessary support.
The pole beans, the giving sister, pull nitrogen from the air and bring it to the soil for the benefit of all three.
As the beans grow through the tangle of squash vines and wind their way up the cornstalks into the sunlight, they hold the sisters close together.
The large leaves of the sprawling squash protect the threesome by creating living mulch that shades the soil, keeping it cool and moist and preventing weeds.
The prickly squash leaves also keep away raccoons and other pests, which don’t like to step on them.
Together, the three sisters provide both sustainable soil fertility as well as a heathly diet. Perfection!"
I kid you not, for the last 3 weeks I've been looking into and reading about The 3 Sisters. Then I get a notification that you have released a video in regards to it! Absolutely fantastic! Thank you, and much love!
Thanks for the clarification and sharing your knowledge Nate! You are appreciated!
Yes could of course save the corn for the deers, and then shoot them when they come and eat my carbs.
I’ve done this twice in a 5 ft circle. Fertilized with my compost. I planted regular tall sweet corn in 5 places spaced in the circle. After it was 1 ft tall I planted five pole beans around each corn. And I planted acorn squash . It worked just fine actually. This year I am growing dent corn called bloody butcher. I have a native bean ( succotash?) and Lakota squash. I decided to try some native varieties. 👍 I like to experiment in my back yard. Thanks for the video.
You Go, Girl!!
I have been trying to find the answer to this question and I hope that you can help. Is there such a thing has "too composted" when it comes to manure? A friend keeps her horse at a local stable and they have a giant mound of manure that the public can come and take from, but it's all been there from 3-10 years. So it's VERY well composted, fine and fluffy and beautiful, but have the nutrients been depleted over the years? I've been googling this question, but I can't find a good answer and I'm hopeful you might know. Thanks for all the good info you have!
Any suggestions for controlling squash bugs. Most always they kill my squash if not controlled.
Cool! I like to plant FAVA beans right now...I'm in 7b.....and I like to use the leaves like spinach. Then, come May....I will plant the corn where I grew my beans. But because I've got lots of room...I will try your way in a spot. Neighbors horse just left me some brown gold ...it's been sitting in a 5 gallon bucket of water for 2 days now.. Is it safe to take a few cups off the top and add it to my watering can with extra water? Thank you!
I enjoy rewatching these videos every year. My garden skills improve with every refresher course.
Sounds awesome but I do not have enough space for it😢
Wooooow just found your channel absolutely love the way you explain things. New sub!!
Nate, great content as always. Namaste my friend.
I will hunt these down....here in Canadaland. Thank you for this!!!!!!! Method on the recipe card!
Need to do one with a layout and as it grows and finishes the product. I have been thinking this year I am doing this but can't exactly find a layout form.
Thanks!
Was just considering this method...do I water if it doesn't rain?
I will try 3 sisters this season in my old 10x20 compost area.
Good Luck in Arkansas. Keep your fingers safe.
Brilliant, definitely my kind of gardening! :o)
Again a great video. It has cleared my concepts regarding 3 sisters.
I wish you write a book on agriculture for beginners, intermediate and advanced farmers and gardeners
Appreciate the clarification my friend
Brilliant explanation of why it has never worked for us! What incredibly clever people developed this to suit their needs. We need to be just as inventive and experimental given our modern situations.
What do you do about the deer eating things at night?
Beans...deer will polish off the whole vine ...but won't touch the squash and corn!
I'm binge watching because I'm learning so much! Thank you!
Thank you Nate! I will look for these seeds. I have a spot that may work for this. Great info!
Thanks Nate as always your info is king!
Thank you! This was very concise 👍
Is it better to be sunny or part shade?
Although I'm indoor growing most of my stuff, I will be dedicating part of our 5 acres to the 3 sisters and will donka-proof and deer proof it. Thanks Nate! Ironically, I have a 5' wide pile of donkey manure that I'll just squash flat.
This is fantastic info as
I was discussing this yesterday as an option for some ground that needs low input but a pace covering experiment. I'll send it forward and I'm glad you suggested the correct variety. I was also wondering about spacing so that was also a great bit of info.
This makes so much sense for long term storage gardening. Thanks from a swede.
Now you are going to make a green bean eater out of me too? 😂🤣😅 You make them sound amazing, and homegrown must have something I never experienced yet, I bet. I always ate my greens like a good boy, but you make me wanna enjoy them.
3 sisters = food security
Thanks Nate, epic fail here, no space for this, I hope you're having fun with the turtles, can't wait to see the video.
Thanks for this info! I had heard of the three sisters but I didn't really understand it until now. :)
Hello my friend, you mentioned not using sweet corn with 3 sisters in a livestream a few weeks ago. Didn't get to ask in the chat, glad to have the answer now
Cheers brother ✌️🌱💚
Thank you Nate for the great content! Question, could you make a seedlings care video? I can’t recall if you already made one, but was curious.
Thank you so much!
Wow dude... This is amazing... Might just have to order more seeds, I thought I was done with that hahaha.
Mucho blessings to you n Jen
🙏🙏
Would any dry storable pole bean work?
Also do you think a popcorn variety would work? I think they are harvested dry as well. Great video thanks for knowledge of the three sisters.
As you mentioned, I have tried the three sisters long time ago and failed miserably. And yes, I was doing it a wrong way. Will give it a try one last time. Would the three sisters grow in heavy, clay soil in your experience? I have acquired the varieties you mentioned. With gratitude :) Eva
recap of seeds mentioned: 1.) Glass Gem Corn 2.) Rattlesnake pole beans or Good Mother Stallard beans 3.) Tahitian Melon Squash , All are available (other than Rattlesnake beans) from Baker Creek rareseeds if interested, as I just purchased there.
watched a million videos and then just subscribed. thanks fr the knowledge!
This last year worked super well. We harvested a lot of food. Biggest squash we ever harvested lots of beans the beans we couldn’t stop picking them up.
👍 Think I might have spot to try this. Bonus is this way I don't have to haul water there.
Very helpful
Hi Nate great video!👍🏻I tried but did wrong!👍🏻🤣
Great blunt truths in this.
Sweet corn is what I call a first world crop.
We do a similar set up at our place but with dry-arid land adaptions… 3’x3’ recessed “pits” 4” drop from surface. Pits spaces 6 ft apart. We use native southwestern strains for the corn and beans, sometimes tepary beans instead if we are expecting drought (the more chemtrails I see in the spring the more I plan for no rain) Haven’t tried Tahitian but we use some other moschata strains. Stay strong Brother 💪🏼
I have a wonderful 3 sisters garden right now. I used horse manure and rabbit manure. I don’t have to water it here in Florida right now as enough water from the environment. I used Kentucky rainbow heirloom corn, Cherokee cornfield bean mix, and Kang Kob squash. Everything is growing so well and it is beautiful to look at. Thanks for making a video on this. Very little information on this out there. In Mexico it’s called a Milpa.
Cool I have for years wondered what verities to plant thanks I will have to add these verities to my seed collection.
Can’t find good Tahitian melon squash recipes. Please make some vids on how to utilize it thanks
Excellent description! Thanks!
Allways suggest something I dont have, when fertilizer frankly spoken runs out of me, ooohhh noooo thats grozz, must be horze shit much better.
Thanks for the video Nate, always a treat!
At this point I really don’t have the space, but saving this for future state homestead.
if the three sisters companion planting combo is corn/legumes/cucumones, then the one where you do the nightshade/allium/apiaceae-lamiaceae combo is now known as mario brothers, patented
I have no problem in getting my plants to come up and grow. My problem is we have rodents that will take all our plants in one night. Mostly rats and voles. I've tried several methods on getting rid of them from live traps to sonic to natural rodent poison to the water bucket technique and nothing seems to work. We're planting all spring and summer with very little results at harvest. Do you have any ideas on how to get rid of rodents?
Haven’t employed this method, but it makes so much sense, the way you describe it.
I can see how some people might not have success, thinking you can use just any type of corn, beans, and squash. Kinda like people who review a recipe, don’t like it, but detail how they changed so many ingredients and steps that it isn’t the same recipe.
But you absolutely can tweek this recipe. With so many acres to play in for decades, I have found which combinations work best. For instance, a short sweet corn variety such as Yukon Supreme, or Orchard Baby, planted with tall bush summer squashes in the north side of block of rows, and vining summer squash that matures at about the same time (think Mayeras for the vining and Striata d'Italia or Romanesco for the bushes at the back or north side) and vigorous bush beans like Black Valentine or Dragon Tongue, or even Tendergreen, work very well in a short season region. I use Northwestern Red dent and Nothstine corns for my flour corns, and Golden Hubbard squash with Kentucky Wonder Wax and Purple Podded Pole beans for sisters often. I have found Native Gem and Trinity and Kandy Korn sweet corns to be sturdy and fast growing along with Rattlesnake pole beans, Burgess Buttercup squash, and Mooregold squash to work very well interplanted. I use tall sunflowers at the north side of my plantings that will go to 12 feet and produce feed for my poultry. They also do well with lettuce and peas all summer planted among them. Have fun and try not to make so much work for yourself!
I may try this. I have plenty of land and have all the appropriate seeds on hand. Low effort sounds good to me.
Well I thought I was three sisters gardening til I saw this video I will definitely be doing it this way from now on 😊
I'm planting corn this week.
How to get rid of mole crickets? Thanks!
I will be planting this exact combination in 2 big patches & see how it goes!!
Arkansas! WOO WHO! Save them turtles!!
Is there any other methods like this but with different plants
Perfect timing! Its fall and time to prepare.
Thank you that was very very helpful
Do you have a way to deal with roorknot nematodes that is fish safe?
Thank you Nate for this incredible Native American technique of food security gardening.
Observation:
As far as i remember horse, cows were introduced by Europeans in the Americas. And the method you describe of planting with large amount of horse/cow compost seems adopted by Natives after the arrival of Europeans.
Could this technique be done without dung?
The question that i have is how Natives where enriching their soil prior to the introduction of horse and cows in Americas. The answer to this question is important to me, since the place where i live, the price of animal dung is exorbitant and brown leaves are very limited. I was wondering if there is any other effective way to apply the above technique without having to apply animal waste?
they would use lots of fish and meat scraps and guts and hair and feathers and bones... bury them in place and create a small "mound" over each buried carcass and plant into that mound.... also they would use heavily the "slash and burn" techniques which are very highly effective