Stronger together when we share roots for the same cause. The Three Sisters invites us to share our unique gifts with others for the community as a whole to thrive. The Haudenosaunee peoples intercropping method symbolized symbiosis and balance. When we work together as a community, we create balance and harmony.
The Three Sisters had been cultivated for at least five hundred years prior to the contact by the Haudenosaunee people inhabiting what we now call Western New York. The Three Sisters, were physical and spiritual sustainers of life. The women were responsible for farming, and their agricultural system was based on the hill-planting method. Their system of “inter planting” began with first planting corn. They would return later to plant bean seeds, which contributed nitrogen to the soil, while the cornstalks served as bean poles. Between the rows, they planted squash and pumpkins. The leaves provided shade to the ground, preserving the moisture and inhibiting weed growth. The intercropping method of planting maize, beans, and squash together developed through indigenous agricultural practices, allows the plants to protect and nourish each other in different ways as they grow.
8.5” x 11”
Stronger together when we share roots for the same cause. The Three Sisters invites us to share our unique gifts with others for the community as a whole to thrive. The Haudenosaunee peoples intercropping method symbolized symbiosis and balance. When we work together as a community, we create balance and harmony.
The Three Sisters had been cultivated for at least five hundred years prior to the contact by the Haudenosaunee people inhabiting what we now call Western New York. The Three Sisters, were physical and spiritual sustainers of life. The women were responsible for farming, and their agricultural system was based on the hill-planting method. Their system of “inter planting” began with first planting corn. They would return later to plant bean seeds, which contributed nitrogen to the soil, while the cornstalks served as bean poles. Between the rows, they planted squash and pumpkins. The leaves provided shade to the ground, preserving the moisture and inhibiting weed growth. The intercropping method of planting maize, beans, and squash together developed through indigenous agricultural practices, allows the plants to protect and nourish each other in different ways as they grow.
8.5” x 11”
