Re: Pumpkins in corn??

Posted by jdemaris on December 30, 2006 at 16:12:26 from (66.218.14.253):

In Reply to: Pumpkins in corn?? posted by Dave from MN on December 30, 2006 at 13:30:30:

I've done if a few times, so have a few living-history museums in my area. The original "Three Sisters" approach, as Bob mentioned was done by the Iroquois, Hurons (Wendat), et. al. The Huron - in New York, Michigan, Canada were known as the "farmers of the north" at one time. It is suspected that the North American Indians that we usually hear about - got their knowledge of such farming from earlier cultures - perhaps the Mexican direction.
Their systems does not work on a full-time every-year scale. The Indians got to use new land every couple of years. Once nutrients got low, they moved on a bit. No land to buy, or taxes to pay - just other Indians to fight with. Also, there was no row-cropping. Just hills built around tree-stumps in new and partially cleared land. Also their corn was very short - nothing like today's corn. So, a modern day approach - done every year needs other soil suppliments. It also requires good timing - all must grow the right rate at the right time or the system does not work.

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