Vegetable Gardening: Three Sisters Update
Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, and her daughter Ale, check up on the Three Sisters Garden in a raised bed. Companion planting what the Iroquois(and other Native American Nations) valued as the sustainers of life: beans, corn, and squash. Watch the video and learn how to plant them in a raised bed. SUBSCRIBE TO MY FREE MAGAZINE: visitor.constantcontact.com Share on my messageboard: www.gardengirltv.com This Video is now transcribed and available in any language throught the closed caption (cc) control. Share with the world. FULL TEXT: Patti Moreno: I dunno! Ale: It’s a cool lookinh weed. Patti Moreno: Hi! I am Patti Moreno the Garden Girl and I am giving you a little update on my Three Sisters Garden. I planted it about two weeks ago. Did you realize that I planted a Three Sisters Garden here? Ale: No, I don’t even know what Three Sisters is? Patti Moreno: Okay the Three Sisters Garden is an Iroquois practice from the Iroquois Native Americans. Ale: Oh, yeah, like me and Dad saw in the museam. Patti Moreno: Exactly, they used to grow their corn in the middle and their beans around it and the beans would grow up the corn stalk and the beans would actually help the corn stalk to be more rigid. So in the wind — Ale: It was like, if the wind was blowing they would not fall down. Patti Moreno: Exactly and then the beans give nitrogen to the soil and corn needs nitrogen to grow. So, that helps and then the squash which I planted a bunch of different varieties of, the squash …
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really nice info and a nice respect for cultural practice. thanks!
when i can marry u ?
Thanks, Great vd.Got to do this next year. I have the space for it. God bless you.
I need to know the basics. How to plant when to water etc.
We all need to be growing what we can these days.
Excellent video, you & you’re daughter are so cute together
I’m a whole lot of Cherokee Indian ! No wonder we like each other !
You and your daughter are so adorable ! If you get the chance, take her to Epcot in Orlado, FL. They have a bunch of garden displays ~ one is grown indoor without and soil ! You’ll love it !
you & your daughter are so cute! very well edited video & great quality
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Really amazing video! O_O like the editing!!
You guys are so cute ^^
Pretty Awesome!
Never new about Three Sisters Gardens!
My Native heritage is a bit further south than the Iroquois….but it’s an awesome tip FOR the south with the heat and summer winds…
Nice work!
Planning on using this one!
Best Blessings!
Donna Miller
Love the video, you are quite an inspiration!
Very educational and I love the bonding between mother and daughter through gardening
Thanks mate
exactly my words too
cool
ur an amazing women great poast I just subscribed.
You go Girl great stuff!
God, I love that little girl. Just so clear and lively. She is so much better on camera than most people lol
Cute and smart daughter! Maybe she’ll join the Garden Girl team one day.
Looking Good! Thanks for the update, love your videos.
Florida Gardener
I will teach this to my anthropology class.A long with data on the calendar and representative government too.
gardening plus cleavage, what a combo!
I am saying that in a respectful way–what a way to sell gardening! If it works, why not?! Patti has a lot to offer urban gardeners. I especially liked the episode on irrigation with the DirtWorks guy.
Quick question Patti-when you initially planted your Three Sisters Bed, you planted four corn plants per mound. Did you thin it out when they got bigger or let all four plants grow? I’m going to try a Three Sisters Bed (4′x8′) this spring. I was planning on one corn per square but I’m wondering if I can plant them closer? Thanks.
Cute and informative! I learned something