The traditional Three-Sisters garden -- corn, beans, and squash -- was planted in small hills, that squaws tilled-up with a stone-bladed hoe. (As you will see, my squaw doesn't hoe gardens!)
Click here for video about planting a Native American garden.
Click here for video about harvesting a Native American garden.
- Using fire to clear the land
- Hoeing up a planting hill
- ...walking counter-clockwise to shape the hill
- Breaking up soil with an antler rake
- Tools of the trade
- New corn coming up, planting beans next (seeds in a gourd bowl)
- Mature garden at high summer