Three Sisters (Theater)

Name: Three Sisters (Theater)
Start: 2024-09-02T16:45:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-09T19:30:00-05:00
Location: UB Center for the Arts

Schedule

Mon Sep 02 2024 at 04:45 pm to Sat Nov 09 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

UB Center for the Arts | Amherst, NY

By Melissa Kruse-Peeples, Education Coordinator

For many Native American communities, three seeds - corn, beans, and squash represent the most important crops. When planted together, the Three Sisters, work together to help one another thrive and survive. Utilizing corn, beans, and squash together in your garden draws upon centuries of Indigenous agricultural traditions and expertise. This post covers the benefits of three sisters planting and provides tips for when to plant, varieties that work well in planting together, and suggested layouts for your garden.

Who are the three sisters?
The crops of corn, beans, and squash are known as the Three Sisters. For centuries these three crops have been the center of Native American agriculture and culinary traditions. It is for good reason as these three crops complement each other in the garden as well as nutritionally.
Corn provides tall stalks for the beans to climb so that they are not out-competed by sprawling squash vines. Beans provide nitrogen to ferti
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