SC - Children's homework weirdness
Etain1263 at aol.com
Etain1263 at aol.com
Sun Nov 5 17:28:56 PST 2000
The pilgrims may have had little onboard when they arrived, but a large
part of the equation is missing: the Native Americans. The only reason the
Pilgrims survived their first few years at all was thier relationship with
their new neighbors and the food that was provided and then taught how to
grow: squashes, corn, beans. They didn't have "sweet corn"...it was the dry
field variety, but could be ground into a meal to make bread.
The actual horticulture of such foods was a good example of companion
planting: a mound was made...and a dead fish placed on the bottom
(fertilizer, you know!), then a bit of dirt and corn seeds. Once the corn
was up..bean seeds were planted around it..to use the corn plants as a
trellis as the vines grew. Squash vines were planted between the mounds and
the wide leaves formed a natural mulch to keep the weeds down. This actually
works quite well!
Etain
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