One of the areas the Salado Indians lived in is where the Tonto National Monument.The three main agricultural crops they grew and lived on were called “The Three Sisters”; corn, beans and squash.
The corn they ate and grew was not the same kind that Americans eat today.Rather it is multi-colored and smaller. The beans were flat podded climbing beans. And the squash was winter squash where the skin was hardened and the seeds were more mature.
The crops were planted close together in mounds of soil called companion planting. Companion planting is different crops in proximity for pest control, pollination,providing habitat for beneficial.The crops work together, the corn alous the beans to grow up the stalk, the beans fertilize the soil to
The corn they ate and grew was not the same kind that Americans eat today.Rather it is multi-colored and smaller. The beans were flat podded climbing beans. And the squash was winter squash where the skin was hardened and the seeds were more mature.
The crops were planted close together in mounds of soil called companion planting. Companion planting is different crops in proximity for pest control, pollination,providing habitat for beneficial.The crops work together, the corn alous the beans to grow up the stalk, the beans fertilize the soil to