Greetings! I'm here to address lost ancient crops such as sumpweed, little barley and maygrass. I wanna find out if there are more ancient lost crops or other types that haven't been used much or at all. I wanna restore it back into the modern world next year at my community farm. You all read "Feeding Cahokia" by Gail Fritz? I've already have the book. Check it out to learn more about ancient Native American Agriculture. I wanted to find out if bottle gourds have been used in pre Columbian or ancient times by tribes other than for dishes and stuff? You also heard of Gail Wagner of lady who also studies prehistoric agriculture? I'm looking for ways to help improve my Native American gardens for next year in an authentic and cultural way with them becoming too modern in this 21st century. Have amaranth or pigweed and lamb quarter been used by all tribes before? Please let me know in this box! Out!
Blake Lenoir wrote: .... Have amaranth or pigweed and lamb quarter been used by all tribes before?
Hard to say how many different pre-Columbian peoples were using what level of domestication in these plants or relatives of them. Grain amaranth and Pigweed will be fairly closely related I suspect, as will lambsquarter and quinoa. And now all of them are grouped taxonomically within the 'Amaranth Family' [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthaceae ]. Just guessing then, but there possibly will be a continuum of ecotypes and species that were used either as a staple crop or as a survival food, depending on many ecological and cultural factors. Hoping others will jump in with more solid information.....
I said in my last part of the sentence without my gardens being too modern, not with too modern. My mistake. You planted common sunflowers before for your gardens for edible seed and stuff? I wonder what corn look like in the woodland complex?
Blake ive read though some of your posts. about your community garden and major quest to find the varieties that probably most or all of current modern varieties came from.
you should be commended for your work. there is an important reason why there are seed banks in Norway and other places.
do you think you will write a book of your experience. I know there was a guy who went on worldwide quest to find and gather seeds from all the original heirloom cannabis plants,
but what your doing actually provides sustenance while keeping varieties alive
fascinating story.
Good evening folks! I wanna find out if you all grew any historic types of ameranth, sumpweed and stuff like that. I've tried to grow sumpweed for my pre-Columbian garden this year, but no luck. I'd like to see pictures and stuff if your pre-Columbian gardens. Thanks!
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