Announcing a holiday heirloom seed bundle package that comes with each new annual paid subscriber can opt to receive. It is called the The Seven Sisters.

The ancient traditional Three Sisters Guild of Turtle Island’s horticulturally adept indigenous peoples has many variations based on the particular region, time frame and peoples applying the companion planting technique. This Seven Sisters version is one of the variations I have found to be great for producing a balanced nutrient dense diet of corn, beans and squash, while also simultaneously, attracting/nourishing native pollinators as well as beneficial predator insects with echinacea, anise hyssop, sunflowers and holy basil.

The ‘supplementary sisters’ not only feed our winged friends nectar (resulting in better pollination rates for our other crops and providing them a sanctuary to weather the manmade nectar deserts and killing chemical fields our native pollinators have to contend with due to Big Ag) they also each provide their own medicine and food for the human body. I also like to sometimes substitute either a tall Amaranth variety, or a tall sunflower variety for corn in the Three sisters guild (depending on soil, climate type, dietary goals/preferences and seed availability in a particular garden design) so I have lots of Hopi Red Amaranth and Hopi Black Sunflower seeds available should those who are receiving the seed set prefer those over corn.

I grow each of these in my garden not only for the nutrition, medicine and pollinator benefits but also because of the beauty these rooted beings bring into my life in the form of poetry for the senses. Thus, the Seven Sisters not only nourishes the body, mind, soil and local ecology, but also the soul.

I want to express a huge thanks to everyone that is helping support my work in preserving and sharing heirloom seeds like these through your generous donations as a paid subscriber.

The act of saving seed from your heirloom garden crops is an act of love and hope for tomorrow. Not only does this act save a person money and ensure food security for a person household (and local community) but, it also offers a person the unique sense of satisfaction that comes from the knowing that each successive year seeds are saved the varieties of seeds are becoming more genetically customized (via the natural processes inherent in seeds adapting) to flourish in the specific climate and soils they are being raised in.

Each time we save and share seeds (and share the resulting abundance of crops) we are taking steps towards divesting from/boycotting centralized food and monetary systems which are corrupt and do much harm to the Earth and our collective future.

Therefore, one of the the most powerful forms of peaceful resistance we can engage in these times of government overreach, pharmaceutical tyranny and corporate corruption begins with a handful of seeds and some tlc.

Mother earth has her arms outstretched and hands open inviting us to embrace her as our ancestors did to find strength and grace in challenging times through reciprocity and symbiosis. We can create oases of health, resilience, and abundance in each of our communities.. we can become the solution, break from dependence on centralized systems and help others to do the same. It begins with the soil and the seeds.

With the right knowledge, a little practice and some tlc you will be able to perpetuate the cycle of garden abundance, honor our ancestors, engage in reciprocity with Mother Earth and have extra crops and seeds to share with others, thus sending out regenerative ripple effects into the world around you and building up the Gift Economy where you live.

If we combine Regenerative Agroforestry (Food Forest design) with seed saving (and seed sharing) we can create such overwhelming abundance and resilience in each of our communities that we will no longer be susceptible to the economic warfare tactics of the plutocracy and we will plant the roots for a way of living that will render their centralized parasitic systems obsolete so we can one day leave them behind.

Such is the power of saving (and sharing) heirloom seeds, learning from the genius of Creator’s design that is embodied in a functioning ecosystem and investing in the living economy of the Earth with our hands and our hearts. This simple act is an investment that provides exponential gifts in one's life (and in one’s community).

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for more info on the paid subscription option and the bonus seeds one can opt to receive as my way of saying thankyou for the support read: