A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Kawisohkwas just started canning a couple of months ago. This is her homemade strawberry jam and her brand is Kanienkeha:ka Wa:io. She has several types of jams and also plans to make and can salsa with veggies from the garden. You can call 315-705-7899 to buy Kawisohkwas’ products.
There are pumpkins everywhere. Kawisohkwas plans on canning them and making pumpkin pie filling. There is a pumpkin patch on the side of the house where they threw leftover seeds. If they grew, they grew, and if they didn’t, oh well. Well they grew!!
A net over the raised bed garden full of everbearing strawberries helps keep the birds and other critters out.
The biggest garden in the back has no manure and it still took off, next year they plan on expanding it and adding manure. They put grass clippings in the rows to keep the weeds down. This garden holds potatoes, carrots, sweet corn, spaghetti squash, broccoli, celery, tomatoes, regular and pickling cucumbers, sugar baby watermelon, cabbage and several kinds of peppers.
Steve King, Tehotsirahthe King, Kawisohkwas, Kawisenhawi and Tayah Mitchell stand in front of their raised bed garden, which holds white corn, beans and tobacco.
Indian Time visited Kawisohkwas Sharrow and Steve King recently. We took a look at their beautiful vegetable gardens. This is their first year growing a garden and it is doing great! We love that people are working toward food sustainability with a vegetable garden. Thank you for showing us around!
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