To survive Bow planted melons, pineapples, yams, tomatoes, and limes while her sons fished and hunted deer. Since she was college educated Bow taught her sons as well as the children from a neighboring family from Sugarloaf Key.
Bow's ability to cultivate crops like melons, pineapples, yams, tomatoes, and limes allowed her family to survive while her sons pursued hunting and fishing. Her education enabled her to teach both her sons and the children from a neighboring family on Sugarloaf Key.