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The Mythic Life Podcast

The Mythic Life Podcast

By Steven Martyn July 5, 2019 January 13, 2020

In this episode, Dr Sharon Blackie speaks with Steven Martyn: an artist, farmer, wildcrafter, builder, teacher, writer, visionary.

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Morning Garment Meditation On this gift of a morn Morning Garment Meditation On this gift of a morning, I was sitting with my Grandfather, as I often do for an hour or so, as he ascends the ladder of the East to his place above us. Big long gulps of silence easily consumed me this morning as I lovingly gazed at the garden soil in front of me. Then, without really thinking about it, I fell into studying the weave of a garment. The elaborate knots and pearls and even more complex cables helixically torquing the whole of it together. It was a multidimensional map of reality. The fabric’s greater weave also reminded me of Celtic knots. Then my perception shifted and my mind kinda woke up as though from a dream and I realized I was still looking at the earth! She showed me that even a barren piece of ground is in fact the most elaborately woven gift fit for royalty (plants) to grow in and be nurtured by. Let us honour each step we place on this masterpiece and become an extension of the beauty. #morning #meditation #earth
Working on finishing up the 10 foot tall water tow Working on finishing up the 10 foot tall water tower at the timber frame, to generate water pressure without any electricity, thanks to @marktwt ! We started this last year at the building workshop. It will allow us to have passive running water and an outdoor shower! We’re looking forward to seeing this beauty standing. Mark is shown here hammering in the pegs that will hold the tower together. No nails! The water tank will hold 1000 litres of rain water, caught off the roof. #timberframe #naturalbuildings
Happy ferments! Two brews shown here on the go, a Happy ferments! Two brews shown here on the go, a couple more in the works. The dark one is a recipe from @pascalbaudar ‘s book The Wildcrafting brewer; Chaga beer. We like to make our version a bit denser, more medicine, so we use larger amounts of herbs and steep rather than simmer. So, this one is chaga, mugwort, willowbark and yarrow. We’ve made this incredible stout/root beer like flavoured beer a few times now and love it dearly. The second is a brew of our own, our spring tonic beer, made with whole dandelion plants(leaves/flowers/roots), whole yellow dock plant, burdock root, nettle aerial plant, ginger and lemon. Working on writing up a recipe for y’all. We used cane sugar and beer yeast, but we have made them both wild a wild yeast starter and had that turn out well too. Also have made beers with maple syrup, to make it fully local. #wildbrews #wildbeer #wildfermentation #herbalbeer #homebrewing
Dandelion root harvest. We cultivate the roots in Dandelion root harvest. We cultivate the roots in our gardens, which enables them to get large, having space. They’re also less branchy, so easier to harvest. One of the things we like to do with the fresh roots is make dandelion coffee. We have found the flavour far superior to coffee made with roots that are dried, then roasted, though if this is what you have to work with, it’s still tasty. We clean the roots in cold water, then chop them to fit on the Baking trays, then roast for 2 hours at 300. They basically end up a little like charcoal. We grind it up and simmer a tablespoon or so per couple of litres for a hour or more, to get a deep rich flavour you can drink on it’s own or with coffee, other roots, or make a chai! So many possibilities for this delicious creation. Check out the full recipe on our website, link in our bio. #dandelion #dandelioncoffee #herbalmedicine #roots #wildculturing #wildfood #wildedibles
So pleased to share Steven’s conversation with t So pleased to share Steven’s conversation with the sweet, open hearted folks that host the @embodimentmatters podcast. Enjoy! From Erin at @embodimentmatters : “We had such an enlivening conversation we’re so excited to share with you! In this conversation we talk about Steven’s history — which included leaving civilization as a young man to live in the wild and forage to sustain himself. He eventually felt called to return to civilization, pursued higher education and eventually growing food and medicines in new/old ways. He offers a beautiful exercise on how to listen to plants. We also talk about the habit of gratefulness and the orientation towards illness as a great teacher and healer. We explore ways of inhabiting the great give and take with Earth and the importance of loving our food. We explore a less human-centric approach to gardening - which he calls wildculturing. What a beautiful and inspiring conversation about connecting more deeply with the intelligence of earth through our food, our gardens, our own bodies and more. We’re now dreaming of visiting Steven and Megan’s Sacred Gardener School when travel is possible again. It looks amazing!” Link to the podcast in our bio. #podcast #gardening #wild #wildculturing #sacredgardenerschool #connection #sacredearth #deepening
Making some spruce tip salt today! This is a stapl Making some spruce tip salt today! This is a staple at our house, always on the table and beside the stove, so we make lots. Singing the praises of this and how it transforms food, infusing everything with magic, means we’ve initiated many fans of this humble, surprising blend. Just a few days ago, they were not close to being ready. We have learned to keep a close eye, but missing a day can mean everything. So, because of this extreme heat and dryness here, that day was the one we should have been out to pick them when the tips were still tight together, perfect for pickled spruce tips, as they don’t splay open in the apple cider vinegar, which makes for less pretty presentation and more breaking apart of the tips in the vinegar over time. They’re still great for making the salt, sugar or drying for tea. #spruce #sprucetipsalt #wildfood #wildcondiments #wildedibles #wildgourmet
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea Sensibilis), coming up in Sensitive Fern (Onoclea Sensibilis), coming up in the woods. Arms upheld, reaching out to cradle you. #fern #spring #livingfossil
Wild plums are in flower. Their scent is thick, in Wild plums are in flower. Their scent is thick, intoxicating. So sweet you might find yourself following the fairies into the depths of woods. Last year we made @gathervictoria ‘s infused chocolate recipe. Gathered up the flowers, warmed cream, steeped them in the cream after removing from the heat and used this as the base of the chocolates. You’ll have to look up her recipe for the rest, but the result was pure magic and left a room of 20 people in sighs. #wildfood #wilddessert #spring #wildplum

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