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Hello Friends, May these words greet you in wholen Hello Friends, May these words greet you in wholeness. We are planning on running this year's Sacred Gardener school sessions. We feel that the Earth teachings, eating from the land and the experience of being with those who are kindred could not be more important at this time. As I see it, the pandemic is asking us to come back, all the way back, and not drift off again into our affluent dreams. Here to remind us that - all that really matters, all that really exists, is this moment right here, right now. And in this moment we are fine, and need nothing. Our life is like a chain of these luminous moments strung together, nothing more and nothing less. What we do with the moments, whether we miss them, acting like victims of fate, or claim them by sitting among the Gods and Goddesses of our destiny, taking full responsibility for each moment, is up to us. I can tell you though, that in taking responsibility, we are enabled to change. We are enabled to deliberately step forward to bring change, and not in reaction or fear but with grace in the old one’s wisdom. And let’s not forget how we view our time here will also define our own ending. Whether we see the chain of our life breaking apart as it’s pulled away from us; as we lose our health. Or we see the broader perspective and appreciate what we have been given. And then the fates may hand us back our time and memories like a rosary, to caress during our last days. So, here we are, being asked to stay at home and stay in the moment. Now is the time for your rosary and prayers. Now is the time to hold the seeds dear, to grow food to nourish and herbs to heal. Now is the time to make art and music, and to write and tell stories that feed life. Now is the time to breath good deep breaths of good clean air, in the stillness of the twilight. And to not just be thankful for our lives, but to be in continual thankfulness each moment, and show it in what we do. And from that expression may a grounded culture of stillness and care be born, and may we learn once again to live like the old ones we all came from. May your days be full of spring’s joy, like barrels of rain. -Steven
Peach blossoms in the year round greenhouse. It li Peach blossoms in the year round greenhouse. It lives in a pot and will go outside once it’s warm enough, no more risk of frost. We help pollinate with a q-tip, since we don’t have the outdoor bug friends. #yearroundgardening #yearroundgreenhouse #peach #growyourown
Imbolc is when we harvest the White Buffalo Sage f Imbolc is when we harvest the White Buffalo Sage from the greenhouse attached to our house. This plant has been listed by United Plant Savers as one ‘to watch’. And so, we shouldn’t be buying it. But it grows well in a big pot, if you bring it in for the winter. It’s native to deserts in the SW of the USA so it can handle freezing, but not -20C. The fact that it’s endangered is truly a travesty because White Sage is a large shrub and can be sustainably harvested (at this time of year) if you just take the last year’s growth. I (Steven) fell in love with this powerful ceremonial smudging herb decades ago because it cuts through spiritual congestion and stagnant energy like nothing else. Our Canadian prairie sage ‘Blue Sage’ which is an artemisia, is a good substitute and will grow outdoors in our climate. Both of these seeds you can get from Richters. #sage #smudge #whitesage
Early bird for the Sacred Gardener School ends Feb Early bird for the Sacred Gardener School ends Feb. 1, 2 spaces still open! The Sacred Gardener School is for those inspired to move into a deeper level of being; to live in a connected, sustainable and soulfully present way with the Earth. The school will foster your growth over time, enabling you to embody the living skills and ceremony needed to engage the larger spirit and ecology of the Earth, so She may bless and redirect our collective and personal path. Helping on the Farm: We are now receiving applications for helpers during the 2020 season. We are offering a few people a life changing experience in farming, homesteading, learning about herbs and wild food, running a seasonal school and the thousand and one skills these tendings entail. While we offer a modest stipend, the work is hard and long so helpers need to primarily interested in the experience and knowledge they’ll receive. You’ll be well fed by the wilds and gardens here. Please visit https://thesacredgardener.ca/6332-2/helping-on-the-farm/ for more info, or send us a PM.
A garden is an ecology. We leave corn stalks (thes A garden is an ecology. We leave corn stalks (these are Hopi blue corn), along with many other plants and weeds in our gardens, when a common practice is to clear out the garden at the end of the season, to prevent disease the next year, or other invasions that can be a real challenge if you’re growing monoculture crops, even in small scale gardens. We get some of the same beings in our gardens, but because of the presence of many plants, they don’t cause a mass infestation as they would if you’re clearing the garden of all ‘weeds’. Gardens are communities. If you have ever pulled a corn stalk out of the ground in the fall, it is covered in beneficial for bugs and fungus. Leaving them gives them a home, and builds and strengthens the community. Deer come, and eat the corn stalks and other remnants, leaving behind a thick layer of their droppings over the course of the winter, adding fertilizer to the garden. Evening primrose stalks, lamb’s quarter’s stalks and amaranth stalks, amongst others, feed bird visitors. A garden is a community, of which we are part. Let us approach the garden with all beings in mind. #garden #ecology #winterweeds #corn
High bush cranberry. Crampbark. Native to our area High bush cranberry. Crampbark. Native to our area; we planted many near the wetlands where they like to be. A splash of colour in the stark whiteness of these days. This one is usually the last berry to be found around here, still harvestable now. Not always, though. This year was a great berry year, and this one doesn’t seem to be the bird’s favourite, so it gets left until they need it. Last year they disappeared early, before the winter even came, as there wasn’t much in the way of other berries. We like to make high bush cranberry jelly or jam to go alongside our winter solstice dinner. They have some serious pucker, and smell a bit funky, but taste great with a fair amount of sugar! We harvest the bark in the spring to make tincture, which we use primarily as an aid in menstrual cramps, but is also known to help with cramping in the voluntary muscles and tension in the body in general. #crampbark #highbushcranberry #herbs #winter #herbalmedicine #wildfood #forage
Happy Solstice! I imagine if we were visitors fro Happy Solstice! I imagine if we were visitors from outer space during this time we might miss that this time of year is about the return of the light. Instead, we might think it was a celebration of the great garbage gyre. Keeping it slowly turning by ritually buying, giving and throwing away plastic. Happy garbage fest! Solstice/Christmas doesn’t have to be what we want or imagine, it already is something amazing! When we live with the land (no matter where we are) and watch the silhouetted stones of sunrise, we can see that Christmas Day, December 25th is actually the day that the sun visibly starts heading back in our direction. We replaced what was naturally a sacred time, the birth of the new sun, with our man-made substitutes. With a cardboard cutout of the real thing. The sun is actually turning back in our direction, what could be more mythic or worthy of celebration? WE'RE SAVED! Wow! We just have to get together and be with all that. Honour the old ragged sun and feed the new sun so he may grow to be enthroned in March and to wed the Earth in May. May the birth of the new sun spill some love and cheer your way, and may you bathe in those moments of genuine closeness and generosity. Thank you all for your support this year, Steven P.S. Please check out our new video, my post on Echinacea and if you're considering coming to the Sacred Gardener School next year, we have only 5 spaces left. Let us know soon you'd like to come! thesacredgardener.ca
Are you on our email list? If you'd like to be and Are you on our email list? If you'd like to be and aren't, you can sign up on our website at thesacredgardener.ca. Here's a wee bit of our latest news: Sacred Gardener School ~ 9 spaces left! New short film: Our Divine Cultural Inheritance New post: Spells, Pumpkins and the Mystery of Being Link to the short film in our bio!

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