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We hold out TIL the bitter end, but when that firs We hold out TIL the bitter end, but when that first fire is lit, our bones are happy. Nothing warms you quite like wood heat. Nothing quite like seeing the source of your warmth, tending to it and giving thanks. #givethanks #heatingwithwood #wood #tending #offerings
Lamb’s quarters, gone to seed. There are many in Lamb’s quarters, gone to seed. There are many in our garden, this morning they were covered in a flock of redpolls. It’s lovely to see so many small birds perched on a seemingly precarious plant, but lamb’s quarters stalks are strong. This is probably the most common weed people are familiar with in their garden as a precocious weed, not knowing the incredible flavour of their greens. Similar to spinach, but more dynamic in flavour. Makes some Fantastic saag paneer and spanikopita. The seeds are wonderful too, we grind them up with primrose, yellowdock and amaranth seeds to add into our flour mix. #wildseeds #lambsquarters #weeds #wildculture #eatyourweeds #cocreate #cocultivate
Baby collards popping up in our greenhouse! We tra Baby collards popping up in our greenhouse! We transplanted some sorrel, parsley and larger kales from outside as well. It hover down around zero in our greenhouse at times throughout the winter, so all the plants that live in here are able to withstand the chill. #wintergreens #freshwintergreens #greenhouse #collards #kale
End of the season in the collards. Deer love snack End of the season in the collards. Deer love snacking on frost sweetened kale, brusselsprouts, cabbage. They take advantage of the dogs sleeping inside at night these days, coming close in to the house which they never do in the summer when the dogs are out all night. We dug up a few kale plants and transplanted them into our new greenhouse bed off the house, and packed some leaves into the fridge. The rest are for our deer neighbours. Share yer food, y’all! #deer #fall #rewild #wildculture #sharefood #sharewithfriends
The Meaning and Gift of Worry While this post is The Meaning and Gift of Worry While this post is not about Covid in particular, it is about an equally contagious and devastating related illness. This illness is called ‘worrying’. Worrying is not an acronym for something else, it’s an adjective; to worry. The word ‘worry’ is so common and old we’ve forgotten about her. We turned our back on her and come to favour our more modern psychological terms. And in doing so the real meaning and gift has been lost. Our modern understanding of the word is a hollowed out caricature. The original word ‘worry’ actually means “to strangle or choke” the life out of something. Wringing hands is a central image in the old understanding of what worrying actually means. It’s not something that happens to us, it’s something we are doing. Or, that we do to others, which relates to its other original meaning that was “to block” our free movement. We still refer to this second understanding as being ‘hedged in’. When we worry, we block ourselves and we choke the life out of everything related to our ‘worry’. When we worry, we are stuck in the past or the future. This is the real problem with worrying because life only exists in the present, right here, right now. When we’re worrying it’s impossible to be truly present. Worrying, like all our so called negative emotional expressions has its natural place and serves a ‘higher’ purpose. It, like fear or jealousy, is calling us to attention. Something is chafing our emotional being and we’re feeling it. That’s good. What a gift, that can move our awareness to an invisible imbalance within us! If we’re paying attention, and receiving the gift of the worry with both hands, we will recognize the sore part in ourselves that’s causing the chafing and not just project onto an external source. If we watch ourselves carefully we can see how we ‘attach’ our emotional body to an external situation with our thoughts. So, worrying is a natural part of healing or working through trauma. It’s not ‘negative’ in that it’s meant to bring our consciousness to a fearful pattern, so we can let it go of it and be free and fully present in our life again.
One of fifty or so self seeding plants in our gard One of fifty or so self seeding plants in our garden. Amaranth feeds us greens throughout the season, and we gather their seeds to eat throughout the winter. Many we leave in the garden to live our their cycle next year. Amongst the beauty that is the death of the garden is the feeding of wild ones. These are our ‘bird feeders’. Out our window or hanging outside it gives us great joy to see the ones who come because of what we leave. Consider not cleaning out your garden this year, and seeing who comes. Consider leaving some of the ‘weeds’ in your garden next year and learning who they are. So much community can come together over one plant. Imagine what happens when we let things be, or aren’t around to ‘manage’ things. #bioregionalherbalism #biodiversity #amaranth #weeds #rewild #letthingsbe
A warm day yesterday, after some freezing temperat A warm day yesterday, after some freezing temperatures, so we were able to get into the ground to dig up some horseradish. We’re making some fire cider. Fresh horseradish roots, ginger root, garlic, onions, turmeric and cayenne pepper infused in unpasteurized apple cider vinegar. After leaving it to steep for a couple of weeks, we’ll have this on hand to fight off sickness, or take as a tonic to prevent sickness. This is a folk remedy, with many variations, that will burn unwelcome visitors out. Some people like to add thyme, oregano or hyssop. What have you added to yours? #firecider #homeremedies
Grateful for our beautiful garlic crop. This year, Grateful for our beautiful garlic crop. This year, 2000 heads. Enough for us to sell some through the Ottawa Valley Food Co-op, to our students and more than enough for us to enjoy in our cooking throughout the year. These will last until Pesto making season next year, starting the end of June. We harvest the garlic usually around mid-July and then it needs to cure. So we usually use that crop for the later basil pesto making. Pictured here are some of the smaller garlics, which are going into the oven to roast. We’ll squeeze them out once they‘ve cooled, into a jar to add into everything. Today, squash soup and a big batch of squash gnocchi for future meals. #garlic #ottawavalleyfoodcoop #growyourown #polyculture #polyculturegardens #ottawavalley

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