One could think of the seeds we plant as plants becoming, and we help them to become.Posted by Anka (here)
Thanks for the question and while I was reading I found a seemingly irrelevant quote maybe, but which for me is related to what should define us in a new paradigm
‘We were all humans until
race disconnected us,
religion separated us,
politics divided us and
wealth classified us. ’
However, it is a kind of pure innocence in what defines us as human beings, as well as the seeds that have the authentic capacity to create, to overcome, to endure the transformation that is greater than suffering.
I often look at the night sky, the seeds are like the stars, when they explode in the so-called "death", they turn into a whole story of creation and life in a form like never before.
It's about what completes their new plant life:
To feel the dew of the morning, to give the fruit of life, to laugh in the way of obstacles and in the happiness of the earth, to be lost in the magnitude of the moon and to find themselves in the radiance of the sun, to dance in the impenetrable spirit of their childhood,
to grow in dense judgment of inner and outer resilience, and because I am still talking about plants, to win the miracle of the simple act of being a plant, as the ethics of the genome guide it in the interdependent connection between Mother Nature, the richness of the earth and light, for the simple pleasure to become in the wisest way, so much here, a plant.
Gardening is amazing in every way.
Thanks for the recipe. I will have to visit the wild elderberry bushes soon and see whether they are in bloom yet. I have never used the flowers for anything, though I know many people do.
The recipe for the soft drink is (I don't have the same recipe because I improvise quite a lot, for example I add mint from the garden that grows alone under an old walnut)
but mostly I use for a large and old 8 liter glass jar,
10 huge flowers, a sliced lemon, a kilo of sugar or honey to your taste, lemon salt (8-10 grams), a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar (for fermentation) or some use a pinch of fresh yeast , and add a tablespoon of vitamin C powder or sometimes a vanilla stick or jasmine flowers or lilac or acacia flowers.
Over all the ingredients add plain water and place the jar in sunlight, covered with something non-metallic.
Mix three times a day in the jar with a wooden spoon and taste, if it has a little yeast and has a charming sweet and aromatic taste (on average after 3 days when after mixing, the flowers are placed at the base of the jar) then the lemonade is ready to place in lemonade carafes in the refrigerator.
Cold lemonade goes very well with a sweet cheese cake, a pleasant summer breeze and especially a happy conversation with someone close.
The lemonade stays in the fridge for a maximum of one week because it continues its fermentation, but if it is too much quantity, it can be shared with the neighbors.
This year I will harvest, before the end of the season (wilting of the flowers) to freeze some flowers to see if in winter without sunlight (in the house) I can make lemonade.
Some people also use fruits for jam, but I still don't know how to choose the right ones.
I also made syrup 4 years ago (it helped a lot in the winter to cure cough)
For visitors, elderberries flowers are good at:
Hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, atherosclerosis, allergic asthma, chronic bronchitis, fermentation colitis, constipation, adjuvant against intestinal worms, colds and flu, detoxifying the body, magnesium deficiency, or to help the immune system.
I think one could garden all their life and still be learning.The fact that I live in the blessing of a garden is also fantastically related to the fact that I worked long enough as a chef to be able to choose the menu for the current day, so sometimes there are days when I cook more than gardening, and often to the question "What are we cooking today? " I get inspired by a walk in the garden.
Every year I learn something new, although I have been practicing gardening for many years, and there were years when I learned from mistakes, every time I propose something new for next year, the plan changes depending on many factors (the planting place, seed variety, light conditions) so every time I have to plant, I have to take into account more ideas than the act itself, so yes it really is a school.
Thanks for the celery growing ideas.Celery seeds come out well in a bowl with a mixture of greasy soil and sand, just placed on the ground above and lightly mixed with the soil (they do not need to be covered with soil on top because they are too small and have no power to rise), In light humidity, at a temperature of at least 15 degrees Celsius should come out in less than a week, and the plants left for next spring, give abundant seed for future crops.
My soil here is rich but very solid and calcareous and I can't grow celery for the root, but I use celery for the leaves with hot peppers put in jars with vinegar, or tomato broth with celery.
Your soil there is fluffy and I think it will grow well there especially since you can grow asparagus (I tried here, but I can't)
I'll put a picture of my jar of lemonade tomorrow morning and thanks NewParadigmGuy, again for the question and encouragement ...
I hope I managed to say everything in English somewhat correctly, and if not, I accept any correction and I am ready to learn and adapt.
I don't think I would call my soil "fluffy", but it is sandy and Asparagus does well. And there are millions and millions of rocks everywhere. There are stone walls all around the property here, from people farming hundreds of years ago. But whenever I dig I keep finding more!