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Bees are an absolute passion for us at Perch Hill, not just for their pollination and presence in the garden, but for their delicious and nutritious produce too.The same can be said for award-winning author and fermentation expert, Rachel de Thample, who joins Sarah this week on ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange' to share delicious honey-inspired recipes from her new book, her pick of the best bee-friendly plants, and much more besides.In this episode, discover:Rachel's journey to writing her latest book, working at River Cottage and being introduced to Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallThe incredible and industrious world of bees, and how it takes 12 bees a lifetime to create a single teaspoon of honey Bee-friendly herbs that are not just beautiful, but useful to bees and humans alikeA reimagined view of honey in cooking with Rachel's spectacular recipesProducts mentioned:Common Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)https://www.sarahraven.com/products/thyme-commonSummer Savory (Satureja hortensis)https://www.sarahraven.com/products/summer-savoryOregano 'Hot and Spicy'https://www.sarahraven.com/products/oregano-hot-and-spicyArtichoke 'Violet de Provence'https://www.sarahraven.com/products/artichoke-violet-de-provenceBorago officinalis (Borage)https://www.sarahraven.com/products/borago-officinalisAllium siculum (syn. Nectaroscordum)https://www.sarahraven.com/products/nectaroscordum-siculumDiscover Rachel's new book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bees--honey-9781526625465/Follow Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sarahravenperchhill/Get in touch: info@sarahraven.comShop on the Sarah Raven Website: http://bit.ly/3jvbaeuFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahravensgarden/Order Sarah's latest books: https://www.sarahraven.com/gifts/gardening-books?sort=newest
We're taking the show on the road this year to celebrate our 30th Anniversary! This week, we bring you to our first stop, Indianapolis, in partnership with WFYI. We dig into the local food scene with restaurateur Martha Hoover, owner of Cafe Patachou and the founder of the Patachou Foundation. We talk to her about her start as a prosecutor turned restaurateur and how the restaurant scene has changed over her 35-plus years running a restaurant in Indianapolis. Then, we welcome Samir Mohammad of 9th Street Bistro, Zoë Taylor of Borage, and food writer and Eater correspondent Brian Garrido to the stage to talk about the present: Indianapolis's new and booming food scene. Then, we close the show with a heartwarming story of Isaac Roman and Thomas Hayes re-opening Indy's beloved Rene's Bakery.Broadcast dates for this episode:February 21, 2025 (originally aired)Generous listeners like you make The Splendid Table possible. Donate today to support the show
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In this edition of DIG IT we are delighted to welcome back Jekka McVicar, top organic herb grower, consultant, and Royal Horticultural Society Judge. Peter Brown and Chris Day chat with Jekka on issues affecting herbs, best growing practices, composts, tea infusions, plus we delve into Jekka's latest fabulous book, 100 Herbs To Grow.Plant mentions: Coriander, Basil, Bulbine frutescens (burn jelly plant), Lemon Verbena, Mints including Peppermint and Mentha spicata (Spearmint), Murraya koenigii (Curry tree), Nasturtium, Oregano, Rosemary, Horse Radish, Silybum marianum, Szechuan (Sichuan) Pepper, Rosemary, Thymes, Wild Rocket, Nasturtiums, Wild Strawberries and Winter Savory.People and product mentions: Jamie Oliver, Delia Smith, Borage (the gnome), Charles Dowding, Marcus Waring and garden designer Sarah Eberle. Radio 4's Just a Minute. Horticultural grit, RocketGro Peat-Free Herbs and Alpine Compost, horse manure, Jekka's own peat-free compost mix contains bark, loam, peat-free compost, plus mycorrhizal fungi. Working in some loam can help the composts porosity. Use grit rather than bark for herb mulching. Seaweed feeds are generally best for herbs. Westland Epsom salts will help keep the foliage green and healthy. Growth Technology SG Invigorator. Black plastic for horsetail and general weed suppression.Problem pests: Leaf-hoppers, rosemary beetle and thrips.Tea Infusions: Lemon verbena or lemon grass (with a gin and tonic works a treat). Citrus trilogy, a perfect mood lifter orange blossom, lime leaves and lemongrass and rosemary. Garlic leaf tea for keeping slugs away on your seedlings.Sore throat - sage tea (gargle) for coughs and cold, sprig of hyssop and thyme in hot water with some honey. For Indigestion, try fennel leaf tea which also helps reduce cholesterol.Jekka McVicar and Charles Dowding in conversation on YouTubeJekka's castaway luxury: A propagating kit with a snip, sharpened chop stick, a pair of long tweezers and a wet stone.To find out more about Jekka's story, the specialist herb farm containing over 400 culinary and medicinal herbs from all around the world and online shop. Our thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for supplying the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this week's Podcast: Another week and more rain! I did however, manage to dodge the showers, and checked out swarm colony that we have been coaxing out of a super and into a brood box, and there's some good news!Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 310 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.For all your beekeeping supplies visit Modern Beekeeping www.modernbeekeeping.co.ukMichael Badger: Heather Honey: A Comprehensive GuideContact Me at The Norfolk Honey CompanyJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website hereSupport the Show.
Summer gardening reaches it's peak this month as Peter Brown and Chris Day discuss the latest stories in the world of horticulture, must-visit events and a run-down of those essential tasks to keep your garden productive and colourful in the weeks to come. What's on 31st July - 4th August: RHS Garden Hyde Hall Flower Show, Essex. 2 - 3rd August: Taunton Flower Show, Somerset.Until 4th August: 2024 Big Butterfly Count – have you got involved yet? There's still time!3 - 11th August: Singapore Garden Festival at Suntec, Singapore. 9 - 10th August: Shrewsbury Flower Show, Shropshire. 15 - 18th August: Southport Flower Show at Victoria Park, Southport. 16 - 18th August: RHS Garden Rosemoor Flower Show, Devon. 30th August - 1st September: BBC Gardeners' World Autumn Fair at Audley End House & Gardens, Essex. NewsNew YouTube short film filmed at the RHS Urban Show in May featuring Cloudscape and creating 7 amazing gardens. Trees for bees at Wakehurst Wakehurst is using citizen science to help discover the trees most favoured by pollinators. A unique flower shaped Cyclamen Illusia picks up top New Houseplant Award. RHS Tatton Park Show celebrates its 25th anniversary by actively promoting awards for new designers, plants people and contractors aged 31 or over. Scottish topiary artist wins major award for their Moby Dick inspired design. Gardeners urged not to plant or purchase Rhodendron ponticum as The Woodland Trust says its invasive nature is creating problems. Native vegetation does no impact insect biodiversity in small urban gardens. Rare ‘Puya sapphire tower' blooms outdoors in Scotland for the first time. Dianthus breeding specialist Whetman Pink changes hands. War against poaching succulent plants in South Africa. Manchester's Castlefield aerial garden Viaduct gets green light to develop from National Trust. OBE awarded to Horatio's Garden founder Dr Olivia Chapple. Rittershausen family orchid nursery celebrate 75 years. Dr John Grimshaw appointed Editor-in-Chief of Curtis's Botanic magazine. Head of horticulture at Garden Organics and former Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins has been named a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture. Natural History Gardens are now open and free to visit. Olympic Dahlias shine at Paris 2024 games. The 2025 rose of the year is announced. Plants, and product mentions: Hardy geraniums, Chrysanthemum, Lavender, Lupins, Delphiniums, Blueberries, Strawberry, Wisteria Amethyst Falls, Leeks, Potato/Tomato blight proection, Taylors Seed Potatoes for growing for Christmas, Sow the seeds of Basil, Borage, Dill and Fennel, Mint. Summer pruning top fruit trees, dahlias, Lilies and Gladioli staking and feeding. Children seed sowing projects for the school holidays. Cut flowers from the garden. Continue with slug, snails and earwig control. Miracle-Gro, Tomato fertiliser, garden twine and canes. Our thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for supplying the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The debut of the Speedway eatery Borage in June was one of the hottest local restaurant launches in recent memory, covered by most of the major media outlets in the Indianapolis market—including IBJ. Its co-creators—Josh Kline and Zoe Taylor—had won considerable acclaim as chefs for nationally lauded Milktooth in Fletcher Place. The concept for Borage was unique, combining a restaurant, a bakery and a market in one L-shaped building. And Taylor and Kline wanted to make a point of providing fair compensation for employees, guaranteeing at least $20 an hour. IBJ's Dave Lindquist outlined their plans—and the investment from a local real estate developer that made the project possible—in a story that ran on June 7. This edition of the IBJ Podcast follows up on how the business is shaking out after the June 12 grand opening. Zoe Taylor brings us up to date on what she and Kline have learned in the last six weeks about what's working and what has needed tweaking. As Taylor readily admits, running the financial side of a restaurant doesn't come easy to them, so perhaps their biggest challenge has been learning how to budget and make the business sustainable. Borage hasn't been profitable right out of the gate, and Taylor and Kline realize the timeline for profitability for a small independent restaurant typically stretches many months. For the time being, they're opting not to take salaries. The IBJ Podcast is brought to you by Taft.
In this week's Podcast: We've had a mini heatwave, timed to perfection on the day we planned to move our bees to the borage, so we delayed, as we always have our bees welfare upper most in our minds. We did eventually get them shifted and it appears it was perfectly timed.Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 308 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.For all your beekeeping supplies visit Modern Beekeeping www.modernbeekeeping.co.ukContact Me at The Norfolk Honey CompanyJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website hereSupport the Show.
In this week's Podcast: It still doesn't feel like we've really got started with our beekeeping season yet in the next couple of weeks Borage will start flowering and the Summer nectar flow will be in full flow. Time for more preparations and I also turn my attention towards Cut Comb Honey production.Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 306 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.For all your beekeeping supplies visit Modern Beekeeping www.modernbeekeeping.co.ukContact Me at The Norfolk Honey CompanyJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website hereSupport the Show.
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are natural compounds found in certain herbs. Despite their long history of safe use in herbal traditions, they are often misunderstood and feared, discouraging people from working with these potent medicinal herbs. By learning more about these compounds and how to safely use herbs containing them, you can confidently incorporate them into your herbal practice. In today's episode, you'll discover: What pyrrolizidine alkaloids are and why they're named this The two types of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, distinguishing between toxic and non-toxic ones Notable herbs containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids and safe usage guidelines for each Safety precautions for utilizing any herb containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids Considerations when preparing herbal medicines using these herbs ———————————— CONNECT WITH SAJAH AND WHITNEY ———————————— To get free in depth mini-courses and videos, visit our blog at: http://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com Get daily inspiration and plant wisdom on our Facebook and Instagram channels: http://www.facebook.com/EvolutionaryHerbalism https://www.instagram.com/evolutionary_herbalism/ Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyP63opAmcpIAQg1M9ShNSQ Get a free 5-week course when you buy a copy of the book, Evolutionary Herbalism: https://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com/evolutionary-herbalism-book/ ———————————— ABOUT THE PLANT PATH ———————————— The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve. ———————————— ABOUT SAJAH ———————————— Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy. His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves. He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines. ———————————— WANT TO FEATURE US ON YOUR PODCAST? ———————————— If you'd like to interview Sajah or Whitney to be on your podcast, click here to fill out an interview request form.
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In this week's Podcast: I'm just back from picking a giant pumpkin with my grandchildren, it's nice to know that somewhere in Essex other children are running around a big field, choosing pumpkins that our bees helped to pollinate. In other news, it's suddenly a lot cooler, something of a shock for us and our bees no doubt!Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 278 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey CompanyJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website hereSupport the show
In this week's Podcast: Although the main honey crops of the Summer are finished for us now I did find a little bonus nectar coming in this week. It's also time to start preparing colonies for the months ahead. The final days of the summer will slip away quickly now so don't delay. Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 271 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Asian Hornet Info can be found HEREContact Me at The Norfolk Honey CompanyJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website hereSupport the show
Hydrangeas are the stars of the show in early autumn and Rosie Maye has an enviable collection in her garden near Slane in County Meath. Presenter David Maxwell finds out what conditions they like and how to prune the different types. Near Limavady, a garden has become a refuge for Fred McIlmoyle who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018. While his prognosis wasn't good initially, advances in treatment options have allowed him to remain active and his garden has become even more precious through the ups and downs of his cancer journey. Also on the programme, Jekka McVicar chooses her herb of the month and David is joined in studio by Claire McNally. Email the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
Today, we discuss some culinary herbs that will probably surprise you!Read about my new books:Medicinal Weeds and Grasses of the American Southeast, an Herbalist's Guidehttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/medicinal-weeds-and-grasses-of-american.htmlAvailable in paperback on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47LHTTHandConfirmation, an Autobiography of Faithhttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/confirmation-autobiography-of-faith.htmlAvailable in paperback on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47Q1JNKVisit my Substack and sign up for my free newsletter: https://judsoncarroll.substack.com/Read about my new other books:Medicinal Ferns and Fern Allies, an Herbalist's Guide https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/11/medicinal-ferns-and-fern-allies.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMSZSJPSThe Omnivore's Guide to Home Cooking for Preppers, Homesteaders, Permaculture People and Everyone Else: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-omnivores-guide-to-home-cooking-for.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGKX37Q2Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast an Herbalist's Guidehttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/06/medicinal-shrubs-and-woody-vines-of.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2T4Y5L6andGrowing Your Survival Herb Garden for Preppers, Homesteaders and Everyone Elsehttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/04/growing-your-survival-herb-garden-for.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X4LYV9RThe Encyclopedia of Medicinal Bitter Herbs: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-encyclopedia-of-bitter-medicina.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5MYJ35RandChristian Medicine, History and Practice: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/01/christian-herbal-medicine-history-and.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09P7RNCTBHerbal Medicine for Preppers, Homesteaders and Permaculture People: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2021/10/herbal-medicine-for-preppers.htmlAlso available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09HMWXL25Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/southern-appalachian-herbsBlog: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/Free Video Lessons: https://rumble.com/c/c-618325
This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) talk about the wonderful world of Edible Flowers! There's so many! Dandelions! Nasturtiums! Borage! Roses! Chamomile! Linden! Lilacs! Lavender! Day lilies! Tulips! Apple Blossoms! Cherry Blossoms! Clovers! Pansies! Johnny Jump-Ups! Pickled Magnolias! Peonies! Wood sorrel! Marigolds! Calendula! Hibiscus! Also- How can you identify edible flowers near you? Why should we look to folk wisdom about food to save us from hunger? How does all of this link to food sovereignty? Follow us on Patreon to be part of the Recipe Club! patreon.com/nobadfoodpod Check out The Depot! www.depotmtl.org Want to be on the show? Tell us why! https://forms.gle/w2bfwcKSgDqJ2Dmy6 NEW MERCH! podcavern.myspreadshop.ca Our logo is by David Flamm! Check out his work (and buy something from his shop!) at http://www.davidflammart.com/ Our theme music is "It Takes A Little Time" by Zack Ingles! You can (and should!) buy his music here: https://zackingles.bandcamp.com/ www.podcavern.com
Chris Collins is a gardening legend – winning a legion of fans from his early days working in amenity horticulture to his big break on Blue Peter, presenting on the QVC shopping channel and being the ambassador to the national charity Garden Organic. In this edition of Dig It Peter Brown and Chris Day chat to Chris - the globetrotting author; TV broadcaster; lecturer and horticultural consultant.Plants mentioned: Ulmus angustifolia (Cornish elm), David Austin Roses, Borage, Poppies, tomatoes, aubergines, spinach, bedding plants, chillis, peppers, micro-greens in a salad bar and bulbs - Alliums, Crocus, Snowdrops, and Tulips. Houseplants: Cycads, Crotons, Ficus benjamina, Pelargoniums, and terrarium gardening.Products and people: David Austin Roses, Whichford Pottery, Trowels, Honda Mower, Percy Thrower, hanging baskets, Obelisks, Maxi crop Seaweed Extract, Q4 pellets, spouts with water bottles. Lawrence Hills, founder of Garden Organics. Horticulture Week magazine, The Plantsman (BBC 2 programme), and QVC Shopping Channel.Places mentioned: Graduate of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Apprentice gardeners at Brighton Parks Department, Limbe Botanic Garden in Cameroon, South arboretum at the Royal Botanic gardens in Kew, Head gardener at Westminster Abbey Gardens, college garden / medicinal garden. BBC Media City, Salford, home of the Blue Peter Garden, and Balcony gardens at Chelsea Flower Show.Desert island luxuries: Felco 8 secateurs and Betula (birch tree), one of the most relaxed ‘unstressed' trees to grow.Chris's gardening book, Grow Your Own For KidsChris Collins's website Facebook and InstagramOur thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for supplying the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this week's Podcast: During our last series of inspections I discovered a couple of colonies with higher varroa levels than I would have wished. We're going to try out a couple of techniques to help these colonies, you'll have guessed one by the title of this episode, but what's the other option? Listen to find out more.Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 265 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey CompanyJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website hereSupport the show
After a damp and cool July, we look forward to a productive, colourful yet relaxed August. Dig It's Peter Brown and Chris Day provide a round-up of the month's gardening what's on's, a look at the stories making the gardening headlines and a round-up of those essential gardening tasks.What's on2 - 6th August: RHS Hyde Hall Flower Show, Chelmsford, Essex.4 - 13th August: Shropshire Petal Fields, Newport, Shropshire.11 – 12th August: Shrewsbury Flower Show, The Quarry Shrewsbury.12 – 13th August: The Great Comp Summer Show, Platt near Sevenoaks, Kent.17 – 20th August: Southport Flower Show, Victoria Park, Southport.18 – 20th August: RHS Garden Rosemoor Flower Show, Great Torrington, Devon.Until 13 September: RHS Garden Wisley. A new exhibition Growing Up in the Garden, showcasing the way children use gardens as a place to connect with and explore the natural world.NEWS First King's birthday honours for landscaper and designer Tom Stuart-Smith (OBE) and Kew's Director of Gardens Richard Barley (MBE).Renowned rosarian Michael Marriott awarded the Dean Hole Medal by Colin Squire, chairman of The Rose Society UK.Top accolade the Brickell Award went to Adrian Young's National Collection of 900 Saxifraga as part of Plant Heritage's Hampton Court display.Carol Klein named the RHS's 'Iconic Horticultural Hero' for 2023 and Carol's comments about the lack of female representation on Gardeners' World.Hemlock warning: the deadly plant found in UK gardens.Rare pink grasshopper spotted in North Wales.Use of peat is falling according to latest HTA report.Scottish farmers lead research to revive lost linen industry.Salisbury City Council scraps hanging baskets and sparks division.Top plants named at HTA Plant Show - Curcuma ‘Skyline' overall winner. Other winners include Agapanthus Orientalis ‘Black Jack,' Ball Colegrave Ltd's Dahlia ‘Dalina® Maxi Starburst Pink' and Fatsia Japonica ‘Camouflage.'Dig It Top Five Roses: 1. ‘The Queen Elizabeth II', 2. ‘With Love', 3. ‘Cutie Pie', 4. ‘Precious Ruby' and 5. ‘Mary Berry'.Plant mentions: Plant seed potatoes for Christmas, Leeks, Brassicas and Spinach. Sow Basil, Marjoram, Borage, Chives, Coriander, and Dill. Propagate lavender and rosemary. Divide Chives. Propagate and plant new strawberry runners including ‘Cambridge Favourite,' ‘Elsanta,' and ‘Honeoye.' Continue sowing early-flowering biennials - like honesty and wallflowers. Sow Cress and compact sunflowers with the children.Product mentions: Bamboo canes, Garden twine (Jute). Plant feeds - Tomorite, Doff fertilisers. Miracle Gro, Phostrogen, Seaweed Extract, Westland Tomato Food and Comfrey tea.Our thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for providing the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode . . .The great fence drama of 2023, and why a chain-link fence can be a wonderful thing. First strawflowers and blueberries. Borage abounds. Pinching dahlias. A return to broccoli.Gardens I visited last weekend: Artemesia Daylilies and Fiddlehead Nursery — they're just down the road from each other. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gardeningoutloud.substack.com
Our gardens are growing apace this month and there's plenty to be getting on with as Dig It's Peter Brown and Chris Day tackle those essential tasks, plus a round-up of July events and garden stories around the UK.What's on4th - 9th July: RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, Surrey. Shop for plants from specialist nurseries and be inspired by gardens.15th & 16th of July: Belvoir Castle Flower and garden Show, in Grantham, Lincolnshire.19th - 23rd July: RHS Flower Show Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire.NewsKing Charles and Queen Camilla open the Coronation Garden in Hazelbank Park, Newtownabbey, Ireland.The secret Italian Garden in Great Ambrook opens in Devon.Perennial's garden The Laskett opens to the public.Record stag beetles this summer.The Scottish government may not be following the same timeline for peat-free ban than England.Globetrotting rare Ghost orchid flowers at the Chelsea Flower Show.Peat free test trials featured in Amateur Gardening showing positive results on two major products.B&Q says don't dig your garden - it's bad for your soil and the environment. Listen back to Charles Dowding's Dig it podcast.Lincolnshire beans could provide British solution to imports.Dig It Top Five 6-pack bedding 1. Geranium White, 2. Geranium Deep Red, 3. Lobelia trailing – all colours, 4. Petunia Mixed, and 5. Antirrhinums.Plant mentions: Allium seed collection and drying the head for decoration, Borage, Eucalyptus, Rose 'Peter's Persica', butterfly attracting plants such as Buddleja, including the newer dwarf varieties, B ‘White Profusion', Foxgloves, Verbena, Marjoram, perennial wallflowers, Courgette ‘Eight Ball', Heirloom seed varieties from Garden Organics, Wisteria (summer pruning), Wisteria ‘Amethyst Falls', Spiraea, Philadelphus (mock orange), Marginal, Water Lilies and Oxygenating plants for ponds, Sweet Peas, Box Moth Caterpillar, Ermine moth webs affecting native hedging, Runner beans, Comfrey, Wallflowers. First early potatoes for Christmas.Product mentions: Dalefoot Peat-free Compost, SylvaGrow Multipurpose Compost, Baby Bio, Tomato fertiliser, barley straw (to help reduce blanketweed), dichlorination (water changes), Smart Garden solar water features and Root trainers.Our thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for providing the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this week's Podcast: At long last it appears Summer has begun. Temperatures heading up and a drier outlook makes for some urgent beekeeping work to begin in time for the main nectar flow of the season and our planned move to the Borage.Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 261 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey CompanyJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website hereSupport the show
This week's episode, my guest is writer Victoria Bennett, author of'All My Wild Mothers – motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden'. The book weaves memoir and herbal folklore and is a story of re-wilding our wastelands, and the transformation that can happen when we do. Daisy, for resilience. Dandelion, for strength against adversity. Borage, to bring hope in dark and difficult times… Dr Ian Bedford's Bug of the Week: Box tree moth What We Talk About What is an apothecary garden? How Victoria learnt about gardening and herbalism The garden Victoria and her son built in their new house Dealing with the challenges thrown up by neighbours and housing associations Some of the most powerfully useful plants Victoria has grown How Victoria's mother influenced her gardening aesthetic Victoria and her son's next joint gardening adventures About 'All My Wild Mothers – motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden' The book was published earlier this year with Two Roads Books. An intimate weaving of memoir and herbal folklore, it is a story of re-wilding our wastelands, and the transformation that can happen when we do. Daisy, for resilience. Dandelion, for strength against adversity. Borage, to bring hope in dark and difficult times. Victoria says, “faced with a life very different to what I thought it would be; deep in grief following the tragic death of my eldest sister, facing financial difficulties, and caring for my young son who was diagnosed at age 2 with Type One diabetes, I decided to see what could grow on the barren land of the former industrial site over which our new social housing home was built. With my son, I began to grow, relying on the weeds that were under our feet and the things that other people threw out or eradicated from their pristine gardens. Stone by stone, seed by seed, my son and I turned the rubble into a wild, healing garden. As we did, we discovered that sometimes what grows does so, not in spite of what is broken, but because of it.” Links Victoria's website 'All My Wild Mothers – motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden' by Victoria Bennett Other episodes if you liked this one: Grounding Roots with Lulah Ellender Darwin's Garden with Dr Jude Piesse Patreon
On this episode…. “Horror Shows”, “Drone Cops”, “Grogans”, “Borage” and we're both “Brimming” way passed “Pussies Bow”. Thanks for listening.
Did you know that plants can also be friends? If you've followed me on Instagram this year, you will know about the love affair I am having at The Lodge at Woodloch, a luxury resort and spa, about an hour from where I live. A very interesting aspect of the Lodge at Woodloch is the Blackmore Farm, their regenerative organic farm that grew 9500 lbs of produce for the Lodge's Restaurant last year! And it is run by only two guys, Sam and Derrick, whom I've invited to share their passion for soil biology and sustainable gardening… and to spill all the beans (pun intended) on their companion planting secrets!In this episode, we learn:[08:09] How The Lodge at Woodloch's farm developed over the years[12:20] What is the significance and meaning of companion planting?[13:10] The "fruit, root, leaf, aromatic herb, and flower" formula for companion planting[14:05] The relationship between plant taste and companion planting[14:46] Borage, Borage, Borage![16:46] Where can you get a huge selection of flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruits this winter?[18:15] Philosophy behind The Lodge's motto and how it can be applied to small-scale gardens[26:04] How did Sam and Derrick begin their journey into gardening without formal degrees in agriculture?[28:59] Gardening's growing popularity and valuable lessons from experienced gardeners[30:03] Benefits of using borage as a trap crop in the garden[34:26] Why it's important to harvest companion plants as they mature[37:01] How companion planting helps you to stay on top of pests and diseases[38:42] When planting potatoes, are you supposed to remove the roots along with the greens of shallow-rooted greens?[39:12] What to do if the roots of the greens and onions become intertwined[39:21] Is it harmful to remove roots from the soil?[42:18] How often does The Lodge use natural pesticides?[45:10] Direct sow or pot-start: which is best for planting established seedlings?[46:43] What should you plant withA annual flowers like zinnias or sunflowers?[49:36] What's a good companion plant for roses?[52:08] Best way to plant potato leeks[53:43] What does “blanching” mean?[55:26] A few tips for succession planning[59:32] Where can you find Sam and Derrick work on social media?Mentioned in our conversation:The Biggest Little FarmGrow bagThe Lodge at Woodloch Passion ClassesFor Sam and Derrick's fave companion planting combos,check out the full show notes and blog here!Thank you to our episode sponsors:Territorial Seed CompanyDon't let the winter blues stop you from gardening! Skip the lines at the garden center and let Territorial Seed Company deliver top-of-the-line, healthy and hardy plants right to your door. They have a great line of pre-grown plants, an expansive seed catalog, and over 40 years of experience delivering the best seeds and plants for everyone's garden. Whether you are looking for leafy veggies, flowers or edible plants in either seed or seedling form, Territorial Seed Company has your back.Get 10% off by visiting territorialseed.com/growingjoy - discount applied at checkout.Follow The Lodge at Woodloch:WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitterFollow Maria and Growing Joy:Order my book: Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness (and Plants) by Maria Failla, Illustrated by Samantha LeungJoin the Bloom and Grow Garden Party Community Platform & App AKA the plantiest and kindest corner of the internet! Get your FREE 2-week trial here!Take the Plant Parent Personality Quiz (Get the perfect plants, projects and educational resources for YOUR Lifestyle)Support Bloom and Grow Radio by becoming a Plant Friend on Patreon!Instagram: @growingjoywithmariaTiktok: @growingjoywithmariaSubscribe to the Growing Joy Youtube channel! /growingjoywithmariaWebsite: www.growingjoywithmaria.comPinterest: @growingjoywithmariaOur Sponsors:* Check out Quince: https://www.quince.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
An intimate weaving of memoir and herbal folklore, All My Wild Mothers is a story of rewilding our wastelands and the transformation that can happen when we do. At seven months pregnant, Victoria Bennett was looking forward to new motherhood and all that was to come. But when the telephone rang, the news she received changed everything. Her eldest sister had died in a canoeing accident. Five years later, struggling with grief, the demands of being a parent-carer for her young son, and the impact of deeper austerity, life feels very different to the future she had imagined. A move to a new social housing estate in rural Cumbria offers Victoria and her family a chance to rebuild their lives. Constructed over an industrial site, at first the barren ground seems an unlikely place to sow the seeds of a new life. She and her son set about transforming the rubble around them into a wild apothecary garden. Daisy, for resilience. Dandelion, for strength against adversity. Red campion, to ward off loneliness. Sow thistle, to lift melancholy. Borage, to bring hope in dark and difficult times. Stone by stone, seed by seed, All My Wild Mothers is the story of how sometimes life grows, not in spite of what is broken, but because of it.
I recently met Sara Marie Miller at an apothecary in Boulder, where she created for me a customized flower essence blend to support my healing on an emotional, mental and energetic level. I became fascinated with learning about the healing power of plants, and invited Sara onto the podcast to share her impressive knowledge as a clinical herbalist and flower essence practitioner (among many other things). I've observed more and more of us hearing the call of nature to return to our roots and the ancient wisdom of our ancestors. If you've also been curious to learn about herbalism and plant medicine, then this episode is for you. We cover in this fascinating conversation...How to discover the personalities and living intelligence of plants.Examples of how various herbs and plants can address the symptoms of a variety of ailments , including hormonal issues, depression and anxiety. Simple steps to begin to create a connection to the plant kingdom and cultivate awareness about how various plants interact with your unique body and energy system.What flower essences are (compare to essential oils) and some of the healing properties of a variety of essences including Hibiscus, Buttercup, Borage and Rock Water.One plant Sara recommends using if you experience guilt, shame and rigidity around your food and eating.A fun and simple meal-time practice to connect to your food and body and notice what truly feels “yummy” for you. About Sarah Marie Miller: Sara Marie Miller is an Educator, Certified Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist, Flower Essence Practitioner, Overnight Postpartum Doula, Reiki Master, Artist and Podcast Host of Thyme in the Studio. She loves helping folks be more resilient, happy and healthy through plant connection, nourishment, rest, creativity and self-care. She just launched a course: "Savor This Season: an Herbal Health Course" about making our food our medicine and working with Flower Essences for emotional support. A new version of the course will be available again in January.Episode resources:Sara Marie's Transformative Tea Ritual | Get grounded, present and playful with tea. The Body Gratitude Meditation | This 20-minute meditation will help you cultivate an attitude of body acceptance and gratitude. Connect with Sara Marie Miller: Website | www.thymeinthestudio.comWebsite| www.aidazea.comInstagram | www.instagram.com/thymeinthestudiopodcastInstagram | www.instagram.com/saramariestudioConnect with Sarah Emily: Website | www.sarahspeers.comInstagram | www.instagram.com/sarahemilyspeers/Ready to do the inner work to address the issues underlying your eating struggles? Join me in the Innergize Your Life program, my signature online group coaching and inner work program designed to empower you with the information, tools and processes to improve your eating issues, reduce food cravings, find relief from emotional wounds, and make peace with yourself. Learn more here to see if this is the support you've been looking for. Love this show? Please leave a review! We deeply appreciate you sharing the love with others who may benefit from listening too.Music by MBB:https://www.youtube.com/c/mbbmusichttps://soundcloud.com/mbbofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/mbb_music
In this week's Podcast: Another week and another heatwave, what better way to spend the hot Summer days than setting up nucs for the Autumn, collecting supers laden with Borage honey and having a test drive in a brand new truck! Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 224 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won't wait, so their customers don't have to either.Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.ukKirby's Auto Centre for all your Norwich and District-based motoring fixesJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here
In this week's Podcast: I always said there would be bumps in the road as we build our beekeeping business this year, I wasn't quite prepared for the massive pothole that is our failed borage pollination this Summer. Listen in to hear why it's happened and what we're doing to manage it.Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 222 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won't wait, so their customers don't have to either.Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.ukFor Autumn Feeding check out Modern BeekeepingIf you fancy birdwatching with me, grab the App "BIRDA"Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here
We're back to talk witchy herbs in the second part of our foraging series, and this time we're chatting about Borage, St. John's Wort, Mugwort and Yarrow - all the sexy midsummer plants. Find out which ones are good for the SADs and which will make you trip balls in your dreams. For the first ten minutes of the episode, we have a little dive into the cesspit of our Saturn Returns, as we blame the planet for every difficult situation in the past 2-3 years of our lives. For the fans only, stick around after the episode for a wee bonus chat about weird British culture, we know you're all here for the weird stuff. I should add also, thank you so much for waiting on these episodes, you've all been so patient and loving with the gap in production. These were recorded so long ago, but because of personal circumstances I have been unable to produce them, and the podcast has unfortunately been left on simmer. Well, it's time to take that tasty stew off the hob and soak it up. Continue the conversation with us: - find Rowan @SotWwithRowan on Instagram and Facebook - find Tess @theosbcurawitch on Instagram Come eat cheese with like-minded witches on the Facebook Cheese Witch Coven. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sotwwithrowan/message
In this week's Podcast: Summer is approaching fast and I'm preparing colonies for the main nectar flow of the year, listen to find out how things are going.Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 215 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won't wait, so their customers don't have to either.Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.ukJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here
In this episode, we talk with horticulturist Holly Shimizu all about self-sowing plants. The plant profile is on Borage and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events. BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support. The SHOW NOTES will be posted here on 7-12-22. If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to: ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 40: Latin and Labels https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2020/12/gardendc-podcast-episode-40-latin-and.html ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 45: Seed Starting Tips https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/02/gardendc-podcast-episode-45-seed.html We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode. And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite platform so other gardeners can find us too! Episode Credits: Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz Editing and Show Notes: Tori Vandergriff --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support
Find the full episode notes here: https://www.elizaceci.com/episode/18 In this episode … 1️⃣ quick review of last week and making sure you've got your intention set for the series - we need to know where you're headed before we can map it out. 2️⃣ explaining the process and importance of self-celebration (aka getting comfy with the #humblebrag) 3️⃣ learning to be open to your goal by trusting in God, the earth, and the plant spirits - cultivating this flow takes time and patience. Angel Wings is our helper. 4️⃣ What's a miracle mindset? How do you create one? This week we start to build a bridge toward your vision with uplifting Borage and a practice I call, Body Mapping. Shop new Earth Angels Essences, especially for this series here :>>> www.elizaceci.com *use code: PODLOVE for 10% off
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The Queen of Herbs – Jekka McVicarJekka McVicar talks with Dig It's Peter Brown and Chris Day about the popularity in growing herbs, tips on growing them, plus a fascinating insight into her RHS show work Jekka shares her passion for growing and propagating herbs, organic growing, meeting the Queen and Jekka spills the beans on her exciting new herb garden project which opens next year.Plant mentions: Numerous Basils including Basil ‘Red Rubin' for infusing to create pink gin, Coriander, Convallaria (Lily of the Valley), Cress, Digitalis (Foxglove, medicinal herb), Dill, French Tarragon, Lemon Balm, Lemon Verbena, Laurus nobilis (bay leaves), Mints including Peppermint and Spearmint, Murraya koenigii (Curry tree), Nasturtium, Oregano, Red Amaranth, Rosemary, Salvia lavandulifolia (lavender-leaved sage), Szechuan (Sichuan) Pepper, Turmeric, Thymes, including Jekka's Purple Haze, Tomatoes, Wild Rocket and Winter savory.A range of herb plants are available at the Garden Centre and onlineKew Gardens research into herbsProduct mentions: Jekka's Mr Fothergill's herb seeds, Maxicrop Seaweed Extract, available at the Garden Centre (feed on Friday).Medicinal herbs resources: Medical herbalist Anne McIntyre and herbal practitioner Simon Mills.Borage the gnome news storyJekka's Books see website, plus available at the Garden Centre, A Little Book of Herbs. An A-Z.Peat-free compost, Jekka has her own formula based on coir. If potting herbs always use a Peat-free ‘Potting' compost rather than a multi-purpose mix.2009 RHS Lawrence Award, for best floral display. The Medal was special as it was the first for herbs and a first for organics.Notable luminaries: Garden designer and writer Noel Kingsbury, RHS show organiser Mavis Sweetingham, horticultural legend Beth Chatto, national treasure Delia Smith, top TV chef Jamie Oliver, top fish chef Nathan Outlaw.Jekka's Desert Island plant: The entire Lamiaceae family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family and includes culinary herbs like Basil, Mint, Rosemary, Sage, Savory, Marjoram, Oregano, Hyssop, Thyme, Lavender, and Perilla.To find out more about Jekka's story, the specialist herb farm containing over 400 culinary and medicinal herbs from all around the world and online shop.Our thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for supplying the music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Historical Events 1669 Birth of Sébastien Vaillant ("Vy-yaw"), French botanist. Appointed to the King's garden in Paris, Sebastien loved organizing and cataloging plants. Biographical accounts say Sebastian showed a passion for plants from the age of five. His masterpiece, forty years in the making, Botanicon Parisienne, was a book about the flora of Paris. It wasn't published until five years after his death. Sebastian's work on plant sexuality inspired generations of botanists and set the stage for Linneaus to develop his sexual system of plant classification. Linnaeus used the male stamens to determine the class and the female pistils to determine the order. And like Sebastion, Linnaeus often compared plant sexuality to that of humans. Linnaeus wrote, Love even seizes... plants... both [males and females], even the hermaphrodites, hold their nuptials, which is what I now intend to discuss. Sebastian caused a sensation at the Royal Garden in Paris on June 10, 1717. On that day, he presented a lecture titled, Lecture on the Structure of the Flowers: Their Differences and the Use of Their Parts. He began by reinforcing the idea that the flower is the most essential part of a plant - essential to reproduction - and then he began to lead his scientific colleagues into a deep dive on plant sexuality - at six in the morning, no less. Before Sebastian's lecture, the topic of sex in the plant world had only been touched on lightly, allowing flowers and blossoms to maintain their reputation as pure, sweet, and innocent. Today, we can imagine the reaction of his 600-person audience as he began using fairly explicit language and the lens of human sexuality to describe the sex lives of plants. A 2002 translation of Sebastian's speech was presented in the Huntia - a Journal of Botanical History. Sebastian started his lecture with these words, Perhaps the language I am going to use for this purpose will seem a little novel for botany, but since it will be filled with terminology that is perfectly proper for the use of the parts ... I intend to expose, I believe it will be more comprehensible than the old fashioned terminology, which — being crammed with incorrect and ambiguous terms [is] better suited for confusing the subject than for shedding light on it. Sebastian's discussion of the plant embryos was rather poetic: Who can imagine that a prism with four faces becomes a Pansy; a narrow roll, the Borage; a kidney, the Daffodil; that a cross can metamorphose into a maple; two crystal balls intimately glued to each other, [Comfrey], etc.? These are nevertheless the shapes favored in these diverse plants by their lowly little embryos. 1742 On this day, Horace Walpole wrote to Horace Mann, in part describing his visit to Ranelagh ("Ron-ah-lay") Gardens in Chelsea. Ranelagh had opened just two days prior, and it was one of several pleasure gardens opened around this time. Horace wrote, Today calls itself May the 26th, as you perceive by the date; but I am writing to you by the fireside, instead of going to Vauxhall. If we have one warm day in seven, "we bless our stars, and think it luxury." And yet we have as much waterworks and fresco diversions, as if we lay ten degrees nearer warmth. Two nights ago Ranelagh-gardens were opened at Chelsea; the Prince, Princess, Duke, much nobility, and much mob besides, were there. There is a vast amphitheatre, finely gilt, painted, and illuminated, into which everybody that loves eating, drinking, staring, or crowding, is admitted for twelvepence. The building and... gardens cost sixteen thousand pounds. Twice a-week there are to be ridottos... [entertainment] for which you are to have a supper and music. I was there last night, but did not find the joy of it. Vauxhall is a little better; the garden is pleasanter, and [you arrive] by water... Horace must have come to prefer Ranelagh. He later wrote, It has totally beat Vauxhall... You can't set your foot without treading on a Prince, or Duke of Cumberland. Finally, it was Horace Walpole who wrote, When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles. 1811 On this day, Thomas Jefferson wrote to his granddaughter, Anne, who was visiting her in-laws: Nothing new has happened in our neighborhood since you left us. The houses and trees stand where they did. The flowers come forth like the belles of the day, have their short reign of beauty and splendor, and retire like them to the more interesting office of reproducing their like. The hyacinths and tulips are off the stage, the irises are giving place to the belladonnas, as this will to the tuberoses etc. Thomas was not able to garden much during the summer of 1811. His arthritis had flared, and he found himself almost entirely bedridden. 1921 On this day, Kate Lancaster Brewster resigned as editor of the bulletin she funded and started for The Garden Club of America for its first six years. At the time of her resignation, Kate reported, Cost of Publishing the Bulletin (including postage) between July, 1920 and May, 1921 totaled $4038. Number of paid subscribers... 55 Number of lapsed subscribers... 21 2 Paid subscribers have become Members-at-Large. I Paid subscriber has become a member of the GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA. As for Kate Lancaster Brewster, she had a beautiful Italianate garden in Lake Forest, Illinois. She was friends with most of the prominent gardeners and garden writers of her time, including Mrs. Francis King (Louisa Yeomans King). When Louisa published The Little Garden Series, Kate wrote one of the books called The Little Garden for Little Money. Kate and her husband Walter were ardent art collectors and loved to travel. The couple helped establish the Chicago Art Institute. During WWI, Kate left her service work in Chicago, California, and New York to go to France. There, she assisted her friend, the indefatigable Mabel Boardman of the American Red Cross, with hospital work. Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation The Thoughtful Gardener by Jinny Blom This book came out in 2017, and the subtitle is An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design. Well, Piet Oudolf has high praise for Jinny Blom. He writes, The most romantic, creative person in garden design I know. So that's high praise right there from one of our top modern garden designers. Like Piet Oudolf, Jinny Blom is a force all her own. She's designed well over 200 gardens, and they represent a diverse range of garden styles - proving that Jinny Blom really is The Thoughtful Gardener. Now, one of Jinny's superpowers is to take a look at the current landscape, look at the setting, look at the surrounding ecosystems and communities, and then determine what vision best fits that landscape. And, of course, she has to throw in client desires and other challenges that might come up in the creation of that garden. And whether it's topography challenges or resource constraints, Jinny has indeed seen it all. Through her myriad experiences, she's come up with six different steps to help you become a thoughtful gardener too. Now I think one of the things that Jinny does almost unconsciously at this stage in her career is that she really thinks through what she's trying to accomplish in any given landscape. And I don't care what you're trying to accomplish; you will definitely do a better job of reaching your anticipated goals if you take the time to do your homework and truly think things through. The six different sections in Jinny's book are understanding, structuring, harmonizing, rooting, and liberating. Jinny also has another superpower that I think really helps her when it comes to her garden design skills, and that is that she can see gardens as they will look when they are mature, and that's a particular skill for garden designers. I remember the first time I interviewed the Renegade Gardener, and he said the same thing to me. He said that he was a successful garden designer because he could imagine what a plant would look like at maturity or in any particular setting in the future. And so he knew what to plant where - and how it would look when it was all grown up. And so his goal as a designer was not to make sure that the garden would look good immediately - although that was a temporary concern and a nice to have - he was more concerned with his ultimate goal, which was to be able to drive by these properties that he had designed, especially early in his career and see their mature beauty in the fullness of time. Jinny also has that ability. Now Paula Deitz, Editor of The Hudson Review, wrote the forward to Jinny's book. And here's what she wrote, Rare is the garden book, like this one, that makes the reader feel personally included as a friend in a long conversation with the writer. Like Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, whom she lauds for his estate management in the 18th century, Blom is herself a cultural geographer who scopes out the historical features of paths, gates and antiquated farm buildings on a given property prior to drawing up a plan that proceeds almost instantaneously, a process fascinating to follow. Whether in town or country, with either single or multiple garden areas, Blom establishes architectural enclosures, like Cotswold drystone walls, prior to the overlay of her signature, beautifying horticulture, thus creating what she calls environments for intimate experiences'. And that is the quintessentialJinny Blom landscape. Now, this is how Jinny herself describes this book. She writes, So this book is about how I've developed my way of working over the last twenty years in progression from apprentice to journeyman to master craftsman. It takes a long time and I've learned at the elbow of countless masters, not in a schoolroom. I choose plants with compatibility in mind, appropriate materials arise from their locale, and I consider the people who will live in the garden, the wildlife, the weather. I'd like to share some of what I think about when designing, in the hope that it kindles the fires of excitement in others. I've climbed a big mountain to get to this point and hope there's a view worth sharing. From the reviews of this book, the Amazon ratings, and the commentary by her peers, I can tell you that Jinny Blom definitely has a view worth sharing. She's hit it out of the park - out of the garden - with this beautiful book called The Thoughtful Gardener. You'll get to see images from so many of Jinny's gardens. You'll see her thoughtfulness and creativity in action certainly. But most of all, you'll get to know Jinny. She is funny and intelligent, and she thinks about plants and gardens and landscapes on a level that very few garden designers do. It feels like she's always one step ahead, and I think that's because Jinny does such a thorough job of researching and thinking about her garden designs - so that by the time you see the final product, it just seems so effortless. But I suppose that is Jinny's method behind the madness at the end of the day. This book is 256 pages of learning garden design with one of our modern masters, Jinny Blom. You can get a copy of The Thoughtful Gardener by Jinny Blom and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $16. Botanic Spark 1847 Birth of Edgar Fawcett, American poet. Edgar wrote some famous garden verses. He wrote, [A]ll life budding like a rose and sparkling like its dew. And Come rambling awhile through this exquisite weather Of days that are fleet to pass, When the stem of the willow shoots out a green feather, And buttercups burn in the grass! Edgar's poems often remind us of the value of all green living things. We say of the oak "How grand of girth!" Of the willow we say, "How slender!" And yet to the soft grass clothing the earth How slight is the praise we render. My favorite Edgar Fawcett verses feature trees. Here's one about lovers speaking to each other using the language of birds: Hark, love, while...we walk, Beneath melodious trees… You'd speak to me in Redbreast; I would answer you in Wren! Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.
Borage for Courage! This week we discuss some children's animations, Ana's Borage (from the garden) tea, and numerous things to watch!
Hi Witches Sorry for the bad behaviour in advance but Beltane can do that to you! In regards to the Broom jumping section Carly gets her wires crossed with crossing the threshold and the six foot eight man reference, Rachael threatens to sing for us and we laugh about phallic items on altars for Beltane. We also have the wonderful Tom the Teller join Rachael with some folklore for Beltane! Find Tom here - Instagram - Tom Phillips (@tomthetaleteller) • Instagram photos and videos Facebook - (1) Tom the Tale Teller | Facebook Youtube - Tom the Tale Teller Phillips - YouTube As mentioned please find our new book The Hedge Witch's Garden here on Etsy - The Hedge Witchs Garden | Etsy UK The Hedge Witch's Garden is the first offering from our independent small press The Hedge Witch's Library that focuses on the element of fire and magick and rituals celebrating Beltane and Litha. Our beautiful sixty page A5 book contains a rich cornucopia of ways you might wish to celebrate these two sabbaths, all about working with the element of fire, sun magick, the fae, the magick of the hawthorn tree, magickal teas you can make, deities, solstice magick, fire scrying, hedge riding, herb magick, foraging and recipes to make with seasonal produce. We will be releasing further booklets for other sabbaths. Todays episode is all about Beltane, in our plant magick and kitchen witchery section we are talking all about Borage, our spell work section is focused on the types of spell work you may wish to focus on this Beltane. Borage Soup Recipe - Borage Soup Recipe - Details, Calories, Nutrition Information | RecipeOfHealth.com Borage Cocktail Recipe - Sparkling Borage Cocktail Recipe (thespruceeats.com) Beltane Incense Recipe With your mortar and pestle, blend: 3 tsp ground frankincense 2 tsp ground dragon's blood 1 tsp rose 1 tsp jasmine 1/2 tsp mugwort 1/4 tsp cinnamon Sprinkle on hot incense charcoals to bless your home or during your Beltane ritual. Find us on Instagram - Carly Rose and Rachael Coats (@thehedgewitchsalmanac) • Instagram photos and videos Find us on Facebook - The Hedge Witch's Almanac | Facebook For Carly's podcast The White Witch Podcast - The White Witch Podcast on Apple Podcasts Thank you for listening witch's - if you could leave us a review we would be very grateful! Carly & Rachael xx
Borago officinalis - A slightly sprawling 2-3 foot tall plant with star shaped bluish purple flowers and numerous benefits. Happy New Year! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/andrea9559/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrea9559/support
In this week's Podcast: The return from the borage continues and I'm confronted with bees that really don't want to stay in their new homes!Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks, and welcome to Episode 175 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won't wait, so their customers don't have to either. Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk'Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here
Black Heels and Tractor Wheels - Presented by Rural Women New Zealand
Chanelle is based at the stunning Lake Hawea Station with her husband and two children. She's currently working on Borage and Bee Meadery, along with running two super successful social media pages: Farming Mums NZ and Just a Farmers Wife. We are extremely excited to have a chat with Chanelle about taking opportunities, building an epic New Zealand-inspired business, and juggling family with the life of an entrepreneur.Please bear with us as the audio on this podcast is a little bit crackly at times but it is completely worth it to hear the absolute gems Chanelle shares. If you enjoyed this episode, feel free to visit our Instagram, Facebook, and website, or even become a member! www.ruralwomennz.nz
The second last episode for the season is another across the globe chat with a meadery founder and all-around lovely person Chanelle who started Borage + Bee in 2018 making delicious hydromels from some of the world's most delicious southern hemisphere Borage honey.Tom & Will get in early and sit down with Chanelle and talk about what the world of mead looks like in New Zealand and what it is like to set up a new mead brand and communicate what this delicious elixir is to the new world. Thank all of you for listening and again thank you so much to each and every one of our guests for sparing some time from their busy schedules to sit down and chat with us about mead. Website: hwww.borageandbee.comInstagram: @BorageandbeeAnd remember if you ever want to chat about mead and/or honey just on our Instagram and say hello! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
September in the Garden Show Notes September is the month of mellow mists and fruitfulness and in this month's Dig It podcast Peter Brown and Chris Day look at how the gradual change in seasons is beginning to affect what we harvest, plant and sow in our gardens.Sowing a new lawn, a look at the best edible flowers and how to get the best from your green waste are discussed. Plus, a look at the different cyclamen options available at the Garden Centre, keeping hydrangeas in tip top colour and battling with leaves in our ponds. Buckingham Garden Centre hosts its special Apple and Honey Show Weekend over 25th and 26th September so we find out more about this annual celebration of apples and the Bucks County Honey Show on the Sunday.6th September is National Read A Book Day https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/national-read-a-book-day-2021/ Peter's read is Treatment Free Beekeeping by David Heaf (published by IBRA & NBB)Chris's book is Bulbs For All Seasons by Kathy Brown (publisher Aquamarine)Check out Bramblecrest's Portobello Double Hanging Cocoon Chair - a perfect reading spot for your garden!Apple and Honey Show Weekend 25th & 26th September (10am-4pm, both days), Gerry Edwards, The Mid Shires Orchard Group, BBOWT, plus Bucks County Honey Show on the Sunday.RHS Chelsea Flower Show 21-26th September. The BBC will be covering it as usual.Recycle Week 20-26th September Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Peter has been lifting his ‘Desiree' potatoes from his allotment. For more information on blight resistant potato varieties, please refer to our earlier Potato podcastWhat to sow / plant now:Veggies Broad bean ‘Aquadulce' and ‘Aquadulce Claudia' and Pea ‘Feltham First' and ‘Douce Provence', Radish and Turnips (for Christmas). Planting onion sets in autumn means you will get an earlier crop next year. Choose a variety that's ideal for autumn sowing, such as ‘Autumn Champion' ‘Radar' or ‘Senshyu Yellow'. Salad crops mustard leaf, winter salad mixes, or mizuna. Winter lettuces such as ‘Winter Density' can be sown under glass. Spring cabbages and spinach can be sown now for picking next spring.Edible flowers Borage, Cornflower (seed sow now), Courgette, Squash, Marrow and Pumpkin (deep fried in batter), Lavender, Nasturtium (seed), Hollyhocks, Pansies (seed), Pinks, Pot Marigolds, Rose, Sage, and Sweet violets.Comfrey which is sterile (so no free seeding) is Symphytum x uplandicum Bocking 14Florist cyclamen vs Mini cyclamen vs Hardy cyclamen (available in Garden Centre)Blue Hydrangeas, you need a good quality ericaceous (acid) compost to keep them blue and if you have pink Hydrangeas then a Multi-purpose John Innes Compost is fine.Westland Hydrangea colourant (500g) available at Garden Centre. Hydrangea feed for blue flowersSowing a new lawn from seed and the types of grass seed available.Composting bins and GarottaBird food and suet balls. Useful linksHow to make comfrey tea https://www.ruralsprout.com/comfrey-liquid-fertilizer/ Music by Chiltern Music Therapy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks, and welcome to Episode 166 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.In This Week's Podcast: Borage and my Ford Ranger Truck, these are the two things keeping me awake at night at the moment, listen in to find out why.Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won't wait, so their customers don't have to either. Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk'References:Stawiarz, Ernest & Wróblewska, Anna & Masierowska, Marzena & Sadowska, Dagmara. (2020). Flowering, Forage Value, and Insect Pollination in Borage (Borago Officinalis L.) Cultivated in Se Poland. Journal of Apicultural Science. 64. 10.2478/jas-2020-0005. Galwey NW, Shirlin AJ (1990) Selection of borage (Borago officinalis) as a seed crop for pharmaceutical uses. Heredity 65:249-257. Arthur R Davis, Shauna Mitchell and David Junor 1997 The Importance of Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera L.) as Pollinators of Borage (Borago Officinalis L.) in Saskatchewan Honey Paw Hives - Poly Langstroth Hives Designed by Beekeepers, for BeekeepersZukan Bee Feeds - Apipasta Fondants, Apipasta Plus Pollen Substitute, and Apimix SyrupsJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here
Our Beginnings Greg and his business partner at the time launched Hoss Tools in 2009 with our signature product, the Single Wheel Hoe. When Greg was around 15 years old he enjoyed gardening at home and his mother bought him his first high-arc wheel hoe to use. He used the tool often but found he didn't like the type because, as he says, the attachments were clunky and difficult to adjust. Later on, he found a Planet Jr wheel hoe online that he liked but the supply was very limited, making them difficult to find. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention and Greg decided to make his own wheel hoe from American parts in the USA. So the adventure began! Newer Items Since then Hoss has ventured out into other areas of farming and gardening to provide more quality products to you; from wheel hoes and irrigation products to the Hoss Garden Seeder, Premium Garden Seeds, and pest control. The Hoss Garden Seeder is a USA-made product that is customizable to fit your exact needs. It has two wheels that are situated on the front and backside of the seed plate to ensure your seeds are deposited perfectly within your rows. Our innovative seed plate design makes planting easy and allows you to customize your planting to meet your exact needs! We have 35 items in our irrigation options along with a few bundles that are available, such as Mainline Tubing, Mainline Tees, Valves for your Mainline Tubing, and 8 mil. and 15 mil DripTape, and everything else from a simple system to a complete irrigation array. Under our Premium Garden Seeds tab, you will find 48 categories of flowers and veggies that are filled with many varieties of each. You'll find almost anything you're looking for from flowers, like our Chocolate Cherry Sunflower and Roselle Hibiscus, to herbs, like Thyme and Borage, and even our AAS winners, such as Red Burgundy Okra and Cinderella's Carriage Pumpkin. We also have both organic and synthetic pest control options for you. If you're looking to have a more organic farming plan we carry several options such as Diatomaceous Earth and Monterey Garden Insect Spray. On the other side, we carry more potent options such as Garden Phos and Fungi Max. Coming Soon We are excited to tell you about a couple of new things headed your way. First is a line of micro-greens and growing kits. As more and more people have shown an interest in growing their own micr-greens at home for salads, garnishes, and stir fry needs, we are bringing products to help you get started growing these nutrient-packed plants from your own home. Worm Farming We are going to look at what goes into worm farming and even using worms in the garden. We will look at the pros and cons of worm tea, which is one byproduct of using a raised worm composter, as well as looking at using worm castings, or worm excrement. Greg plans to visit a local worm farm and talk with the owner of the operation to find out what she has to say about the benefits of using worms in the garden and also any downsides that worms may have. More To Come We have many wonderful things going on here for you and can't wait to bring more as it becomes available. And as always, we will be testing all of these new items and retesting our current stock to ensure we offer you only the best. Products of the Week Hoss Straw Hat Hoss Pepper Bandana Serrano Pepper Watch the Complete Show on YouTube Below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPUDZw0fp_c
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the importance of fats that heal in supporting health. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Udo Erasmus. The legendary Udo Erasmus is the co-founder of the Udo's Choice line, which can be found in Whole Foods and other health food stores worldwide. Udo designed the machinery for making oils with health in mind and pioneered fax oil, a billion-dollar industry. However, Udo walked a difficult path to become the man he is today. Being a child of war, Udo's life began with intense struggle. As an adult, he got pesticide poisoning in 1980, leaving doctors at a loss regarding treatment. Deciding to take his health into his own hands, Udo began researching, and his discoveries led him to a passion for finding the answers to life's big questions which would hopefully one day bring him and the world peace. Today, Udo is an acclaimed speaker and author of many books, including the best-selling "Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill" which has sold over 250,000 copies. He teaches at events hosted by Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra, has keynoted an international brain health conference, and has traveled to over 30 countries to conduct thousands of live presentations, media interviews, and staff trainings impacting more than 25,000,000 lives with his message on oils, health, peace, nature, and human nature. Udo has an extensive education in biochemistry, genetics, biology, and nutrition, including a master's degree in counseling psychology. Key Takeaways: - What are the symptoms of healing fat deficiency? - What is the best ratio of omegas? - Can some people have problems converting ALA and LA to EPA and DHA? - Where does fish oil come from? Would Udo ever use fish oil? - How can one test for their fatty acid deficiencies? - Does fat make us fat? - What impact does olive oil have on health?] - Can sunflower, sesame, and safflower oil be healthy? - When might one want to consider Evening Primrose, Borage, or Black Currant Seed oil? - How bad is canola oil? - How important is it to have a focus on increasing fat assimilation? - Can antioxidants help minimize the impact of oxidized fats? - Can fats help with detoxification? - Are fats able to support the body against infections? - Might fats minimize the potential of future neurodegenerative conditions like MS and Alzheimer's? - Do fats play a role in hypercoagulation? Connect With My Guest: http://UdoErasmus.com Related Resources: Your Body Needs an Oil Change eBook Interview Date: June 8, 2021 Transcript: To review a transcript of this show, visit http://BetterHealthGuy.com/Episode147 Additional Information: To learn more, visit http://BetterHealthGuy.com. Disclaimer: The content of this show is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any illness or medical condition. Nothing in today's discussion is meant to serve as medical advice or as information to facilitate self-treatment. As always, please discuss any potential health-related decisions with your own personal medical authority.
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Today we celebrate a French botanist who broke the news to the scientific community in Paris: plants have sex. We'll also learn about a German botanist who settled in Kodiak, Alaska, and created a fascinating look at Alaskan plants through the eyes of the Native People of Alaska. We hear an excerpt about Lily of the Valley from one of my favorite modern writers. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about houseplants and how to incorporate them into your home, your life, and your happiness. And then we’ll wrap things up with the birthday of a poet who wrote some beautiful verses inspired by nature. Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy. The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf. Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org Curated News Career Changers: How To Become A Garden Designer | The English Garden | Phoebe Jayes Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Important Events May 26, 1669 Today is the birthday of the French botanist Sébastien Vaillant. Appointed to the King’s garden in Paris, Sebastien loved organizing and cataloging plants. Biographical accounts say Sebastian showed a passion for plants from the age of five. His masterpiece, forty years in the making, Botanicon Parisienne, was a book about the flora of Paris. It wasn’t published until five years after his death. Today, Sebastian Vaillant is credited for acknowledging the importance of the sexual anatomy of plants. Sebastian’s work on plant sexuality inspired generations of botanists and set the stage for Linneaus to develop his sexual system of plant classification. Linnaeus used the male stamens to determine the class and the female pistils to determine the order. And like Sebastion, Linnaeus often compared plant sexuality to that of humans. Linnaeus wrote, “Love even seizes... plants... both [males and females], even the hermaphrodites, hold their nuptials, which is what I now intend to discuss.” Sebastian caused a sensation when he presented his work on plant sexuality at the Royal Garden in Paris on June 10, 1717. He began by reinforcing the idea that the flower is the most important part of a plant - essential to reproduction - and then he began to lead his scientific colleagues down a path they had never thought to follow. His lecture was titled, Lecture on the Structure of the Flowers: Their Differences and the Use of Their Parts. Today, we can imagine the reaction of his 600 person audience as he began using fairly explicit language and the lens of human sexuality to describe the sex lives of plants - at six in the morning, no less. Before Sebastian’s lecture, the topic of sex in the plant world had only been touched on lightly, allowing flowers and blossoms to maintain their reputation as pure, sweet, and innocent. Sebastian was no fool. He knew his lecture would cause a stir. In a 2002 translation of his speech presented in A Journal of Botanical History known as Huntia, Sebastian began his lecture by acknowledging that he was going to talk about plant sexuality very explicitly, saying, “Perhaps the language I am going to use for this purpose will seem a little novel for botany, but since it will be filled with terminology that is perfectly proper for the use of the parts that I intend to expose, I believe it will be more comprehensible than the old fashioned terminology, which — being crammed with incorrect and ambiguous terms better suited for confusing the subject than for shedding light on it — leads into error those whose imaginations are still obscured, and who have a poor understanding of the true functions of most of these structures.” It wasn’t all salacious. Sebastian’s discussion of plant embryos was rather poetic. The shapes he references are the shapes of the pollen grains. Sebastian remarked, “Who can imagine that a prism with four faces becomes a Pansy; a narrow roll, the Borage; a kidney, the Daffodil; that a cross can metamorphose into a maple; two crystal balls intimately glued to each other, [Comfrey], etc.? These are nevertheless the shapes favored, in these diverse plants, by their lowly little embryos.” Sebastian Valliant is especially remembered for his work with the male and female pistachio tree to demonstrate pollination and the sexuality of plants. At the time of Sebastian’s work, the pistachio was growing in the King’s garden and had managed to survive the harsh winters of Paris. The slow-growing pistachio tree is deciduous and dioecious. This means that a pistachio tree can have only male flowers or female flowers. Only female trees produce fruits, and female trees are wind-pollinated by pollen from the male tree. In a perfect world, there would be one male pistachio tree centrally located near nine female pistachio trees. As for telling the trees apart, male pistachio trees are taller, hold on to their leaves longer in the fall, and generally more robust than female pistachio trees. In terms of fruiting, pistachios grow in clusters, like grapes. Trees need seven years of growing before reliably producing a good yield. But, once they get started, pistachios can produce fruit for over a hundred years. May 26, 1830 Today is the birthday of the German-American naturalist, marine biologist, and Smithsonian collector William J. Fisher. By the time he was in his fifties, William had made his way to Kodiak, Alaska. Ten years later, he married a native Alutiiq (“al-yoot-eek”) woman, and they raised their family in Kodiak. William’s biography at Find-a-Grave was provided by the Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository in Kodiak. It says, “Fisher collected hundreds of Native artifacts for the Smithsonian during a time when the Native culture was being impacted by Western culture. His assemblage and documentation provides us information today about Alutiiq history at that time.” In terms of his botanical legacy, digital copies of William’s 1899 field book are now available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library. William’s field book is a modern treasure because he documented by hand almost fifty different plants that the Alutiiq people had used. Using the Russian and Native American names for the plants, William wrote about these plants' edible and medicinal aspects. For example, with impeccable penmanship, William described the cranberry or Brussnika in Russian or Knich-tat in Alutiiq. “Mixed with seal or whale oil and salmon spawn for winter's preserves. Very plentiful.” The cover page of William’s field book indicates that he collected the specimens with a visiting botanist from the USDA named Thomas Henry Kearney. William also shared for posterity that he and William had a bit of fun while they botanized. He wrote, “Notes accompanying collection of useful plants made by W.J. Fisher at Kodiak, in 1899. Dried plants with Mr. Kearney, alcoholics in seed collection.” Unearthed Words Sita closed her eyes and breathed into her cupped hands. Before she left, she had remembered to perfume her wrist with Muguet (“moo-gay” or Lily of the valley) The faint odor of that flower, so pure and close to the earth, was comforting. She had planted real lilies of the valley because she liked them so much as a perfume. Just last fall, before the hard freeze, when she was feeling back to normal, the pips had arrived in a little white box. Her order from a nursery company. She'd put on her deerskin gloves and, on her knees, using a hand trowel, dug a shallow trench along the border of her blue Dwarf iris. Then one by one, she'd planted the pips. They looked like shelled acorns, only tinier. "To be planted points upward," said a leaflet in the directions. They came up early in the spring. The tiny spears of their leaves would be showing soon. Lying there, sleepless, she imaged their white venous roots, a mass of them fastening together, forming new shoots below the earth, unfurling their stiff leaves. She saw herself touching their tiny bells, waxed white, fluted, and breathing the ravishing fragrance, they gave off because Louis had absently walked through her border again, dragging his shovel, crushing them with his big, careless feet. It seemed as though hours of imaginary gardening passed before Mrs. Waldvogel tiptoed in without turning on the light. ― Louise Erdrich, American author, writer of novels, poetry, and children's books, The Beet Queen Grow That Garden Library Plantopia by Camille Soulayrol This book came out in 2019, and the subtitle is Cultivate / Create / Soothe / Nourish. Camille helps us embrace houseplants in this book - from their care and growing tips to botanical styling and heath and beauty products. An editor at Elle Décor Camille takes us on a tour of her favorite houseplants, hardy succulents and cacti, and flowering perennials. Promoting plants as a good source of well-being and enhancing our homes, Camille’s DIY projects are sure to inspire you to up your houseplant game. Camille shows how to create ideal growing environments with terrariums and aquatic plant habitats with her detailed instructions and photography. She also brings plants into the home with wreaths or geometric frames that feature vines. She even stages the dining room table with natural elements like leaves and dried herbs. This book is 160 pages of Nature Crafts, Houseplants, Indoor Gardening, and Home Decor — all designed to foster a sense of calm, harmony, and healing. You can get a copy of Plantopia by Camille Soulayrol and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $14 Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart May 26, 1847 Today is the birthday of the little-remembered American poet Edgar Fawcett. Edgar wrote some popular garden verses. He wrote, "[A]ll life budding like a rose and sparkling like its dew." And Come rambling awhile through this exquisite weather Of days that are fleet to pass, When the stem of the willow shoots out a green feather, And buttercups burn in the grass! My favorite Edgar Fawcett verses feature trees. Here’s one about lovers speaking to each other using the language of birds: Hark, love, while...we walk, Beneath melodious trees… You'd speak to me in Redbreast; I would answer you in Wren! And finally, this verse is such a great reminder of the value of all green living things. We say of the oak "How grand of girth!" Of the willow we say, "How slender!" And yet to the soft grass clothing the earth How slight is the praise we render. Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
Join Nick and Shannon for an episode about finding your inspiration (because what a year we've all had). Nick starts things off with some excellent spells and tips for getting your inspiration on, and then gives us an intro to the sassiest Greek gods - the muses! Shannon introduces the bold and courageous Borage (Pale blue, cucumber flavored flowers? Yes please!). She also discusses a very strange conspiracy involving Nazis and fluoride...seriously. If you want to send these witches rubies, an invitation to Atlantis, or share some of your art, email WandsandFrondsPod@gmail.com or message them on Instagram @WandsandFrondsPod.
Today we celebrate a Quaker son of Pennsylvania who accomplished so much during his lifetime and left a legacy of botanical information for future generations. We'll also learn about a woman who, together with her husband, created an impressive arboretum in the middle of Iowa. We’ll hear some thoughts about spring from a Contemporary Turkish playwright, novelist, and thinker. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a fun fiction book about an adventurous young woman who joins an expedition in Yellowstone National Park at the end of the nineteenth century. And then we’ll wrap things up with the fascinating story of the Alaska State Flower - the Forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris). Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy. 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The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Important Events April 28, 1782 Today is the birthday of the botanist, physician, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, William Darlington. Like his fellow eminent botanists John Bartram, Humphry Marshall, and William Baldwin, William was born into a Quaker family in Pennsylvania. A native of West Chester, William received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. When William was a student, Benjamin Barton, the botanist and author of the first American botany textbook was an early mentor. After signing on as a surgeon for an East India merchant, William traveled to Calcutta. A year later, William returned to England and married Catharine Lacey, the daughter of a distinguished Revolutionary War General. Lacey supported William’s work. The Darlingtons were married for forty years and had four sons and four daughters. Two of their sons were named in honor of fellow botanists: their oldest son was Benjamin Smith Barton Darlington and their youngest son William Baldwin Darlington. The year 1826 was a big year for William Darlington. He organized and presided over the Chester County Cabinet of Natural Sciences, and he published his first edition of "Florula Cestrica," his summary of plants in West Chester, Pennsylvania. William was a saver and an archivist. Today, William’s work to preserve his letters with Humphry Marshall and John Bartram are much appreciated. In terms of legacy, one of William’s most valuable contributions to botanical history is his masterpiece called Memorials of Bartram and Marshall. In 1853, the botanist John Torrey named a new variety of California pitcher-plant for Darlington. He called it Darlingtonia Californica. As for William, his large herbarium and works were bequeathed to his beloved Chester County Cabinet of Natural Science. William was buried in Oaklands Cemetery, near West Chester. Twenty years earlier, William wrote his own epitaph in Latin - it is inscribed on his monument: "Plantae Cestrienses, quas dilexit atque illustravit, super tumulum ejus semper floreant" or May the plants of Chester, which he loved and documented, forever blossom over his grave. William's tombstone is crowned with a relief of Darlingtonia californica. April 28, 1916 Today is the birthday of the arboretum-maker Frances Bickelhaupt. Frances is remembered for the arboretum that she and her husband Robert created around their family home in Clinton, Iowa. During the 1960s and 1970s, Robert and Frances watched in dismay as Dutch Elm disease claimed the beautiful Elm-lined streets of their hometown. In response, Frances and Robert began planting a diverse range of trees on their 10-acre property. Now, Frances and Robert were exceptionally disciplined when it came to planting trees - they committed to grouping all the trees by species. Today, the Bickelhaupt Arboretum has a lovely collection of trees - including ash, beech, birch, crabapple, elm, hickory, honeylocust, linden, magnolia, and oak. Bickelhaupt also has a gorgeous conifer collection, regarded as the Arboretum’s crown jewel, and features many rare and dwarf conifers. In total, the Bickelhaupt Arboretum boasts over 2,000 different species of plants. In 2020, the Bickelhaupt Arboretum was damaged by the derecho ("duh-RAY-cho") - a widespread and severe windstorm that blew through the midwest on August 10, 2020. As a result of the derecho, Bickelhaupt lost 28 trees, and many more were damaged in the hurricane-force winds. The first course of action is clean up following by tree removal - for the trees were so damaged they could not be saved. Today, if you happen to visit the Bickelhaupt Arboretum, there is a poignant sculpture of Frances and Robert near the entrance. They are standing side by side, and Frances has one foot resting on the top of a shovel she holds against the earth. Unearthed Words In the winter, you may want the summer; in the summer, you may want the autumn; in the autumn, you may want the winter; but only in the spring you dream and want no other season but the spring! ― Mehmet Murat ildan (“MAY-met Moor-rat ILL-don,” Contemporary Turkish playwright, novelist, and thinker Grow That Garden Library Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith This fiction book came out in 2000, and it won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award for Fiction. In this book, Diane Smith tells the story of a young woman named A. E. (Alexandria) Bartram. A lively young woman and amateur botanist, Alexandria is invited on an expedition of Yellowstone in the spring of 1898. The leader of the expedition is a Montana professor who initially thought AE Bartram was a man. He was shocked to learn the truth when Alexandra joins the team. Still, it's full steam ahead 4 the group of scientists, and they embark on a summer of fascinating Adventures and a web of entangled relationships. The backdrop is, of course, the beauty of Yellowstone and 19th-century concerns about science, economics, and nature. This book offers a little bit of everything - botany, humor, adventure - and even romance. This book is 226 pages of fiction based on true American history, nature, science, and culture. You can get a copy of Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $1 Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart April 28, 1917 On this day, the State Flower of Alaska was adopted: the Wild Native Forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris "my-oh-SO-tiss al-pes-tris”). The Forget-me-not was part of the Alaskan culture long before it became the official state flower. During the Alaskan gold rush, the men formed lodges. A lodge called the Grand Igloo selected the Forget-me-not as the lodge emblem. Later on, women got involved with the lodge through auxiliaries. One pioneering Alaskan woman was Esther Birdsall Darling. Esther lived in Alaska from 1907 to 1918. She created a dog kennel in Nome and later started the first sled dog race. Esther became known worldwide when she began writing about her life in the north and her Alaskan sled dogs. Inspired by the “Forget-me-not” legislation, Esther wrote a poem dedicated to the State’s pioneers called “Forget-me-not.” It was included in the bill put before the legislature: So in thinking for an emblem For this Empire of the North We will choose this azure flower That the golden days bring forth, For we want men to remember That Alaska came to stay Though she slept unknown for ages And awakened in a day. So although they say we’re living In the land that God forgot, We’ll recall Alaska to them With our blue Forget-me-not. In the bill's margins, there were two handwritten verses (likely written by Esther) and often used as the first two verses to her original poem. A little flower blossoms forth On every hill and dale, The emblem of the Pioneers Upon the rugged trail; The Pioneers have asked it And we could deny them not; So the emblem of Alaska Is the blue Forget-me-not. The Forget-me-not is a member of the Borage family (Boraginaceae). In Floriography ("FLOOR-EE-ah-grah-FEE") or the language of flowers, the Forget-me-not flower represents true faithful love, fond memories, hope, and remembrance. In the middle ages, Forget-me-not was believed to be an effective treatment for scorpion bites. The buds of the flower curl like a scorpion's tail, which was believed to be a sign from nature. This is how Forget-me-not earned the common name Scorpion Grass. Celebrated in folklore, there are many stories about Forget-me-nots. The popular tale of how the Forget-me-not was named tells of a German knight walking by a river with his lady. When he stooped to pick a tiny flower, he lost his balance as he straightened to give the blossom to his beloved. He fell into the river and said, " Vergiss mein nicht." before being swept away. After the battle of Waterloo, the battlefield was covered with Forget-me-nots. The dainty flowers sprung up to mark the spots of fallen soldiers. When King Richard III banished Henry of Lancaster, he chose the Forget-me-not as a rallying symbol. The flower became an emblem for his followers. During the 20th-century, Germans planted Forget-me-nots to honor the fallen and were a special remembrance after WWI. In modern gardens, Forget-me-nots are especially beautiful in rock gardens and along water features like streams. On April 26, 1951, the Vermont Standard shared an adorable story about the Forget-me-not. “Professor Leon Dean of the English Department of UVM (The University of Vermont) spoke on the subject of "Vermont Folklore." He began by explaining that history is all about us… and that the learned historian no longer looks down upon the contributions of the local historian. Folklore, he said, can be adapted to [the] classroom… and the student can go from folklore to local, and national history. ...Even more important are people whose memories reach back in a chain - from generation to generation. Professor Dean gave the illustration of a country doctor who in the spring, would carry Forget-me-not seeds which he sprinkled on the waters of the streams he passed. In time these streams were lined with Forget-me-nots, a memorial when he was gone.” Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
“What I enjoy most about the farming lifestyle is being close to the Earth. Being outside helps us relax. The more we learn how to work with nature instead of trying to dominate nature, the happier and healthier both will be. We can receive better nutrition from the soil, but also we can be a society where we value what the soil feeds us and we give back to the Earth.” - Cory Suter What type of adventure awaits in your own backyard? Cory Suter, a fourth-generation gardener, has used edible landscaping to transform his home in Fairfax County into a bountiful harvest. Urban farming techniques have brought his family closer to the land and their food source while supporting local wildlife and nature. Cory shares his landscaping practices and how to get started transforming your yard into a healthy outdoor oasis. Let’s Go! Links Mentioned: Suters Glen Permaculture Farm: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/soil-water-conservation/sites/soil-water-conservation/files/assets/documents/june17gardentour2020.pdf Plants for Edible Landscaping: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/food-council/sites/food-council/files/assets/documents/pdf/edible%20landscaping%20plants%20workshop_09_10_19.pptx%20(1).pdf Fairfax Food Council: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/food-council/ Urban Agriculture Workgroup of the Fairfax Food Council: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/food-council/urban-agriculture Book - Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition: https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?mtype=B&keyword=Gaia%27s+Garden%3A+A+Guide+to+Home-Scale+Permaculture%2C+2nd+Edition&hs.x=0&hs.y=0 Edible Landscaping, Afton Virginia: http://ediblelandscaping.com/ Merrifield Garden Center: https://www.merrifieldgardencenter.com/ Movie – Kiss the Ground: https://kissthegroundmovie.com/ Book – Kiss the Ground: https://www.alibris.com/Kiss-the-Ground-How-the-Food-You-Eat-Can-Reverse-Climate-Change-Heal-Your-Body-Ultimately-Save-Our-World-Josh-Tickell/book/38400517?matches=18 Examples of Edible Ornamental Plants: Artichoke, Garlic Chives, Rosemary, Lemon Verbena Examples of Edible Flowers: Yellow Seladora Day Lily, Borage, Orange Nasturtium, Pansies, Pineapple Sage, Honeysuckle, Hen of the Woods Mushroom, Morel Mushroom Examples of Small Space Gardening: Green Beans, Lettuce, Thyme, mushrooms, microgreens Follow VAOA Podcast: Website: www.VirginiaOutdoorAdventures.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VAOAPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginia_outdoor_adventures/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VAOAPodcast
Content Warnings: Drug mention, Drug Use 0:46:30-0:51:00, Anti-Vaxxish Rhetoric (from an evil NPC) 1:24:00-1:28:00 [A Family Groupchat] MOM: I can't believe Borage is graduating (again haha kidding I love you son!!) GRANDMA: I'm so proud of him! Not many people can say they've collected four masters! COUSIN 1: Not sure most people try... AUNT: Comfrey, don't you start! This is your cousin's big day! AUNT 2: Besides, we're still waiting on someone to graduate, we may as well get our practice in COMFREY: Mom! GRANDMA: Be nice to one of my favorite nieces. COMFREY: "One of" COUSIN 2: She doesn't want to start a war lol GRANDPA: I WOULD LIKE A CAPPUCINO MOM: Dad, wrong chat haha but yes sure thing COMFREY: Shit, I want a Cappucino AUNT 2: LANGUAGE COUSIN 2: This is why you're not the favorite niece :P COUSIN 3: Borage, will your friend be there? ;) BORAGE: Doubtful, but I hope so! MOM 2: I hope so too, honey THIS WEEK on Harmony — The siblings start to sort out their place in this great, big galaxy. Does Joseph Steal? Does Cain grasp the intricacies of Criminal Conduct? Well, listener! If these are questions you'd like answered, then this is an episode you DARE NOT MISS! Hosted by Rowan (@ceardannan and @pom_and_fiber) Featuring Jack (@toyourstations and itch.io) as Cain, Julianna ([not found]) as Adam, Jenny (@hereticpride) as Noah, and Vince (@Windjammah) as Joseph Produced by Vince You can find the show (@Qomrades) on Twitter or at Qomrades.com Text by Vince Cover Art by Rowan! Note: Rowan has changed their name after this recording Thank you to Noel Shiri for the use of our Theme song "Sentient Babies" (Noel Shiri on Bandcamp and @noelshiri on Twitter) You can find Vince and Jack's other podcast at aapapappod You can find the Let's Plays Vince makes at TheHereticRoad.com
Kate Weiner and Kailea Frederick share about creativity, art, and beauty as integral to activism work. You’ll also hear about: Co-creating a world that values and priorities the health and wellbeing of future generations Embodied, reciprocity and holding space for nuance A reimagining of the matriarchy Kailea and Kate share a special announcement and new project by Loam ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Kailea Frederick (Loam Editor) is a mother and First Nations woman dedicated to supporting individuals of all cultures in remembering their ties to the earth. A graduate of the International Youth Initiative Program, she has in-depth training in interpersonal communication, community building across cultural and linguistic boundaries and large group facilitation. She is a Spiritual Ecology Fellow, and has served as a youth delegate twice to the United Nations Climate Change conferences (COP). Currently, Kailea offers facilitation and project consultation through her project Earth Is `Ohana and is a Climate Commissioner for the city of Petaluma. Kate Weiner (Loam Creative Director) is an environmental educator, writer, and gardener. Kate is a 2015 Brower Youth Award winner, a 2017 recipient of the John Goddard Prize for Environmental Conservancy, and a 2018 Spiritual Ecology Fellow. Kate was an Artist-in-Resident at Woodland Keep in the San Juan Islands as well as a beneficiary of the Boulder Arts Commission Professional Development Grant. She facilitates workshops across the country on low-waste living, permaculture in practice, and resilience, and has a Certificate in Permaculture Design from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. In this episode, we talk about: Kailea shares a spell by Brontë Velez on repatriation How flowers, activism, and literature, weave within Kate and Kailea’s story Kate shares the co-creation story of Loam How beauty is perceived as supplementary and not integral Flowers as an entry point into compassion and activism On why it’s easy to become cynical and overwhelmed in the current climate How Loam holds space for the unraveling of the human experience We speak on how to navigating crisis with beauty and art Creating spaciousness for future visioning How beauty helps us evoke the world we want to live in Why imagination is necessary for moving forward with hope and compassion How honoring beauty is honoring the sovereignty of other beings How beauty invokes gratitude Tuning in to the sensual and spiritual nature of the matriarchy A reimagining of the matriarchy How does it feel to be embodied How embodiment work invites in greater empathy and spaciousness How our bodies are the Earth The matriarchy as power within, not power over Creating a path to healing with plants Kailea and Kate share stories of how the plants speak to them On how the plants feel like home Kailea and Kate share a special announcement about a new project with Loam On Compassion in Crisis How we are born of crisis, yet have the capacity and the resilience to make it through challenging times Kate and Kailea share about the Loam Listen podcast and on current Loam publications and projects Plus so much more! Secret Episodes! Get past secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Kailea and Kate’s offerings at https://loamlove.com/ Support Loam on Patreon @loamlove Explore the Loam Listen Podcast Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret References: Embodied Plant Medicine workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/embodied-plant-medicine Alissa Maya https://akashaapothecary.com/ Cacao Ceremony workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/cacao-ceremony Naomi Love https://www.wisewombmedicinepath.com/ Episode 6 with Kailea Fredrick https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/spiritual-ecology-compassion-in-crisis-kailea-frederick Brontë Velez https://www.instagram.com/littlenows/ Alyssa Gonzalez https://www.instagram.com/alyssajgonzalez9/ Monsanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto Sweet Alyssum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobularia_maritima Borage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borage Calendula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendula How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong https://amz.run/4K6I California Poppy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschscholzia Lilacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringa_vulgaris Spiderwort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia Nasturtium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeolum Dahlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia Compassion in Crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compassionincrisis Compasión en tiempos de crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compasion-en-tiempos-de-crisis Milla Prince https://www.instagram.com/thewomanwhomarriedabe Nourishing the Nervous System by Tayla Shanaye https://loamlove.com/shop/nourishing-the-nervous-system Living Through Liminality https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_ysUmHeU9/ Black Histories / Black Futures Bookshelf https://bookshop.org/shop/loam Loam listen https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loam-listen/id1477513600 Amirio Freeman https://www.instagram.com/plantasia_barrino/ ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak
Kate Weiner and Kailea Frederick share about creativity, art, and beauty as integral to activism work. You’ll also hear about: Co-creating a world that values and priorities the health and wellbeing of future generations Embodied, reciprocity and holding space for nuance A reimagining of the matriarchy Kailea and Kate share a special announcement and new project by Loam ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Kailea Frederick (Loam Editor) is a mother and First Nations woman dedicated to supporting individuals of all cultures in remembering their ties to the earth. A graduate of the International Youth Initiative Program, she has in-depth training in interpersonal communication, community building across cultural and linguistic boundaries and large group facilitation. She is a Spiritual Ecology Fellow, and has served as a youth delegate twice to the United Nations Climate Change conferences (COP). Currently, Kailea offers facilitation and project consultation through her project Earth Is `Ohana and is a Climate Commissioner for the city of Petaluma. Kate Weiner (Loam Creative Director) is an environmental educator, writer, and gardener. Kate is a 2015 Brower Youth Award winner, a 2017 recipient of the John Goddard Prize for Environmental Conservancy, and a 2018 Spiritual Ecology Fellow. Kate was an Artist-in-Resident at Woodland Keep in the San Juan Islands as well as a beneficiary of the Boulder Arts Commission Professional Development Grant. She facilitates workshops across the country on low-waste living, permaculture in practice, and resilience, and has a Certificate in Permaculture Design from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. In this episode, we talk about: Kailea shares a spell by Brontë Velez on repatriation How flowers, activism, and literature, weave within Kate and Kailea’s story Kate shares the co-creation story of Loam How beauty is perceived as supplementary and not integral Flowers as an entry point into compassion and activism On why it’s easy to become cynical and overwhelmed in the current climate How Loam holds space for the unraveling of the human experience We speak on how to navigating crisis with beauty and art Creating spaciousness for future visioning How beauty helps us evoke the world we want to live in Why imagination is necessary for moving forward with hope and compassion How honoring beauty is honoring the sovereignty of other beings How beauty invokes gratitude Tuning in to the sensual and spiritual nature of the matriarchy A reimagining of the matriarchy How does it feel to be embodied How embodiment work invites in greater empathy and spaciousness How our bodies are the Earth The matriarchy as power within, not power over Creating a path to healing with plants Kailea and Kate share stories of how the plants speak to them On how the plants feel like home Kailea and Kate share a special announcement about a new project with Loam On Compassion in Crisis How we are born of crisis, yet have the capacity and the resilience to make it through challenging times Kate and Kailea share about the Loam Listen podcast and on current Loam publications and projects Plus so much more! Secret Episodes! Get past secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Kailea and Kate’s offerings at https://loamlove.com/ Support Loam on Patreon @loamlove Explore the Loam Listen Podcast Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret References: Embodied Plant Medicine workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/embodied-plant-medicine Alissa Maya https://akashaapothecary.com/ Cacao Ceremony workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/cacao-ceremony Naomi Love https://www.wisewombmedicinepath.com/ Episode 6 with Kailea Fredrick https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/spiritual-ecology-compassion-in-crisis-kailea-frederick Brontë Velez https://www.instagram.com/littlenows/ Alyssa Gonzalez https://www.instagram.com/alyssajgonzalez9/ Monsanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto Sweet Alyssum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobularia_maritima Borage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borage Calendula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendula How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong https://amz.run/4K6I California Poppy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschscholzia Lilacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringa_vulgaris Spiderwort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia Nasturtium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeolum Dahlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia Compassion in Crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compassionincrisis Compasión en tiempos de crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compasion-en-tiempos-de-crisis Milla Prince https://www.instagram.com/thewomanwhomarriedabe Nourishing the Nervous System by Tayla Shanaye https://loamlove.com/shop/nourishing-the-nervous-system Living Through Liminality https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_ysUmHeU9/ Black Histories / Black Futures Bookshelf https://bookshop.org/shop/loam Loam listen https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loam-listen/id1477513600 Amirio Freeman https://www.instagram.com/plantasia_barrino/ ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! 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Herbs are delicious and fragrant additions to a garden, whether a dedicated kitchen garden or as ornamental and edible accents in vegetable and flower gardens. But herbs can also be grown inside your home, protected from the elements and even closer to your kitchen. Whether you're growing herbs as houseplants year-round or just to get them through the winter before they go back outside, indoor herb gardening is rewarding as long as you are able to provide the care they need to thrive. In this episode of Granite State Gardening, UNH Extension's Emma Erler and Nate Bernitz share proven tips and solutions for all aspects of indoor herb gardening — from seed starting and care of newly purchased potted herbs to indoor/outdoor transitions and drying and cooking from your homegrown harvest. Featured question: germination testing of old seedsFeatured plant segment: borage Closing gardening tip: removing hazardous ice without harming your garden's soil. Connect with us at @askunhextension on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to the monthly Granite State Gardening newsletter. Email us questions, suggestions and feedback at gsg.pod@unh.edu Background Reading How to keep potted herbs from the supermarket alive longer: https://extension.unh.edu/blog/how-can-i-keep-potted-herbs-supermarket-alive-longer Soil for potted plants: https://extension.unh.edu/blog/what-best-soil-potted-plants Preserving herbs: https://extension.umn.edu/preserving-and-preparing/preserving-herbs-freezing-or-drying Cooking with herbs: https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/tips-cooking-fresh-herbs Germination testing: https://extension.unh.edu/blog/are-my-leftover-seeds-last-year-still-good-or-do-i-need-buy-new-ones Borage: https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b765 Breaking the ice: https://extension.unh.edu/blog/breaking-ice
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It is an honor to interview the man who introduced one of the first popular culinary science books and probably has inspired thousands of food science professionals, Harold McGee. Harold McGee’s writing style is unique because he really deep dives into a very specific topic. Food Science and culinary friends might recognize him from the book, On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, but now he has a new, stellar book about smells! Nose Dive, A Field Guide to the World of Smells is a fascinating book that dives into not just food smells, but also dives into other interesting smells such as flowers, the human body, and the stars! If you are a food scientist, having a grasp of smells, might be useful in your career. What is probably the best lesson from the famed author Harold McGee, is that he reinvented himself multiple times. His intent was actually being an astronomy but he pivoted multiple times form literature, and then food and what you discovered is that Harold McGee’s success comes from this unlimited curiosity whenever he is passionate in a subject. So these threads, from astronomy, to poetry, to cooking, to smells, has a common theme: intense curiosity. Lots of things to uncover in this interview. From the journey that Harold McGee took to write his smash hit, his lucky opportunity getting the book out there, and Harold’s thoughts on how food has eveolve din his life time. Also learn why Harold wrote a new book, and what he thinks about humans recreating animal-like products like meat and honey. He has a closer connection to it than you think. Show Notes Harold McGee wrote about food in 1970 I started writing about food because I couldn’t get a job in literature I did Astronomy first and then switched to literature Why did you get into Astronomy?: I recall a project in 2nd or 3rd grade Cal Tech I was able to study with a person who figured out that the elements were from the stars What got you into literature?: Standing looking in the stars had to do more with feelings and emotions rather than calculations and I realized I wanted to write What influenced your writing style?: I did a thesis on 19th century English poetry What is your opinion on Science and Art?: I try to not pigeon-hole science and try and shape it to be more understanding Liebig – Searing meats seal in the juices? Science doesn’t even have a lock on authority. My publisher liked me to talk about cooking, but to add stories when describing things. He really changed the way I write Keys to Good Cooking How do you write about a specific topic?: I really love research. Especially these days, we have the internet If you research a lot, you have to cut things?: Yes, I have a ton of left over notes. Who was talking with you when this book came out?: Actually, nobody in the 1980s. Nobody was really using unique cooking ingredients. Mimi Sheraton – Wrote an article on Time Magazine about the book and it exploded The people I heard form most were not professional cooks, but actually students who wanted to be professional cooks. They would try to get professional chefs to answer questions that wasn’t answered in the book but the chefs wouldn’t give them stellar advice How has food evolved in your life time?: More accessibility to more cool things. A growing interest in food and drink and experience. Food has evolved, hasn’t it?: Yes, how I ate and my kids ate is completely different My Food Job Rocks: I’m amazed about the complexity of cooking. And there’s more to come Let’s talk about the science of smells: I started to dive into flavors at first but then my curiosity took me to a new place: smells. Why did flowers have the same smell of oysters? Borage flowers have the same smell of oysters and cucumbers I had to talk to Flavor Chemists when we work together. How do you communicate smells?: Smells are based off of objective facts and biological memories. Training is all about training that database My job was to give a field guide to smells. Not fully subjective, but a mix of both In the book, there are tons of comparative tables If you “listen” to smells, you can actually get a lot more out of things Top Note Base Note Perfumers actually have a similar method on describing smells When you focus, the smells actually dissipate and you can understand the aroma better. Do you have a method of smelling?: I kind of “pump” my breath so you breathe out and you get some interesting smells. I create an accordion motion with my tongue and that gives me more of a sequence of experiences than one long understanding How do you feel about alternative meat?: Actually, my kids played soccer with Pat Brown’s kids so I knew him in the circles. One day, Pat called me and we had a talk about a crazy food idea that ended up being Impossible Foods. The products are getting closer and for the right reasons. I’m greatful for the personal happenstance that allowed me to get into that industry Will this help scientists?: Yes, it’s a good overview of understanding smells. It can help you be a human GCO in some sense GCO – Gas Chromatography What is one thing in the food industry you’d like to know more about?: I get a lot of alerts from science journals Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry Chemistry and Biodiversity Do you have any advice for someone to stretch their curiosity?: Yes, take advantage of the availability of information. You can get interested in something and go to Google Scholar and just type in a couple of key words and you’ll see amazing things that are published Don’t just limit yourself to a particular discipline or a particular field, they bloom when they synergize Where can we find you for advice?: Nose Dive should be on the shelves and also online stores I can be found at my website, HaroldMcGee.com
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THE GOOD EARTH Building Habitat for Native Bees This year, gardening has been taken up by many people who have never gardened before.But that’s not all, worm farming, keeping chickens and bee-keeping have become more popular because people are spending more time at home. You probably know there are honey bees and Australian native bees. But which type of bees pollinate your crops better or is there no difference?Let’s find out.. I'm talking with Margaret Mossakowska of www.mosshouse.com.au Margaret suggests build habitat for the native bees because they are so much better at pollinating your flowers, in particular veggies in the tomato family, than honey bees. Building native bee habitat can be bricks made from clay, or wood and other materials. Margaret's Clay Bricks Recipe Mix clay with water then 2 or 3 parts of sand. Margaret then pours the mix into moulds. One litre milk containers say from rice milk. When dry she drills various size holes into these 'clay' bricks and places them strategically around the garden. For 'blue banded bees,' or even 'teddy bear bees,' drill holes 6mm in size and 6cm deep. The bees will excavate the holes further. Bees will also next in bricks where the mortar has worn out. Most native bees are dormant or die during the Australian winters. Flower are important from spring onwards. Plant flowering trees with small flowers such as melaleucas or paperbarks. Borage is also an excellent plant for bees because it has a high percentage of protein and sugar in the pollen and nectar. Perennial basil is also fantastic for not only attracting bees but hover flies and other beneficial insects to the garden. Why not also let some parsley or coriander go to seed. Provide some water for the bees-not deep, and include some pebbles so the bees don't drown. Plant saucers are ideal for this purpose. If you have questions for Margaret about keeping native bees, or have information to share, drop us a line to realworldgardener@gmail.com
New book alert! Tangletongue and Emberheart set off on their next great adventure as they begin Super Edition: Firestar’s Quest! And things are starting spooky with ghost cats? Anyway, Tawnypaw for President!!! We want to let our listeners know that Black Live Matter, today and everyday. If you are looking for resources here is a good place to start: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ PS. Sorry about Tangletongue’s bad audio! Whoops! Book: Super Edition: Firestar’s Quest Music : “Happy Boy Theme” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.
Talk to a Dr. Berg Keto Consultant today and get the help you need on your journey (free consultation). Call 1-540-299-1557 with your questions about Keto, Intermittent Fasting or the use of Dr. Berg products. Consultants are available Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 9 pm EST. Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 5 pm EST. USA Only. Take Dr. Berg's Free Keto Mini-Course! Today, we're going to talk about rheumatoid arthritis, and I'm going to share a few amazing natural rheumatoid arthritis remedies. I want to expand my past list to include a few more of the best remedies for rheumatoid arthritis. The past rheumatoid arthritis remedies I've talked about before: 1. Intermittent fasting 2. Vitamin D 3. Potassium 4. Ozone 5. Zinc 6. Oregano 7. Healthy keto A few new remedies for rheumatoid arthritis: 8. Borage oil 9. Cats claw 10. Cod liver oil 11. Hydrotherapy 12. Lactobacillus 13. Thunder god vine Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio: Dr. Berg, 51 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in weight loss through nutritional & natural methods. His private practice is located in Alexandria, Virginia. His clients include senior officials in the U.S. government & the Justice Department, ambassadors, medical doctors, high-level executives of prominent corporations, scientists, engineers, professors, and other clients from all walks of life. He is the author of The 7 Principles of Fat Burning. FACEBOOK: fb.me/DrEricBerg?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Anchor TWITTER: http://twitter.com/DrBergDC?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Post&utm_campaign=Daily%20Post YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/drericberg123?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Anchor DR. BERG'S SHOP: https://shop.drberg.com/?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Anchor MESSENGER: https://www.messenger.com/t/drericberg?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Anchor DR. BERG'S VIDEO BLOG: https://www.drberg.com/blog?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Anchor
All you Gotta do is summon it. Courage is within your heart… Guess you just gotta wake it up and take that first step forward. Find the inner strength to face your illusions of fear. Many thanks to all the beautiful herbs today like Motherwort, Borage, Thyme and Mullein! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/herboracle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/herboracle/support
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Borage is exactly what we need! Well what I need this week… Courage, optimism and finding grace! So many beautiful messages plus this is my favorite flower to eat because it’s so damn delicious. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/herboracle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/herboracle/support
So, let’s talk about Thinking Safety First Your skin soaks up chemicals like a sponge, so you need to be extremely careful about what you put on it. (The same goes for what you put in your body.) Even though essential oils are bioactive compounds, these highly concentrated ingredients can interact with your skin, possibly causing an allergic response or contact dermatitis (also known as sensitization). This is not to scare you away from using essential oils. They are actually at the bottom of the list of chemicals that can cause reactions with overexposure. Believe it or not, it is safer to use essential oils than to plunge into a chlorinated swimming pool! Still, your body is not designed to have these oils slathered on “neat.” Rather, you need to dilute them with what is called a carrier oil. Trust us, friends don’t let friends use essential oils neat. As a general rule of thumb, you will use three drops of essential oils to each tablespoon of carrier oil in topical applications. If you have particularly sensitive skin, you might want to start with half that much essential oils. Carrier oils are fatty extracts, usually cold-pressed from such sources as almonds, olives, and coconuts, that make an excellent medium to disperse the more concentrated essential oil across your skin. Unlike essential oils, carrier oils are nutritive. They also have healing properties of their own, such as being soothing and anti-inflammatory.
Today we celebrate the Landscape Architect, who left a mark on over 50 towns in the United States. We'll learn about The Botany Man, who helped start The Sierra Club. We'll hear beautiful words about the mists of November from two of the world's best nature writers. We Grow That Garden Library with the book written by the wife of the author of Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. I'll talk about getting your outdoor rugs cleaned, and then we'll wrap things up with the story of an award-winning botanical writer who was once tutored by Nathaniel Lord Britton. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events. 1. Here's a very helpful video tutorial on How to Make a Compost Bin for Next to Nothing from Richard Spencer @RS_Garden_Care. I really like the simplicity and functionality of this. 2. Excellent Hedge Planting Advice from Buckingham Nurseries. It made me of that saying... The best time to plant a tree (or a hedge) was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. 3. Here are Six Hardy Annuals to Sow in Autumn for a beautiful Spring & Summer from @theenglishgarde Think California Poppy, Centaurea, Borage, Love-in-a-Mist, Calendula, & Clary sage. I'd also add Cornflower and Larkspur! Book Winner: Kathy Brown The Garden in Every Sense and Season by Tovah Martin Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck - because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So there’s no need to take notes or track down links - the next time you're on Facebook, just search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Brevities #OTD Happy Winter's Day! In the Old English poem of the Anglo-Saxon Calendar known as the Menologium, November 7th is considered to be the first day of winter - 'Winter's Day.' According to the poem, winter has 92 days, lasting from November 7th to February 6th. #OTD Today is the birthday of the American landscape designer Warren H Manning who was born on this day in 1860. The day Manning was born, his father recorded the moment in his diary: "At five minutes past 12 this morning, we had a son born to us. He is strong and healthy to all appearances. I set Hackett at work to dig the hole while I planted the Elm tree to commemorate the day that our first child was born. I think that there should be a tree planted at the birth of every child so that in the after times it may be seen which is most useful." Manning's dad was undoubtedly proud of his son, who worked on design projects in almost every state in the country. Manning started out as an apprentice to Frederick Law Olmsted before going out on his own. Ultimately, Manning designed on all types of properties, from estates to golf courses and everything in between. All told, his portfolio included over 1,600 projects. One of the signature aspects of Manning's practice was promoting "Wild Gardens." Wild gardens appealed to Manning because they were more affordable (at least initially) for his clients compared to formal gardens. Adding wild spaces meant that Manning would generally get an opportunity to follow up on his projects as they usually needed some fine tunings. Then, third, many of Manning's private wild garden designs ended up becoming a gift to the community. And Manning was always thrilled to see more natural areas transitioned into public spaces. The Birmingham artist and Landscape Architect Frank Hartley Anderson gave a moving tribute to Manning upon his death: "Fifty other towns and cities today arc better places to live because of the vision of Warren H. Manning. Eleven hundred communities, in part, were made pleasanter places through his 50 years of wholehearted service." #OTD Today is the anniversary of the death of The Botany Man Willis Linn Jepson, who died on this day in 1946. Carved on his tombstone are the following words: “Profound Scholar, Inspiring Teacher, Indefatigable Botanical Explorer, ... In the ordered beauty of nature, he found enduring communion.” When Jepson was 25, he created the Sierra Club along with John Muir and Warren Olney. During Jepson's junior year at Berkeley, he decided to start a diary. His diaries became known as his field books. Like many botanists, Jepson was an archivist at heart, and he recorded everything - not just dates, but as much as he could. It was a practice Jepson never abandoned and resulted in over fifty Jepson field books. In 1894, Jepson began to think seriously about creating a Flora of California. As long as he was working on the flora, Jepson thought he might as well create a herbarium, which he considered to be his legacy. Although Jepson often said he disliked common names, he came up with many on his own. He once named a plant Mountain Misery after suffering the after-effects of walking through it. By the early 1900s, automobiles were becoming mainstream, but Jepson warned, “You must still go afoot if a real botanist. No field botanist should become soft and travel only in an auto.“ Jepson had started numbering plants for his flora in 1899. His last specimen was No. 27,571 - the Salsola kali - a little plant commonly known as Prickly Russian Thistle. Jepson collected it on October 28, 1945. Earlier that year, Jepson suffered a heart attack when he attempted to cut down a dead Almond tree on his ranch. Sadly, he never fully recovered, and on this day in 1946, Jepson passed away. Jepson impacted many botanists. One was Mary Bowerman, who was one of Jepson's doctoral students. She wrote once, “Little did I know, 65 years ago, that my senior project would become my life‘s work.“ Another botanist influenced by Jepson was George Dexter Butler. Butler's story is unusual. He was trained as a lawyer, but his passion was botany. Yet, he put his botanical efforts aside to raise his family. But when he was 56, he passed by a book store in Oakland. The store had a copy of Jepson's Flora. His time to pursue botany had come, and the trigger was that little book written by Willis Lynn Jepson. #OTD A year ago today, we said goodbye to Irvin M Williams, who died on this day in 2018 at the age of 92. Williams served as Chief Horticulturist at the White House from 1962 to 2008, becoming the longest-serving gardener in White House history. Williams helped develop the Rose Garden during the Kennedy administration. He once said that the Merion bluegrass that made up the famous White House lawn as "the best grass you can have." Unearthed Words Today is the birthday of the poet Ruth Pitter who was born on this day in 1897 As a gardener herself, Ruth had an excellent understanding of flowers. Pitter once shared that she liked to write her poetry only after she finished bother her chores and her gardening. My favorite book by Pitter is The Rude Potato. It's is a very witty and entertaining collection of poems about gardens and gardeners. Here's a verse from Ruth Pitter about November from her 1941 book called The Diehards: "All in November's soaking mist We stand and prune the naked tree, While all our love and interest Seem quenched in the blue-nosed misery." On this day in 1855, Henry David Thoreau was writing about the November mist as well: "Another drizzling day, — as fine a mist as can fall... My thoughts are concentrated; I am all compact. The solitude is real, too, for the weather keeps other men at home. This mist is like a roof and walls over and around, and I walk with a domestic feeling... The world and my life are simplified. What now of Europe and Asia ?" Today's book recommendation: Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katherine White After Katherine separated from her first husband, she married E.B. White, who was the author of three beloved children’s books, Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte’s Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In the early 1930s, Katherine and E.B. bought a farmhouse in North Brooklin, Maine. By the end of the decade, they moved there from New York. White began writing garden pieces for The New Yorker in 1958. Onward and Upward in the Garden (1979) is her only book, edited and published posthumously by her husband E.B. White. Gardeners especially enjoy EB White's tenderly written preface to his gardener wife. You can get a used copy and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for $3. Today's Garden Chore Get your outdoor rugs cleaned. Sonny had an accident in the front room this week. When the carpet cleaner arrived, I asked if they could clean the outdoor rugs, and even the natural fibered welcome mat got a makeover with a quick professional clean. It was the perfect first step toward getting the house ready for the holidays. Next week is all about putting together containers and pots for the holidays. Something Sweet Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart On this day in 1967, The Daily Times out of Salisbury, Maryland, reported the death of botanist and author Norman Taylor who died on November 5th. Taylor immigrated from England with his parents when he was a little boy. He was very sickly and was not able to stay in school. In his early 20's, Taylor was hired to work at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) by Nathaniel Lord Britton. It was a lucky break for Taylor as Brittain became his personal tutor in Botany, taking Taylor along on expeditions to the Caribbean. Taylor also worked as the curator of plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. There, he came up with the idea of a Garden Dictionary. It brought Taylor accolades and popularity. His obituary in The Daily Times shared what Taylor considered one of his most significant endeavors: "Besides writing over a dozen books and articles by the score on botany, Mr. Taylor is responsible for what he considered a "terrific undertaking." This was the amount of work required in framing 33,000 botanical definitions for Webster's New International Dictionary, second edition, published by Houghton, Mifflin Co. 1933-36." Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
Today we celebrate the Frenchman who designed the very first secateurs or pruners and the Italian orphan who grew up to discover the corpse flower. We'll learn about the Dutch botanist who was trying to figure out what was going on with his tobacco plants and made a significant discovery for science. We'll hear the Autumn Garden Poem that highlights the crimson of the sumac and the woodbine "For the pageant of passing days." We Grow That Garden Library with a cookbook called Flowers in the Kitchen by Susan Belsinger. I'll talk about gathering up your empty containers and pots as well as protecting any ironwork, and then we'll travel back in time to 1875 to hear some thoughts about Autumn Work in the garden. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events. Earlier this month, on October 10th, the world celebrated World Mental Health Day. There was a lovely article featured in Thrive - an organization using gardening to change lives. "As a charity focussed on promoting the health benefits of gardening, Thrive knows how time spent in gardens and nature can bring significant mental health benefits. [They] see and hear how it helps people cope when times are tough." "We see how gardening can reduce stress and anxiety, how the process of nurturing plants can give fragile people a sense of achievement which in turn builds confidence, self-esteem, quality of life and, ultimately, hope." Most gardeners often joke that gardening is cheaper than therapy. But the truth is that gardening is therapeutic. Connecting with nature is restoratives. Monty Don, Gardeners' World presenter, said this about gardening, "However you come at it, whoever prescribes it or gets you to do it, gardening heals." Thrive shared the comments of young people they had worked within the garden. The kids were 12-16 years old with severe psychological and psychiatric disorders like bulimia and anorexia. They worked in the garden and reported: ‘Gardening takes my mind off things.’ ‘I feel happier and less anxious.’ ‘It has helped me be more sociable and to be able to distract myself when I feel bad.’ This is why, at The Daily Gardener, I make a point of giving you ideas and ways to keep connecting with nature all year long - even throughout the winter. It's why I end the show every day with: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day." So, there you go - the best reason to garden - staying physically healthy and mentally healthy. If you see or know of someone struggling, please tell them about the surprising benefits of gardening. Here's a friendly reminder to keep visiting your farmer's markets and local farmers. They still have plenty of excellent produce to buy. Think pears, apples, winter squash, pumpkin, brussel sprouts, broccoli, parsnips, beets, and sweet potatoes. And, if you feel so inclined, bring along an extra hot chocolate or coffee for the sellers, I know they always appreciate that this time of year and who knows? You might just make a new friend. Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck- because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So there’s no need to take notes or track down links - just head on over to the group - and join. Brevities #OTD Today is the birthday of Count Bertrand de Molleville, who was born on this day - 275 years ago - in 1744. During the French Revolution, Molleville escaped to England, where he developed the secateurs or the pruner. He created them to help with pruning grapevines - something he was all too familiar with back home in France. Before the secateurs, a knife or small machete was the primary tool used to prune grapes vines and fruit trees. That said, by 1840, there was actually a riot over the use of the secateurs in a small French town. When the town agricultural committee met to decide whether the secateurs should replace the pruning knife in the vineyards, over 300 farm workers showed up and marched in the streets to protest the decision. The workers felt that the humble secateurs would replace the need for so many vinedressers. Ah, technology. #OTD On this day in 1843 the New England Farmer shared a simple update to the nation: Wisconsin, it is said, will have for sale this year, 1,000,000 bushels of wheat. #OTD Today is the anniversary of the death of Odoardo Beccari, who died on this day in 1920. After growing up an orphan, Beccarri managed to get an education in his native Italy, and he eventually traveled to England to study at Kew. Beccarri was friends with Hooker and Darwin, but he also befriended James Brooke, which meant he was able to spend three years exploring Borneo. During his lifetime, Becarri traveled all over India, Malaysia, and New Zealand. But it was on a little voyage he took to central Sumatra (in Indonesia) in 1878 that Beccarri discovered the plant with which he will forever be associated: the Amorphophallus titanum - or the Titan arum- the largest flower in the world. Seven years later, in 1885, the first Titan arum specimen bloomed at Kew, and when it happened, it created a sensation. Today, the Titan arum bloom still draws thousands of visitors. People love to take a selfie in front of the giant blooming plant. The flower is commonly referred to as the corpse flower as it smells like rotting flesh. In a fascinating article, scent scientists recently identified the compounds that make up that terrible smell. The odor includes aspects of cheese sweat, rotting fish, decomposing meat, and garlic, among even worse items that I won't mention here. And, it takes the corpse flower a decade before it can bloom. The putrid smell is meant to attract beetles and other insects to move pollen between blooming plants so that it can reproduce. Incredibly, the plants only bloom for 24-36 hours before collapsing. Between that first bloom at Kew (back in 1885) and the year 2000, fewer than 50 Titan arum blooms had been recorded. But, in 2016, suddenly dozens of corpse flowers around the world bloomed within weeks of each other. Horticulturists are still attempting to discern the reason for the clustered bloom event. #OTD During this week in 1990, the Longview Newspaper shared a cautionary article about the upcoming flu season. Buried in the story was this reminder: "A hundred years ago, a Dutch botanist discovered a disease-carrying micro-organism smaller than bacteria and called it a virus, the Latin word for poison." The unnamed botanist was Martinus Beijerinck (pronounced “by-a-rink”), who was searching for the reason tobacco plants were dying. In his research, Beijerinck ground up some diseased tobacco leaves and then pressed the juices through a bacteria filter. He was utterly shocked when the filtered, bacteria-free liquid still spread the disease. After reviewing his experiment, Beijerinck concluded that a "contagious living fluid" was the culprit, and he called it a virus. Today, two of the most common viruses are the flu and the common cold. #OTD Today is the 8th anniversary of the death of the botanist Bernard Verdcourt or who died on this day in 2011. For over 60 years, Bernard Verdcourt was known as "BV" to his colleagues at Kew. Verdcourt specialized in East African flora, and he had an unrivaled knowledge of around 4,000 species. He was also an expert on snails and slugs. (Kind of a unique combination of interests). Verdcourt's passion for snails was a hobby he happily cultivated. Somehow he found time to publish work on mollusks in addition to the 1,000 articles he wrote about botany. He wrote all of his 1220 papers and books by hand. Rumor has it that the Kew typing pool felt BV had the second most terrible handwriting at Kew. BV didn't shy away from controversy. He enjoyed bringing adversaries together to watch them work through their issues. He couldn't abide fools or sports. He could be cantankerous, but he was also kind and helpful to young botanists. Unearthed Words Autumn Song Shall we not grow with the asters? - Never reluctant nor sad, Not counting the cost of being, Living to dare and be glad. Shall we not lift with the crickets A chorus of ready cheer, Braving the frost of oblivion, Quick to be happy here? The deep red cones of the sumach And the woodbine's crimson sprays Have bannered the common roadside For the pageant of passing days. These are the oracles Nature Fills with her holy breath, Giving them glory of color, Transcending the shadow of death. - Bliss Cameron, Canadian Poet Laureate Now it's time to Grow That Garden Library with today's book: Flowers in the Kitchen by Susan Belsinger. As Susan reminds us in the intro to her cookbook, "Petals or whole blossoms of many common garden flowers add color, flavor, and drama to simple recipes." Susan incorporates 50 different flowers into her recipes - from Borage and Fennel flowers to Marigolds and Pineapple Sage flowers. Each flower is introduced with a photo followed by growing hints and instructions for preparing them for the recipe that follows. This book came out in 1990. You can get used copies using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $2. This book intrigued me so much that I went back and looked at what newspapers were saying about it in 1990. When they featured Susan's book, newspapers shared some of her go-to recipes like: Golden Corn Muffin with Calendula Petals, Herbed Cucumber Dip with Borage Blossoms (the borage supposedly echos the taste of the cucumber), Berries with Sweet Woodruff, Dandelion Mushrooms, Nasturtiums Stuffed with Albacore Tuna, Nasturtiums with Guacamole, and my favorite, Marigold Rice - which I think sounds perfect for the holidays. Today's Garden Chore Todays a great day to gather up your collections in the garden; look for empty containers, pots, and garden ornaments. There are a few things I use outside to keep my extra pots and garden items looking great. First, I like to use ironwork like an old bakers rack or iron stand of some kind for stacking my clay pots. I line the inside of the pot with burlap before stacking the pots, so they don't stick together. Second, for my ironwork, all of that will get one last shot of clearcoat (ideally) before winter sets in. This year, it sounds like the cold is really coming early - just in time for Halloween. Lastly, consider bringing a few items indoors to enjoy during the winter. Some of my favorite pieces are things that weren't necessarily the star of the show outside - but they transform into something wonderfully grounding when you bring them indoors. Think of old cracked containers or items with patina. I love to pair an older, smaller container with one of the robin's nests that survived over the summer. They all come indoors and add a touch of something natural and rustic, which is quite lovely when layered in with the more refined decor of a home. Something Sweet Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart We're going to travel back in time, about 144 years ago, and read William Taylor's thoughts on Autumn Work that he shared in The Nottinghamshire Guardian on this day in 1875. He wrote: WHAT a relief to the flower gardener to bid farewell to the summer of 1875! The work has been quite double that of ordinary seasons; weeds and grass have grown as they never grew before, while the more tender plants in beds have scarcely grown at all. Now and then, we had a gleam of sunshine to cheer and encourage us to make another effort, and again and again, as soon as we began to get a little tidy came a thunderstorm or a hurricane, thwarting all our attempts at neatness. Gardeners, however, never give up for [such] trifles, and it is not till October is here that we acknowledge ourselves beaten. The trees are now putting on their autumnal tints; Elms and Tulip Trees are being arrayed in the brightest of gold, [...] Leaves of every hue are playing about in the gentle breeze as they fall to rustle beneath our feet. What a mistake to run after every leaf with a barrow and a besom as it falls! What a waste of time and a want of taste! Gather them up certainly before they begin to decay on the walks and so discolor them. But, employers, please remember that October is a month in which trimness is impossible out-of-doors, and if it were not impossible, it would still be undesirable. And there is another reason for not insisting on too much trimness in October; it is a month in which the professional gardener has two seasons at once. In one respect, his new year begins somewhere about Michaelmas, the same time as the Russian Violet commences flowering. Forcing has to be prepared for in earnest, planting pushed forward with all possible speed—evergreens first, and fruit trees immediately afterwards. Pruning has also to be finished, with the modern gardener, before Christmas, and where there is much to do must be commenced with early. Currants are already fit for the secateurs; Gooseberries will shortly be, then Plums, Morellos, and Peaches. After the first leaves are ripe, the sooner such trees are pruned, the better. The secateurs, or French pruning-shears, is a very handy little instrument; its total length is about 9 inches, and its weight half a pound. It can be gripped with the whole hand, and consequently does not tire the operator like the ordinary shears; it cuts clean as a knife, and by its aid, the pruner can do his work much faster than with a knife. No one who has used it for one season will go without it till a better instrument is invented, which will probably be some time first. Digging, trenching, potting bedding plants, planting box-edging, laying turf, storing fruit and vegetables, sheltering tender plants, and a multiplicity of other things too numerous to write of, all want doing now, and it is altogether an exceedingly busy month. Gardeners generally have [less work] during August and September. They are enabled to look round themselves at home, and often to make a little tour and pick up useful hints from others of the fraternity; they then begin about October with renewed vigor to work for another year. This year, however, I know many have found it impossible to keep up with their work, and consequently, anything like relaxation has been out of the question. [...] The work is so exciting and so intensely satisfying that it is almost impossible for an enthusiast to think of his health while he is behind with his work, and consequently, many go on till nature can no longer stand it. I would ask employers, then, if they happen to possess an excellent and enthusiastic gardener whom they value, to be careful just now and not tax him too much, for there are some hundreds at this moment which if they had another straw placed on their backs would breakdown. But enough of this. Autumn is here. Bright and breezy autumn, I give you a hearty welcome; you shut out of sight forever our dismal wintry summer; you release me from floricultural millinery, and put an end for a time to my polychromatic disappointments. I go to enjoy my vacation with a spade and a pruning-hook, for the most perfect rest is a change of occupation.—William Taylor. Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
In today's podcast Mason chats to Susan Van Daal. Susan is a passionate practitioner of the Ayurvedic healing sciences. Susan believes that the "potential for healing lies in understanding nature, connecting with nature and adjusting to nature.“ Specialising in digestive health, with a focus on food as medicine, Susan incorporates her knowledge in the areas of Qigong, postnatal care, the emotional freedom technique (EFT) and biochemical science to guide her clients on the path of their own good health. Mason and Susan discuss: Ayurvedic medicine. Digestive health. Food and plants as medicine. Mindset as a tool for creating health in the body. The power of intention when using herbs to heal. Ayurveda and postnatal care. Who Is Susan Van Daal? Susan van Daal is an Ayurvedic practitioner, doula and founder of Inanna care. Inanna care is the embodiment of her call to inspire vital living, health, and longevity. Susan guides people through the healing of digestive disorders, such as IBS, Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's and supports women through different stages of feminine health: from fertility through pregnancy, birth and postpartum. A significant vector of her work is healing through food and plants as medicine. Her ambition is to transform other people’s lives by sharing nature’s laws and rhythms based on Ayurveda. Resources: Susan's Website Prakriti by Robert Svoboda Textbook of Ayurveda by Vasant Lad The Yoga of Herbs' by David Frawley and Vasant Lad Dravyaguna for Westerners' by Atreya Smith *A few of the Ayurvedic terms Mason asked Susan to pronounce in the chat: Cedrus deodara (latin name) Devdaru (sanskrit name) (Himalayan Cedar wood) - is a very powerful herb especially for the Kapha dosha. This herb is a strong tonic that acts as a expectorant, carminative and laxative, while creating a calming effect on the mind. The moment before sunrise is called Brahma - muhurta Anupanus - is a substance, such as ghee, that helps medicinal herbs reach deeper or more specific tissues in the body. Q: How Can I Support The SuperFeast Podcast? A: Tell all your friends and family and share online! We’d also love it if you could subscribe and review this podcast on iTunes. Or check us out on Stitcher :)! Plus we're on Spotify! We got you covered on all bases ;P Check Out The Transcript Here: Mason: Hey, everybody and hello to you, Susan. How are you? Susan: I'm good. I'm losing my... Mason: Thank you for inviting me into your home. So, Susan Van Daal, you're up here in the Topanga Hills. Well, I'll let you explain what you do, but where do you have your Ayurvedic practitioner clinic? Are you working out of here or are you nearby? Susan: Yeah, I work from home, but I work also as a doula, so then I'm visiting clients. I give massages at people's place, but most of the sessions I do actually through Skype now, if I'm not working in postpartum areas. Mason: Okay. This conversation's just blown out into so many different areas that we're going to be able to go at it from. Just to give everyone a world... you're from Netherlands. Whereabouts are you? Susan: Yeah. I'm from a small town actually in the south of the Netherlands, which I've lived in for quite awhile. Then I moved to Lisbon and now I came here in half a year ago, building up my practice here. Mason: Okay. And you were practicing in those places as well? Susan: In Lisbon, I had my Ayurvedic practice, yes. Mason: Okay. Where did you study? Susan: I'm still studying, because I think it's a more lifetime commitment. I think that you... Mason: Good, trick question. Susan: Exactly. Once you start Ayuveda or yoga, whatever the sutras are endless. So I can keep on studying forever- Mason: Yeah, and a better question is, what's been your track and your inspirational path to learning so far? Susan: I think my personal experience was really the trigger to go down this route. I mean, nine years ago, I got an autoimmune disease, ulcerative colitis, and I came in touch with this book, it was called, just David Frawley, a book about Ayurveda and herbs. And I came in touch with Sankhya philosophy and felt really for me- Mason: What philosophy was it? Susan: Sankhya philosophy is one of the six Hindu philosophies of how matter or substances are created and how the universe exists. And it was not even related to my disease, necessarily, not directly, but it opened up a certain, whatever, channel. I don't know what it was. But it was familiar like, "Okay, this is truth. This for me true." And- Mason: But you went from a static mental model of what it was going to look like for you with an autoimmune disease, kind of like- Susan: Yeah, I was in Western and Western process and doctors had said, "Well, you need to take this medication for the rest of your life." Mason: You were like- Susan: And I thought, "Well..." Mason: It's such a common story, but and at the same time very unique. And, obviously, as you know in your experience, you go from you've bought into an official story that you're getting from an industry or a culture, which doesn't even have to be sadistic in nature, it's just their official story and their world. And, boom, and all of a sudden you crack the egg with something like that on your own. Susan: Exactly. I was reading that, how that [inaudible 00:02:22], so how consciousness and matter came together and how that's actually the subtlety of our existence of the universe. And then I thought, "Well, if this is how life is about, then I should connect in a different way with food, with my lifestyle, because I was not living a very good lifestyle. At the moment, I was studying and enjoying whatever, everything. Mason: Yep, partying. Susan: Food, parties, and everything. And it was just a radical shift, the book was more like kind of a spiritual awakening or something and triggered me to go more into the Ayurvedic philosophy. So first I started to study myself. For a few years I was just reading books and trying to heal my own foundation and basically I'd gotten really quite far with that. Then I thought, "No, I really need to change my life and help other people with the same kind of conditions." And then I started to study with a few Indian doctors, Dr. Shailesh, he's based in Pune, and then- Mason: By correspondence, or? Susan: No, I started at the Academy of Ayurvedic studies in Holland and they were collaborating with these two Indian doctors. Yeah. And then I continued afterwards. Mason: So, I know we can go down a rabbit hole on this, with the autoimmunity- Susan: Yeah. Mason: From your perspective, coming at it from an Ayurvedic lifestyle and medicine approach, herbal approach, were there... I know, and we've got a very high IQ listener here, so, permission to simplify. They know how huge it is to shift something like that and to get to the point now whether you feel like you're clear or in management more it'd be great to hear as well. But what are some of the pillar steps for you that you took in to get on top of that? Susan: Yeah. So it's like a process that took a few years, right? I couldn't change... although I quit it almost after a few months that I was working with some sort of Ayurvedic principals I could equate with the medications. But it's longer transition that I've been going through, of course, and I think it will end when I die, of course. So, it started, I think, to take out some elements of my diet. Mainly the standard things like dairy, meat, things that are hard to digest, because ulcerative colitis is a- Mason: Do you want to explain it a little bit? Yeah. Susan: Yeah, ulcerative colitis is inflammation of the large intestine. It's fairly similar to the disease of Crohn's, but then Chron can expand also to small intestine, stomach, and everything. So ulcerative colitis is only in the large intestine. So, yeah, the first question that I asked seeing the doctor, I was like, "Okay, the food, maybe, that I eat might affect my intestine, right?" And then he said, "Oh, it's not scientific. No food for that." Susan: And then I started to read about these things and, for example, pork meat sits for like 72 hours in your digestive track before you eliminate it, compared to 18 hours that fruit takes, for example. So, from that perspective, actually, it's almost like a biochemical approach, right? You just look at what does this substance do to your body and how much effort and energy does the body needs to put into it to digest it? And you can have a- Mason: Well, especially if you're in a place of deficiency and inflammation. Susan: Exactly, exactly. It's not meat or dairy at all, it just means that you need to select the foods carefully that meet your digestive fire. Mason: Ama? Susan: Yeah. Mason: I hear some things. I pick up some Ayurvedic [crosstalk 00:05:31] Susan: Yeah, yeah. I was doing a [inaudible 00:05:34] maybe I'm maybe a little bit drifting off. Mason: That's okay, I mean, diet of course was that first step. Susan: Diet was the first thing, and then of course meditation, having a routine. Routine was maybe the most important thing. Having dinner [inaudible 00:05:45] Mason: What's that? Susan: Kind of like a famous thing in Ayurveda is actually how you organize your life, your routine in the morning, especially. How to tune into circadian rhythms so you wake up at a set time at Brahama Muhurta, the most ideal time to wake up so actually around sunrise. Mason: Was that term, what was the word you that just used? Susan: Brahama Muhurta? That's the time before the sun rises, basically, because then the energy on earth is different. Mason: The hive mind hasn't awoken yet. Susan: Exactly. So if you wake up then, meditate... Nowadays I include different modalities. I don't believe that you just have to stick to just Ayurveda and yoga because yoga and Ayurveda are related. So I include a lot of [00:06:25] in my practice because for me, that's the most soothing practice I've encountered. And I'm a Vatta-Pitta, I need to have very soothing practices in the morning. Yeah, to calm to start the day in a peaceful and mindful way. Mason: I'm curious about your being a practitioner now. So you've gone down that route where you are helping and creating. Susan: Yeah. Mason: You've experienced it yourself. I'm sure you have practitioners, especially going down you had that route. It sounds like you really took it on yourself. You had your structure, so you're in a healing pattern, you limited your diet for a few years while you were healing, you had a structure for a practice in the morning while you were healing. Now, you'd be utilizing those in your practice but yet you're stepping beyond that place where you're needing to consider yourself somewhat of a patient or treat yourself because it's appropriate for times. I'm always fascinated when you've been through it and then you have patients. What I see so often is practitioners then getting trapped in, "This is how now your lifestyle needs to look for the rest of your life." And there's a bit of a stunting in staying in that, "Well, I'll always be a patient." There's a subtle fear. Susan: Oh, yeah. Mason: You know what I mean? Susan: I understand exactly what you mean, yeah. Mason: So I'm just curious because you're in it. Susan: To be honest, I really don't consider myself as a patient anymore. I don't know I that's the question. Mason: No, but that's what I get. You're not. And so that period when you were healing, healing, healing, healing and then with say, your diet or your rigid practice that is required, then how did you successfully bridge over into a lifestyle that was more dynamic? Susan: [crosstalk 00:08:02] Yeah, yeah, yeah. I understand what you're saying. You mean what it took from me to get to that stage. Mason: Either that, or how do you then inform your patients of that process? Susan: So, I work with people, or I'd prefer to work, it's not always working like that, for a couple of months. Especially when you need to heal severe diseases like ulcerative colitis or something. You need to work for at least three to four months or maybe six sometimes. And I always tell them, "It's a process," right? And now I might recommend to eliminate pork or meat, more heavy meat, from your diet, but this is temporary, you know? It's just to get rid of excess amount. That's what we talk about in Ayurveda when you have a buildup of toxins in your digestive tract. It's more like mucus, kind of, sticky substance that stays in your large intestines. And that can permeate through the intestinal wall and then interfere, actually, with the proteins that are running through your own blood, your own proteins. And then they start to fight because your body cannot recognize any more which proteins are yours or from undigested. Mason: Yes. Susan: So, I really believe that it's all a temporary imbalance and that you need to go through this stage of elimination and detoxification. And then afterwards, when the symptoms diminish or even are gone, then you need to start build up with Rasayanas, for example. Mason: Rasayanas, yeah. Susan: Rasayanas. Yeah, and then I'd think then you can also become a little bit more... You always need to be mindful, I think, what you're eating and how you're eating. And, or course, at the same time, you need to allow yourself, also, to relax and not to create this mental thing about food because that's a very tricky thing and there is a very fine line between these two. Mason: Well it's interesting you bring up the Rasayanas there, and I feel like in Rasayanas I think everyone, if you've heard the [00:09:44] episode I go over this a lot more, you might be able to learn a little bit more, but it's not about the fact that we're just like, "Now you just take Rasayana herbs. Now you take tonic herbs." It's more about the philosophy that revolves around that. It's a philosophy when you go from being sick, because, I don't know why, just bear with me as we go through this, but I feel like it's something that a lot of people would really appreciate hearing again and again and again and again. Because, you know, I just came from that mindbodygreen Revitalize weekend, right? And it was great, you know. When I'm hearing people on stage, I'll take everything with a grain of salt at all times while still respecting peoples' work heavily. Mason: But there was this one really well regarded MD doctor, it was basically he's just like, "Look, this is how I am with my patients. It's no spinach, no meat, no nightshades, no grain, no quinoa, no chia..." So it was very lectern-based. Anyway, it was just like the whole argument of a gorilla gets all its protein from vegetation, That really old kind of thing. And then just telling everyone they should be having tons of olive oil every day. But anyway, he was a keynote, right? I was sitting there going like, "This guy gets people who are very sick and tries to get them well and is then very confused about the fact that people need to then branch out and open up after that fact and not remain on this "I'm sick" diet." Susan: Exactly, yeah- Mason: So, this is where I get the sense that you're going through it with Rasayanas. So what's the intention there? Because you're trying to get well when you're sick, then when you're essentially well you don't have a reframing that occurs. So you're still just trying to stay well and that dictates something, there's no momentum. But it's confusing with Rasayanas, I think at the talk you came to the other night, because you were there it reminded me to mention it, with the Rasayana intent of taking an herb like Shatavari and Ashwagandha to bring spontaneous joy, allow spontaneous joy to emerge from the body. It's a very subtle intention, yet it's one that you can wrap your head around long-term, right? Susan: It is like a bill is a nourishing thing. It's more like, "Oh, I'm taking care of myself and my body." It's not like, "Oh, I need to..." I mean, it's more like, indeed, what you're saying. That's a good perspective, actually, to look at it from a pleasure kind of side, rather than, "I need to heal," or something. But in the stages that I go through with most of my clients, first there's kind of a lot of elimination. So maybe, also, you can lose maybe a little bit of body weight or something. Susan: And then you need to build up the tissues again, which is also a very nourishing practice and I would not see it as "You're still sick." I would say like, "Oh, you're taking care of yourself and you understand your body better and what is compatible with your body." And not like, "Oh, I eat maybe now french fries. So I know maybe tomorrow I might have some discomfort, but it's fine. It's fine and I know how to counteract that the day after," or something. More to understand which foods affect your body in a certain way, which is all fine, without any judgment. But then also learn from it and be mindful like, "Okay, I do this and I enjoy it, and I'm fully present in that and enjoying it. And then after, I might use some herbs or something or another [00:12:58] diet to balance it out [inaudible 00:12:59]." Mason: Yeah, you've got tools, right? Susan: You have tools, you have tools, yeah. Mason: You've got tools and then you embody some of the tools and then, as you go forth, you get to explore different intentions. And you've got such a vibrant lifestyle, I think. I love practitioners. And there's so many emerging that just embody... Because you need to teach that bridging, I'm getting a sense of, that bridge from, "I'm sick" towards like, "All right, now were healing. Now you need to take it on yourself." I feel like a practitioner needs to maintain that and communicate it via osmosis, that ownership and sovereignty they have within themselves, so the patient can see, "Right, now I've come to the end of my journey. I can see through the corner of my eye what the next step is," and then they can move beyond that paradigm. Mason: I want to go into herbs. We've had a couple chats about the herbaceous world around us, including having more and more experiences just over the past weekend, where you're deepening your relationship and entwining and little bit more. I'm going to leave it very open-ended. Where did that love affair with especially herbs begin for you personally? And then let's start diving into the way you relate to herbs through Ayurveda. Susan: I think my deep respect for food and for herbs came from my own experience and I think, too, deepening my meditation and some other spiritual practices and learning from Lakota elders from different tribes and how they relate to herbs and how they treat the plants. Because, yeah, you have vegan people... I'm not against vegan, I'm not necessarily in favor of it. I think everyone needs to decide what feels best for their own body. But what you see, for example, that the Lakota tribes, they treat plants in the same way as they treat animals. Also in Ayurveda there is the concept of [00:14:40], the soul of the plant. You can call it "soul," you can call it maybe, "consciousness" or "higher intelligence" resonates more with some people. But- Mason: And with the veganism thing, you're talking about the fact that plants are conscious? Susan: Always a sacrifice is made for your meal, even as plants like, effect on the environment. I mean, yeah, of course meat has a bigger impact on the [crosstalk 00:15:03] Mason: Well, meat has such an in-your-face impact. Susan: Exactly. Mason: There is a central nervous system that we can relate to. Yet we can't relate to the pain and emotional receptors of a plant. Susan: No, exactly. But I think, too, this learning with different tribes and not just with Ayurveda, but more indigenous tribes from the Amazon or something. I felt that plants have a spirit and that you can connect with it. There is a reason why in Ayurveda we're singing mantras when we prepare herbal decoctions or infusions or whatever. And why also, in the Amazon, they are connecting with the plant by singing whatever [00:15:40] or whatever to it. And I have felt it doesn't matter if you believe if there is this higher intelligence in plants or if you see that your mind is connecting in an intentful way with the plant. And that helps the acceleration of the healing, you know? I think it can work both sides. It doesn't matter how you explain it. Susan: But for me, with my meditation practices and other practices I've learned, I've cultivated a deep respect for plants and herbs, yeah. Because it has helped me in a symptomatic, very clear way. It just improves my life by smudging, working with cedar, different types of cedar and sage, and see how it changes my energy, the way how I feel, literally. And also I can see, for example, in post-partum, if you work with certain herbs and you come into the room with a woman who just gave birth, you feel that the aromas all the senses are stimulated by plants. And it's, do you say "undeniable?" Mason: It is "undeniable." Susan: Yeah, I mean, it's so present. Mason: In terms of ingesting the herbs at the same time? Is that what the example's there? Especially with the sage, of course. I feel like what you're talking to is a fanaticism in the medical system around herbs and drugs is, "Go, go, go, go, go, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick. We don't have time for that, you know?" Susan: Quick fix. Mason: Yeah, quickly. And that's just hocus pocus bullshit. Susan: Yeah! Yeah. Mason: And if anything, as you said, whether you believe that here is a consciousness or a personality and an energy, you know... I'm sure with herbs you're using for treatment, you might be using teas or powders or capsules or something in that sense. It doesn't detract from that fact that slowing down and having a little bit of a connection, whether you're in the harvesting process or the usage process, I think what it does, and what you're speaking to, is as you slow down and you connect that little bit, I think that's the space where what I call the "placebo" is activated. Susan: Exactly, yeah. You could see it like that. So, even if it's just smelling the herb before you take it or just ask to help, I mean, yeah maybe it sounds a bit out of air, but I really believe it, that if you ask for... No, maybe if you're like really trying to connect with it, and not just like, "Okay, I use it as a, whatever, it's there." If you use it with a certain intention and with a certain respect, yeah, it's a really big difference if you take in herbs in that way, rather than just on the go, in the car, and I take a few capsules because I need some supplement, or something, some minerals. Mason: Give me, give me, give me, give me- Susan: Give me, exactly. Yeah. Mason: Were there any herbs in particular? I'm sure it's many, and I know it's not about just one herb, but there are any herbs that really swept you off your feet? Susan: Yeah, like Boswellia Serrata. Mason: [inaudible 00:18:15]? Susan: Frankincense. Yeah, also already its aroma is super strong. But I also felt, after working it for a month doing mono diet and then just trying to ingest it and try to feel what's happening with my body- Mason: Explain the mono diet. Susan: Ayurveda, there are some fasting methods. But for certain types of people like more Vatta dominating people, predominately Vatta types, fasting is not always the best thing because it can disrupt their digestive fire and everything and make them less grounded. So then you have mono diet. You eat three times a day, basically the same meal like, one type of grains, most of the time it's kitchri, but you can use one type of grain if another grain appeals more to you, I'm not very rigid around that. Mason: Including the herb at the same time? Susan: I take it before eating the food. I take ingest it before. Mason: That's kind of like your [00:19:04]. Susan: Yeah, kind of, and I did that also. I mean, I wish I did it with all the herbs that I'm using. But this is a long lifetime practice to connect with herbs on a more deeper level than just in a mind, how do you say, it ventures from... Mason: Like a materia medica sense? Susan: Yeah, exactly More from a mind perspective rather than really feeling into it. Mason: Yeah, that's beautiful, I like- Susan: Also that devadaru seed is actually the Himalyan ceder wood. Mason: What's it called? Susan: Cedrus deodara. In Sanskrit it's devadaru I had also incredible experiences with that because I was reading in the sutras about it, what kind of effects it would have, and then [inaudible 00:19:43] more biochemical approach. But then, when I was using it, I realized that, because it was actually in the ancient text it says it's heating to the body and I have a high Pitta, so high heat in my body. But I was working with it and then I felt like, whoa, I don't feel that aspect of it. So I think it's also very important to sometimes detach from all the knowledge that you have. Is it not that Lao Tzu once said that you need to get rid of everything that you learned in order to really like- Mason: That's frustrating. Susan: It is! Mason: Like, when you feel kind of like, "Gosh, I know my shit." That's why I think it's like, whether you're someone like myself, who was previously like, "No, I'm not going anywhere near that practitioner realm because I want to guard the image that I have" or if you're a practitioner that's like, "No, I know the energetics, I know that this one's heating and that one's cooling and that that's a heating disease so you use a cooling herb." And that is sense where there's no nuance in both cases. It's the ultimate maturity, right? To be like, "Cool, I know a lot, but I know nothing. And I'm willing for it to be colorful." Susan: And to open up to the experience, right? Without any preconceptions that you have. Just, okay, let's allow yourself to let the herb do it's work and then see what's happening. If it's expanding, or is it contracting? Whatever is happening in the body. It's so fascinating. I love to work with it. Mason: Unfortunately, you're going to have to look outside of the box sometimes in order to get the most amazing results. That's kind of like I felt in my beginnings because, especially in the beginning, I was such in that multidimensional world. I felt like a tripper. I couldn't quite connect it to a symptomatic response which would ground this way of approaching. I was just in that instinctively feeling, "I think you should go and explore this direction of health. I think you really need to work on your skin and detoxifying your skin" or "I really think you need to be working on your estrogen." And just take these long-winded parts connecting it to whatever the symptomatic response was. And I think everyone, especially in the medical and practitioner community, doesn't trust that instinct that emerges. Susan: I really fully agree. I think so. Because we are so trained to look at herbs into that system that I have a lot of respect of this heritage of all this kind of knowledge, but then- Mason: Of course. It's beyond useful. Susan: But still, for me it's very important what my own experience is with a herb. And that can only build it after months of using it on a consistent basis. Mason: Before I ask you about being a doula, is there some other herbs that you use in practice that you just want to give a little shout out? Susan: So you asked also something about what my relationship was with Ayurveda and herbs. I feel nowadays I really want to explore the herbs that grow around my surrounding, right? In Topanga. So what is growing here and what helps me here, rather than just working with the traditional Ayurveda herbs. Although, I feel if you're talking about Rasayanas, it's for me very difficult to find the same kind of quality, that nourishing tonic kind of, more what you talk about tonics. I think the tonics and Rasayanas are very similar. And I feel like, in that aspect, I didn't encounter yet the same kind of quality and profoundness of herbs in my own area. So then I reached back to indeed Ashwagandha, Shatavari, Amalaki, Triphala, like whatever, these kind of more- Mason: Triphala, delicious Susan: They are so delicious. Everyone loves it. Maybe then capsules is sometimes the right thing. Mason: Yeah. Susan: And Mustaka whatever, Brahmi, these kind of things, feel very profound. But, for example, if I have a client or something, or even myself, a UTI, for example, a quite clear symptom, then I would really recommend to just use Uva Ursi or burdock or marshmallow or other kind of herbs. Mason: Right, well that's it. Yeah- Susan: Sometimes the symptomatic approach is not- Mason: Well, it's ideal. Just like, I'm not sure what the other classifications. It's a bit like a Rasayana has its own clinical intent. We know what Ashwagandha does. But if the whole, "Oh, they're adaptogens, you can use them for anything at any time," it's not... Like, a Rasayana mostly, a tonic, is to strengthen the body, make it resilient, allow spontaneous joy to come forth because you know the system is calm and you can work on yourself. And that's why that's the superior herbs and tonic herbalism. That's they're intent. Susan: Are you nourishing the Qi, right? With tonics. Mason: No, not necessarily, I mean, with a herb like astragalus, is pure Qi. It's a Qi tonic, so you're nourishing lung and spleen, right? And so it's tonifying from that angle. And in terms of everything building and sealing, it's just not quite the case with a tonic. It's like it's too much of a broad brush, over a tonic. No, we only use tonic in times of sickness to build back the body after it's been emaciated. Whereas, if you then get an appropriate dose and keep your finger on the pulse of your own energy, the whole point is that you're strengthening systems of the body so they can do what they need to do, rather than just purely tightening and toning the body or the system. You know, of course Cordyceps in instance of autoimmunity as is Reishi, has been shown to be bringing back the capacity for T-cell regulation to return and so we see autoimmunity or antibodies implicated decreasing. Susan: Similar effect as [inaudible 00:24:51]. Mason: Yeah, exactly. In particular instances. But, I think that's where people don't realize that there is those tiers. So that's the superior herbs and then in the regular herbs, like [00:25:02], and, as you were talking to there, herbs that I used to treat symptoms specifically, and they have a slight toxicity about them. Susan: Yeah, so you need to use it, indeed, for a limited period of time. Mason: For a limited time- Susan: And that's prefect- Mason: Rasayanas and tonics, I feel like they're just nontoxic. Which people think, "Oh my god, I can have them as much as I want?" No, that's not the case. Susan: No, no. Exactly, exactly, exactly. And from an Ayurvedic is always because Rasayanas are a little bit harder to digest, in general, than other herbs, so from that aspect Ayurveda always would include some sort of [00:25:37], that's what we call [00:25:38] as a vehicle that you ingest a herb with. So like some sort of substance that can be like gi or aloe vera that helps to- Mason: Did you say, "aloe vera?" for a Pitta? Susan: Yeah. Mason: For someone inflamed or [crosstalk 00:25:50]. Aloe vera's one of my favorites, I grew up with it. Susan: Or with a ginger decoction or something that helps the digestion of Rasayanas- Mason: I think that's a crossover. Humans necessarily created a hot elixir for themselves, or they would pair the herbs with a delivery system, quite often a flavoring, or a fat-like gi, or whatever it was, in order to buffer the releasing of all the medicines. And especially ginger, an absolute perfect example of the amount of, especially paired with licorice, the amount of blends in TCM that are just rounded out with ginger or rounded out with mint. These herbs, they weave everything together, you know? Especially licorice, it's just the ultimate weaver- Susan: Is licorice more well known for that property than ginger in Chinese medicine? Mason: Yeah, licorice I believe is the most used herb in Chinese medicine. Susan: Interesting, so that's maybe the ginger of- Mason: It's the great magnifier. But it's a wonderful Qi tonic at the same time . And so it's a digestive... You know, so much starts with digestion, ama, spleen. It's like Hippocrates, "All disease begins in the gut. All disease, then, ends in the gut." Susan: Exactly, yeah, I really believe that. Mason: Yeah, so from Taoist perspective, we're trying to maintain our vital Xing. I'm not sure what is like- Susan: That would be [00:27:02] I think in- Mason: [00:27:03]. But, it's like yes, your [00:27:05], Xing, like a pilot light, I'm not sure if this is the same correlation, a pilot light for ama. But, it's like these are kind of like the pilot light for the spleen, and therefore cooking the pot of the stomach, right? Susan: Hmm. That's interesting. Mason: Everyone, continuously, we need to restore the Xing first in the West from, this is just my perspective, it's not definitive. But then, you need to psychologically make the transition towards managing your Qi, digestion, and your breath. And so the focus, to keep our finger on the pulse in what we're talking about, getting to a place where you're no longer exhausted or sick. You're watching yourself in the way that your capacity to digest and your capacity to utilize your food and breath, or lack thereof, and stay warm, continue to circulate and stay somewhat in harmony emotionally. That's all kind of comes back to the spleen. Mason: And so, when you see one of the primary spleen and Qi and harmonizing tonics is licorice, there the proof is in the pudding that long-term it's that middle ground where you can sit really long-term, keeping your finger on the pulse, and it gives you a real long view of your life. It's like a real tortoise and the hare, an amalgamation of both. And I feel like I hear ama being brought up so much, and unless you've embodied your ability to take responsibility for yourself once you've healed, I feel like then you can reapproach digestive Qi, digestive capacity, and ama with a whole new light. You don't feel like you're sick and you're just limited. Susan: Yeah, that's very true. Mason: This is the reality, yeah. You want to elaborate on that? Susan: Elaborate on that? No, I think I agree, yeah, what you're saying. I mean, I don't know if the spleen and the ama... I mean, the ama is a result of indigestion, right? So I think where the focus in Chinese medicine is on the spleen, I think in Ayurvedic it's really about the stomach, the small intestine, the large intestine, that area more. Mason: But it's the same world, just different points of view. Susan: Exactly. Mason: So, I'm really curious about what talked you into being a doula, as well. Susan: Oh, yeah. Mason: It comes up so much on this Podcast, you know? Just that sacred space and that sacred realm that I didn't realize we were going to be heading into that direction. And yeah, just go nuts. Susan: Part of my Ayurvedic training included some post-partum work, and I started, basically, just to help first friends that gave birth. And I came there and then I had such a profound experience with one of my friends that had a very tough labor. And then I started to give her a massage. And in Ayurveda there's this concept of that the soul of the baby and the could of the mother are connected for the first two years of their lives. And I experienced, at least in this first few weeks of the life of the baby, I felt like as soon as the mother was nourished and taken care of and relaxed, as soon as I started to massage her for example, the baby started to calm down. For me, it was like, "Whoa, this is quite profound." [crosstalk 00:29:56] or something. It was just amazing to see the effect and that's where it came from that I wanted to focus more on that transition that women are going through when they gave birth. Mason: Looking at post-partum, fourth trimester, what's your approach? Susan: You mean for the women that I supported? I mean, what my approach is? I mean the fourth trimester, yeah, in many indigenous tribes and cultures, or ancient cultures, that fourth trimester women need to be taken care of and nourished by family or friends. And that's what I would like to being a little bit more in this modern society. I think more awareness of that transition that women are going through and that fourth trimester is almost even more important. Because you see often women are pregnant and then there's a lot of attention in these first nine months. And then the baby's born and then I think, "Okay, the baby's born." Susan: But I think it's very important to support women in this period afterwords because, I mean, one in ten, I think it was one of the statistics recently published, that one in ten women get post-partum depression and these kind of things. And it can be very well treated if there is the right attention and support for these women. There is this hormonal imbalance, of course, that can be treated with herbs, for example, Vitex is very good for that, mugwort- Mason: Vitex is magic, yeah. Susan: Balances mood. And also like when people go through miscarriages it's very important that women have support in that recovering. It's such a transformative thing, spiritually, emotionally, physically- Mason: Are you personalizing a lot of the herbal approach post-partum? Or are there herbs like Vitex that you feel are quite across the board, essentially appropriate for most people? Susan: Yes, I have to say yes. Although I know Vitex is a little bit heating but I've really seen good results in many cases- Mason: Yeah, it's like keep your finger on the pulse. Susan: Yeah. And Borage oil, for example, is very good, I think. It has an antidepressant-like action. Giving massage for that, I know that in traditional Ayurveda they use [00:31:53] after pregnancy. But Borage, I have a personal connection with Borage oil. Mason: What's the practice where you're just oiling yourself up? Susan: That's called a [00:32:03] Mason: A [00:32:03]. Susan: Yeah, and that's very important after giving birth because the nervous system and everything needs to calm down. Mason: I mean, [inaudible 00:32:10], my fiance, when she gets the chance, she practices that and I can always get the sense of absolute parasympathetic emerging. I mean, I can't believe- Susan: It's very soothing. Mason: Yeah, I mean, I can't believe we don't... When there's an athlete that's done an ultramarathon, there's so much focus placed on their recovery in order to get themselves to be able to compete again. And for themselves, they're... But culturally, I think this is obvious to everyone that's going to be listening, but culturally that fourth trimester we completely underestimate just how much you need to regenerate after birth. Far out. Susan: Completely, yeah. Mason: Okay, Vitex, any other general, obviously this is general- Susan: Abhyanga is one of the most important, I think, practices. But also to bring in some devour of an aroma or sage baths or some sort of more rituals of something to honor that stage of a woman's life. I think it's very important. And just holding space for women in that period is very important. I mean, it's all a combination of things, of nourishing food is also very important. Suggest food that gets [inaudible 00:33:19] for them, herbal soups but also bone broth, they need to build up- Mason: Build it back. Susan: Yeah. Mason: Is watermelon seed a thing in India? I might have made that up. Completely. Susan: Watermelon seed? Especially in post-partum or? Mason: Yeah, I mean I just remember looking through all the post-, this is almost three years ago, looking at them all, of course, it's like wherever you're at it's nourishing Xing-building herbs a lot of the time or broths and soups. Soup are nourishing. I'm sure it was in China, it's pork after birth, you know? And in India it's many things. But watermelon seeds, I was like, watermelon seeds [crosstalk 00:33:52] Susan: I didn't hear about this. So I haven't learned about [crosstalk 00:33:56] Mason: I was like, you know, sometimes you get into that frame of mind you read something you're like, "Okay, cool, I'm down." Susan: "Yeah, I need to do that." Mason: "Yeah, okay got to do pork, and I've got to do watermelon seeds, I've got to do Cordyceps, I've got to do that..." And you're like, "Okay, no, maybe I can just drop a couple of these and get back to what the real intention is here." Susan: Yeah, exactly. And Shatavari is the most famous one. Mason: Shatavari? Susan: Yeah. Mason: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Asparagus magic. Susan: Yeah. Mason: Well, it would be interesting to get your two cents. When women ask from our collective what's going to be useful, quite often Reishi's one that's there to be considered. It's got the, I don't know what you'd call it, the brand? Around being good for sleep, but essentially, it's a Shen tonic. So, the calming the mind, maintaining adaptability of the mind in unifying with the body, so that you can continue to develop your conscious awareness of what's going on. So number one, essentially, because you're changing so heavily and if you've got stuck mental patterns that you haven't dealt with during that child-bearing stage, you'll get stuck in quite often depression can emerge, so on and so forth. Mason: Shatavari, from the Taoist perspective, is considered one of the most beautiful Shen tonics. Reishi gets in and really can change your direction. Shatavari in my experience creates this atmosphere and this adapting atmospheric pressure for your mind and for your consciousness, which is just really beautiful, present space. The Taoists, their main intention for long-term for using it was to enable you to fly. To fly with your consciousness and fly with your dreams and be free, right? Susan: And can see it from the perspectives as Shatavari is working on the blood, right? And the blood and Shen are very much related? Mason: Yes. Susan: So I can imagine that case is the seed of the Shen right? So, if the blood is built, and good, and especially very important after post-partum, right? That the blood is built again, and nourished. Mason: Obviously so much of yoga is- Susan: And raspberry leaf. Mason: Oh, raspberry leaf Susan: [crosstalk 00:35:51] Mason: And nettle. Susan: And nettle, indeed, yeah. I've been now reading a little bit into the blue cohosh thing and that's what I find biggest in the Native American traditions, blue cohosh was used to, even in giving labor, to dilate the birth canal. But then I reading like what kind of pop med studies. Mason: Pop med? Susan: Yeah, studies like more biochemical approaches and then they show that it can create some birth defects or something. So I'm still figuring out what I feel for that. I didn't feel confident yet to prescribe that herb. But, anyway, I really feel like those Native American traditions, they have a deeper understanding, maybe, than some scientists nowadays have. You never what agenda is behind a study. So that's a bit of a tricky thing sometimes with herbs. Mason: Yeah, it's a double-edged sword. Susan: Yeah. Mason: Because sometimes we find out these amazing little nuances from herbs from these studies and sometimes, of course, people are like, "Oh my gosh, this herb is really toxic to the liver. Oh, I'm never taking it again." You'd look at the dose that they gave the rats and it's just unreasonable. Susan: Yeah, exactly! Or they just extract one compound, right? And then they magnify that thing. And that's, I think where Chinese medicine and Ayurveda meet, is that we look at plants as a holistic being, right? Nothing is like for no reason there. So everything is working together, all the compounds, and they interact and they create synergy together and that's how it affects the body and you cannot really just extract. That's also, they never found, I think, in ginseng the active compound, right? If I'm not mistaken? Mason: Ginseng asides are being variously discovered and they're trying to attribute different aspects to those compounds [crosstalk 00:37:21] Susan: But they can never extract, right? They could never extract the particle of the herb that was the- Mason: No, they don't know what it is. Susan: No. Mason: It's like with St. John's Wort. Different countries associate different active constituents to be the primary. And that's just my favorite example. There's so much of Chaga mushroom and Reishi mushroom that haven't been identified yet. And we could assume the same of majority of herbs. And I like what you said. With pregnancy especially, it's like, "Are these herbs safe during pregnancy?" Susan: Yeah, it's even more important than treating individual clients. I mean, I feel more confidence prescribing a herb when it's just small infection, of course, than when it's a pregnancy concerned or even childbirth. I mean, yeah- Mason: Of course, I mean- Susan: Such a fragile state. Mason: Well, it's a fragile state but I think the difference when we look traditionally, they had a different understanding. And I think they had a different understanding because they slowed themselves down. They understood in their administering. Some people will be like, "Oh, they used Eucommia bark and Reishi in pregnancy traditionally. So they're cool to go." And it's like, "Well..." If you look especially at any point you introduce something slowly, so you can take that pause that we were talking about earlier, the awareness of the herb, allow yourself to experience it. Mason: Now, then the other thing that comes about is the fact that you were saying "herbal interactions." So, some herbs are friends, some are enemies, some lift each other up, some dampen each other, some kill each other, and some are complete servants to others. Although it seems complicated, it's generally not. Especially in a Rasayana or a tonic herb perspective, it's like a do-it-yourself at home experiment. It gets a little bit trickier when you get down into treatment herbs. But, at the same time, in the instances of herbal application during pregnancy, traditionally, they knew that slow response and indifferent states herbs were going to have different reactions with each other. And so they just took it slow. They just went and started with minute amounts, or they knew each other so intimately that they went, "I know this herb and I know you, you're going to get along really well." Susan: Yeah! And I also think they were way more conscious about the setting, what they created around how they administered it. And I think the setting is very important also. Mason: What kind of setting do you create? Susan: I mean, I'm not like a birth doula, right? Mason: Yeah. Susan: Sorry. Okay. Mason: Yeah, just like in general, creating that healing environment, especially post-partum. You've talked about aromas- Susan: Yeah. It depends what the woman needs in that specific moment, right? So sometimes it's just listening. But, I mean, there's always an aspect that first checking in, what are the needs at the moment? Does she need protective sleep? Is the main priority? But then still, I'm bringing in essential oils or some baths, sage baths or something else. That connects them more with it's a sacred space and time in life, right? So that connects them with, a little bit more, with their body and it brings them back to their heart basically. Mason: And what you were saying in terms of just asking, I feel like that's- Susan: Checking in. Mason: Just checking in. Susan: It's very important. Maybe she didn't eat for six hours or something. So at first we'll prepare some food, you know? It depends. I always, every time when I visit, it's bring in in some sort of connection with a herb. It can be essential oils, just bring a diffuser. Can be like an oil that I've prepared myself. Mugwort or Borage or whatever. Mason: Oh, so good. Susan: Yeah. Mason: That must be fun work. Susan: It is. For me, the doula work brought in all aspects that I really love. This deeper connection with one person, or actually a family. And I like to cook, I like to prepare herbs. What I like in the doula work is that I prepare the oils myself. It's more like a personal longer-term connection that's built. That's what I really like. And the effect that you can see. Mason: Yeah, that's so real. So non-superficial Susan: Yeah. Yeah. And it's very humbling. I mean, the only thing that you're doing there is to serve and checking what does the person need? You know? And, I don't know, it's just beautiful. Mason: So, before we completely rewind, first of all, what are the two... So, we're in your room up here- Susan: This is mugwort [inaudible 00:41:24]- Mason: So you've got a mugwort brew. Susan: Tincture, yeah. Mason: Why is it a- Susan: It's a tincture. Mason: What's the menstruum? Susan: You mean this [crosstalk 00:41:30]? It's like 40%. Mason: It's kind of vodka. Susan: Yeah. Yeah. I just, yeah. I could only find this online to buy a high percentage but I think it's fine. Mason: Yeah, 40% gets the job done. Susan: And this one is royal [inaudible 00:41:40] it's like a good kidney tonic. It works. So this is, I just forawrd these herbs. Mason: From the area? What was that other one, sorry? Susan: Royal [00:41:48] Mason: Okay. Susan: It's used by the Chumash Indians for kidney disorders. It's a kidney tonic. Also a bit of a diuretic. Help with a little bit with UTIs and these kid of things. And because the tincture is fast-acting so it works on infections quite well. Mason: Just bringing it in to land, are there any texts or YouTube channels or anything that you'd like, or have you got any resource, if anyone wants to go bring a little bit more of the Ayurvedic practices into their lives? Especially- Susan: Yeah, I mean, I really try to combine to balance out a little bit the ancient text with just biochemical studies, like modern science. So the ancient text that I use is Charaka Samhita. Yeah, it's I think the most fundamental text that's written about it. And then Ashtanga Hridayam is a little bit more easy to understand. So I think maybe you start with Ashtanga Hridayam. Yeah, it' describes basic principals of Ayurveda. And some people like argue a little bit against a modern interpretations, but I like the books of [00:42:53] a lot, and David Frawley. I like it. I mean, I think- Mason: I know David Frawley. Michael Tierra's got a good book that came with his course called The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs that was really nice as well. Susan: Who, sorry? Mason: Michael Tierra. Susan: Michael Tierra. Mason: Yeah, he's interesting. He's doing a lot of what a lot of people are doing. Doing a lot of bridging and helping people interpret Ayurvedic TCM and Western herbalism and saying where they cross paths. Susan: Yeah, that's interesting. And Robert Svoboda. Mason: Svoboda, okay. Susan: Yeah, he has interesting... And actually one of my teachers is Atreya Smith, and he has also for me very easy to understand interpretations of Charaka Samhita. So, one of his book is Dravyaguna for Westerners. That's one of the books that I use most oftenly because he uses Western herbs and has Ayurvedic monographs of them. Mason: Nice. Susan: So very, very useful, yeah. Mason: Beautiful. We'll get those in the notes. It's 11:11am. That sounds like a perfect time for us to wrap it up. Thanks heaps for coming on. So, yeah. Your website, best way to connect with you? Susan: Is inanacare.com Mason: How do I spell it? Susan: I-n-a-n-n-a-care.com Mason: Perfecto. We'll put it in the notes plus all those texts that you were talking about. Thanks so much for coming on. Susan: Thank you too, Mason. Was nice.
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“Quiet, be still.” In that one moment, Jesus spoke and the storm and sea calmed (Mark 4:39). Our days fill up so quickly with noise and clutter. Maybe today we need to hear Jesus say to the storms in our own hearts and souls, “Quiet, be still…” This episode includes: 1. What a Blessing was that Stillness* (new) 2. Borage (from Flowers) 3. Be Still My Soul (from Prayerful Improvisations 2) 4. Peace, Be Still (new) God bless you and thanks for listening! - Peter *Based on Psalm 107:28-31, NLT: “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves. What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor! Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prayimprov/support
In this Lupus Q&A session, Dr. Connie answers questions regarding borage oil and it's effects on Lupus patients, alternative methods to treating Lupus, healing leaky gut, implications of triple arthrodesis foot surgery, and using curcumin to lower sed rate.
This week's episode is all about the carrier oil Borage Oil. What is borage oil? And why should you use it? Listen to find out!
Don’t change a thing about yourself. Herbs talked about: Dill, Borage, Raspberry, Cinnamon & that girl that uses everybody - Morning Glory. Become a patron of Herbal Marie today: https://www.patreon.com/herbalmarie --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/herbalmarie/message
Dharma Glimpse by Lay Minister Michael Saiyo and Dharma Talk by Rev. Koyo Kubose
This week Sky has us go from amusement park to seance. Tim gives an intricate account of the Haunted Mansion ride while Kyle is amazed at how many different ghosts there are.Photos & Videos we talk about:7:40 - Borage24:40 - Hammersmith Ghost32:30 - Krasue, a Thai female ghost
Dr. Kevin Passero and his special guest Dr. Dr. Aimée Shunney will discuss the benefits of omega-3s through a woman’s life cycle. Aimée Gould Shunney, ND, is in private practice in Santa Cruz, CA, where she blends conventional medical diagnosis and treatment with the use of natural therapeutics including dietary and lifestyle counseling, nutritional supplements, herbal medicine, homeopathy, and bio-identical hormones. Dr. Shunney is a dynamic educator, radio show host, and writer on a mission to empower people to take charge of their health with integrative medicine. She specializes in women’s health, functional endocrinology, and family medicine. As a Medical Advisor to Nordic Naturals, Dr. Shunney also enjoys extolling the virtues of fish oil to professional, retail, and consumer audiences across the country.
A familiar sight across the Essex countryside is the fields of blue borage. With the drop in price of oil seed rape, borage is a good choice as a break crop for farmers who harvest it for its seed. The seeds are crushed and the oil extracted and used in pharmaceuticals, baby foods and cosmetics as farmer Hugh Pegrum told Ken Crowther.
We're back and there is plenty to catch up on. Sarah's row is off for 2015, but it isn't the end of the road. Instead, it's time for a pivot. In this episode, you'll hear about Sarah's plans and also how she has coped with the disappointment of the row not going ahead this year. We also hear from Edward Talbot Adams, one of the most interesting people you will ever hear talk. Farmer, timberhouse builder, soldier, chemist—he has crammed more into his life than most of us could even imagine, let alone actually do. He is the man behind Kush Travel Soap, an environmentally sound product of immense practicality. Sarah is an ardent fan.
This week the ever eclectic EastCast show covers Bikes, Brass and Borage and there's no getting away from it.. football. Ana Xavier gets her hands dirty at a DIY repair shop The Bike Kitchen, Pearl Wise discovers a hidden medicinal meadow full of weeds called Phytology, Nia Charpentier meets a brass band who have a penchant for Star Wars.. and we give you the best places to watch or avoid the world cup. Of course there's plenty of music too featuring a election of bands and musicians playing in East London over the next fortnight carefully elected by musical maverick Pearl Wise: Ellen and the Escapades, Dawn Golden, Happyness, Sun Ra Arkestra, Conor O Brien and Angelo Badalamenti.
Let's keep our eyes working for life! Tune in to Eve Plews, L.N.C, and get great tips to fighing macular degeneration, cataracts, retinitis pigmentosa, and even dry eye!
Welcome to Apostrophe Cast. In The Mothering Coven, Joanna Ruocco builds us a vacation cottage in a mad village inhabited by brilliant kooks such as Mrs. Borage, who mixes metaphysics with the chores, and ace reporter, Duncan Michaels, whose articles are never read. When it is time for you to leave this place, we think you will find the characters following you. Please enjoy Joanna Ruocco.
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