Happy Indian New Year to all. Should I say Asian since several SE Asian nations – Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand all celebrate new year around the same time/date as us?
Author: Nina
09 Apr. 2021 by Nina
Audible Weed Walk – ep.36 “Weedy plants, linking to our tradition – Go Bitters”
This week too we will continue with the equinox/full-moon traditions of dol-yatra/holi, nauroz, easter, passover and all that good stuff.
As we evolved in our society, even after farming evolved – we still depended food that came from the wild.
Close to the vernal equinox in the first full moon we celebrate Holi or Dol.
19 Mar. 2021 by Nina
Audible Weed Walk – ep.33 “Let’s set our controls to nature”
Inspired by the Pink Floyd song - lyric Set the controls for the heart of the sun, this week's podcast's theme is to set our controls to Nature.
05 Mar. 2021 by Nina
Audible Weed Walk – ep.32 “Let’s fire up our tradition of inquiry – Be a weeder!”
Our true tradition – is not the tradition of memories and practices of forgotten reasons, but it is a tradition of inquiry - that we need to continue to refine.
26 Feb. 2021 by Nina
Audible Weed Walk – ep.31 “Recognizing, appreciating and eating is unshackling weedy food”
I thought wild green had to address the stigma of it being “poor person’s food”. I think I have to delve deeper for the true issue.
19 Feb. 2021 by Nina
Audible Weed Walk – ep.30 “Where the journey truly started”
If I call the book a launching pad, the weed-walk was definitely the flight (or bus or walk whatever one can imagine) and the experience the journey...
15 Feb. 2021 by Nina
Audible Weed Walk – ep.29 “Chance encounters – walk to plate”
As a weeder – something you get to know a species that is new to you. Then you see a plant that you already knew, may have even known about some of its medicinal or edible uses and yet - you discover something new in them.
Wild, uncultivated, and often unwanted plants- can be insectary plants to attract and support beneficial insects. How do they do that? Let's find out.