Mar 6, 2023·edited Mar 6, 2023Liked by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume
I find the term invasive to be so ignorant. and i completely agree, its the height of a mindset that ridicules our wonder as humans.
plants live on different timeline to us. some are very short - just a season and some our incredibly long, for thousands of years, and they all respect the law of the land, the rhythm of mother earth, they all thrive in vitality and seek balance to support life. for myself, of british descent I know we used to have elders who could inform us, who stored the stories of place so we could look back 100's of years and remember the rhythm of these plants and there belonging, the visitors and the traveller plants, the ones who came after plenty and after disaster. we knew the cycles and the interruptions because we had the stories that remembered. I dont have that now. I dont know what this land looked like from the eyes of someone who was there. I dont have tales passed down to me from mother to daughter, father to son, other to other. we have books and "history's" that are written by strangers. for strange reasons.
and I get it. The amount of times i have tried to use control instead of trust to create a sense of safety. However eventually we have to let go of indulgences.
To pretend that our management of land is in any way good is a fallacy. Our management and actions have led us to an unprecedented disaster. so yes! in my teachings i also call for a stop to using language that pertains to knowing who belongs and who doesn't. It hurts my heart.
This week I was astounded by the Siberian elm samaras that had fallen onto the path I was walking. I’d seen something something on those last year and here they were. A quick google took me to the Forager Chef’s post that had imprinted on my mind.
I comment here to recommend Samuel Thayer’s entry on this Elm in his The Forager’s Harvest book. This entry begins and ends as a modest polemic on “invasive” hate/love. In between is a homage to the samaras we may choose to enjoy seasonally.
It is perhaps a free-will honoring approach to determine what we choose to do as individuals. First we must acknowledge the concern. Your article promises to generate dialogue. Bravo and thanks!
I look at kudzu these days and see food. The leaves are edible and there are plenty. The root may be processed into kuzu starch, a finer than cornstarch Japanese ingredient (see Winifred Bird’s book Eating Wild Japan).
I find the term invasive to be so ignorant. and i completely agree, its the height of a mindset that ridicules our wonder as humans.
plants live on different timeline to us. some are very short - just a season and some our incredibly long, for thousands of years, and they all respect the law of the land, the rhythm of mother earth, they all thrive in vitality and seek balance to support life. for myself, of british descent I know we used to have elders who could inform us, who stored the stories of place so we could look back 100's of years and remember the rhythm of these plants and there belonging, the visitors and the traveller plants, the ones who came after plenty and after disaster. we knew the cycles and the interruptions because we had the stories that remembered. I dont have that now. I dont know what this land looked like from the eyes of someone who was there. I dont have tales passed down to me from mother to daughter, father to son, other to other. we have books and "history's" that are written by strangers. for strange reasons.
and I get it. The amount of times i have tried to use control instead of trust to create a sense of safety. However eventually we have to let go of indulgences.
To pretend that our management of land is in any way good is a fallacy. Our management and actions have led us to an unprecedented disaster. so yes! in my teachings i also call for a stop to using language that pertains to knowing who belongs and who doesn't. It hurts my heart.
Hello and thank you for this article.
This week I was astounded by the Siberian elm samaras that had fallen onto the path I was walking. I’d seen something something on those last year and here they were. A quick google took me to the Forager Chef’s post that had imprinted on my mind.
I comment here to recommend Samuel Thayer’s entry on this Elm in his The Forager’s Harvest book. This entry begins and ends as a modest polemic on “invasive” hate/love. In between is a homage to the samaras we may choose to enjoy seasonally.
It is perhaps a free-will honoring approach to determine what we choose to do as individuals. First we must acknowledge the concern. Your article promises to generate dialogue. Bravo and thanks!
I look at kudzu these days and see food. The leaves are edible and there are plenty. The root may be processed into kuzu starch, a finer than cornstarch Japanese ingredient (see Winifred Bird’s book Eating Wild Japan).
Yet somehow humans, the ultimate invasive species, are exempt from the ideology.
Do you all understand what is behind the decisiveness?
Rosa died but her effort lives on:
https://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/the-way-we-see-itour-blog/transcript-of-my-talk-at-thegreaterresetorg