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Finally feeling like fall weather so we brought th

Finally feeling like fall weather so we brought the tropical plants back inside; we have a greenhouse on the south side of the house where they spend the winter.Here are a few of the plants over the years that grow well for us and don’t mind the sometimes 30C days and that can get down to 5C nights.Lemons, limes, white sage, San Pedro cactus, loquat, lemon verbena, rosemary, figs, eucalyptus, tea tree, bananas, lemongrass, peach, passionflower, prickly pear, strawberry guava and a few others.We’ll start some collards to have in our greens bed, we’ll eat those all winter.Interested in learning how to make your own northern greenhouse? Comment below and we’ll keep you in the loop on our upcoming online course on how we made ours, what like to grow in a lower input greenhouse in the north (and what doesn’t), along with blueprints!#northern #northerngardening #northerngardener #greenhousegardening #overwintering #overwinteringtropicals

I am interested in promoting gardening as consensu

I am interested in promoting gardening as consensus, gardening as communion; as an extension of the ecological continuum, of which our human evolution is also part. Gardening did not begin with humans. There are many ancient contracts between species. The Earth is a garden. Cultivation is the domain of creation. Everything on this Earth cultivates its own environment with the help of other beings and, in so doing, participates in the Earth’s cultivation and Her perennial cycles of abundance.- from Steven’s book, The Story of the Madawaska Forest Garden.
Copies available on our website or AmazonJoin the Sacred Gardener School next Spring; collaborate, practice consensus with the earth and all beings#consensus #cocreation #sacredgardener #ottawavalley #forestgarden #animism #bioregional #localrelationships

As we step through the gate that is the fall equin

As we step through the gate that is the fall equinox it seems here at the farm this year, more than most years, everything is finishing up or starting anew all at once. But nothing is just as it seems so I know in another way this turning are part of a bigger quickening, that it’s in the stars, and that the Earth is speaking to us through her sometimes gentle, sometimes severe, dance. Here, in the near north of the Upper Ottawa Valley the fall equinox or Mabon, is the most transformative time of year.Depending on the moon times and how the summer goes the plants wind down for the season from now until Samhain, Oct 28. This time of year is when the medicine in plants moves down into their roots, and it is also a time for generating seeds and fruit. In these movements, our physical and cultural life hangs. And in becoming one with the spirit of this time of year there are great opportunities for enlightenment.I live for the green world so when I see my friends being beaten down by the frosts I feel like I’m losing my love. And at the same time there is such incredible fruition. And it happens like this every year! It also happens like this in cycle of our life. And if we’re still enough inside we can see it happens like this every second, as we are violently torn or birthed from one moment into the next. Every present moment is sacrificed to provide the ground from which the next moment grows. Fall is the time for reaping what we’ve sown and a time of sacrificial death for the promise of a future.An equally dark mythical truth is we must keep all these vegetive beings as guests in our house while they are very much alive so we can slowly eat them and not starve during the long winter. And so we can have food in the years to come. They need to be alive until we eat it them so we can receive their vitality for our bodies.Out of our physical needs and spiritual obligation we also save vegetables to save their children, the seeds. The seeds are kept alive until we plant them. Then they to are offered up to the Earth at the dawn of the new season. In planting them they too are being ritually sacrificed for a dream of the future.#mabon #fallequinox #harvest

Next week the first of our Seasonal boxes ship out

Next week the first of our Seasonal boxes ship out for Fall Equinox! Join in for all four and receive a bonus item in each box ~
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Get the Fall Equinox box on it’s own~ link in bio for eitherAll boxes will include one food thing (spice blend, infused vinegar, etc), one skin care thing (more creams this year, face and/or body scrub, etc) one tea blend, one tincture/oxymel or elixir, plus at least two other items (some non-food items, such as handmade incense from local plants, smudge spray or bundle).What’s in the Fall box:
Herbal Salt mix: Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Sage, Wild Bergamot, Powdered Dryad’s Saddle Mushroom, Sea Salt
Excellent for adding to soups, seasoning meats and veggies, adding to salads.
Elderberry Aronia Elixir: Support Your Immune system with this antioxidant rich blend. Elderberry and Aronia berries infused in Brandy with Cinnamon and Sumac berries infused in local raw honey
Bulb of our organically grown garlic
Calendula flower and Marshmallow herb infused face cream: Nourish your skin as we move into drier weather
Tea Blend: Yarrow, Lemonbalm, Marshmallow, Rosehips: Calming, Lung Nourishing and rich in Vitamin C
Calendula Rose Sugar Scrub: A blend of infused sea salt, Sunflower Oil and herbs to exfoliate and nourish your skin at the same time! Can be used in the bath or shower
One more surprise yet to comeThank you,
Megan

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