Who or What is The Sacred Gardener?
| By Steven Martyn | It’s happened a few times that folks have thought that I am the Sacred Gardener. Well, maybe on a good …
#wildculturing
The Long Dance: Ten Thousand Years of Gardening Ceremony
|By Steven Martyn| As another amazing growing season comes to a close, I am struck yet again by the realization that hidden within gardening, this …
Sacred Corn Mother (and a recipe to prepare Her)
|By Steven Martyn| Before I plant, I sit for a while to listen and talk to Her, the seeds and the land, where they will …
Seed medicine stories of the carrot family
|By Steven Martyn| Spring is miraculously birthed from the Earth. From the smallest shoots can come gargantuan roots. Some of the parsnips we dug out recently were …
Goddess in the Greenhouse
She’s just starting to awaken outside. Where we live in the upper Ottawa Valley, the winter was late in coming and there hasn’t been much …
Richness
|By Steven Martyn| This time of year, as September’s shadow lengthens, I always feel a bittersweet edge in my heart. There is a richness like …
Making Miso
|By Megan Spencer| I’ve been in love with fermented foods for years. This love affair began with a book recommended by a friend, Sandor Katz’s ‘Wild …