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Expressing our power convivially with - not over - our plant kin.
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Be Careful What You Wish For! (opens the original)
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Between last Christmas and New Year I undertook an intention ritual involving the plant realm, inviting 13 different vegetal beings more deeply into my life through 2026. Some I knew would manifest fairly easily, with others it was more wishful thinking. ‘Walnut’ was one of the thirteen and, as it’s turned out, they fall into the former category, along with a third category - the element of surprise.Common (Eurasian) walnuts, Juglans regia, have become a regular feature of my diet this year, raw
M is for... (opens the original)
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“Human activities are transporting all sorts of animal and plant species well beyond their native habitats. This raises the possibility that non-native species may increasingly participate in major biological processes, including the formation of new types of plants and animals.” Evolutionary botanist Mario Vallejo-MarinThis is the name given to plants of the genus Erythranthe (formerly called Mimulus). Whilst in their own discrete family (Phrymaceae), Monkey flowers are closely related to the M
In Convivium #11 (opens the original)
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Syntropic agriculture. This might sound to you like something associated with the tropics - which it can be, though not exclusively. It could also sound high-tech, which it most certainly is not. Essentially, it’s a form of natural or regenerative (biomimetic) farming, food and material production that actively nurtures the web of Life rather than running it down. Syntropy being the opposite of, and cosmic complement to, entropy. Rather like yin and yang, though syn equates, I’m told, to yang en
Tending the Gap (opens the original)
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The Maples - the genus Acer - span Gaia’s northern hemisphere. Within the established woodlands of her temperate and sub-tropical regions Maples have evolved as canopy gap-fillers, growing quickly to seal the rents through which Life-supporting moisture would escape. Opportunism to some, intentional to others.We can view this phenomenon as a raw equivalent, perhaps, of phase three in the process of skin healing in humans. Such ‘proliferation and repair’ ultimately morphs into a healed wound that
With Me Till the End? (opens the original)
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A favourite plant-being of mine - I’ve carried them with me for decades now, via cuttings as and when necessary - is Greek sage, Salvia fruticosa. They are very similar to the common culinary Sage, S. officinalis, but have a less extensive wild distribution across the Mediterranean, largely confined to the east.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PS8P!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com
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