Social anthropologist, consciousness researcher, Professor at Sofia Univ, and curious explorer of culture, science, and the wonder of it all.

Gardening

26 Jun

Posted at 20:29h in Featured, Gardening

My holistic doctor offered me the best cure for stress: get lost in nature. While he may not have been speaking directly to my love for gardening, that is where I find my greatest reprieve from the stresses of life. The pumpkins, grown from heirloom seeds that date back centuries, are making great strides. With an awesome force of nature, they are running wild in a controlled kind of way. The vast vines push through the fence, finding wide-open spaces to make their mark. Like my ancestors who came to American before the American Revolution (see Seeding Our Future, Minding Our...

08 May

Posted at 18:32h in Ecology, Featured, Gardening, Non-Fiction

Before the rain drenched winter was over, I got the spring itch. I made my way to the Petaluma Seed Bank, eager to begin my small backyard garden again. This wondrous Seed Bank, housed in an historical building from the days of the California gold rush, specializes in heirlooms, free from genetic engineering and artificial anything.  Truly home grown. I wandered through the thousands of seed possibilities, feeling a sense of promise that awaited me over the months to come.  I found a packet of Squash Connecticut Field pumpkins. Reading the package, I learned that these seeds were a source of...