Imagine a food forest providing you with fruit and nuts and
vegetables and herbs all year round. This is what happens in David's
food forest in his beautiful patch of the Promised Land. The food forest
is maturing, his passion is translating into an ever expanding and
inspirational garden. He showed us new areas of food forest, and
explained how you can work from the trees down or from the mulched
ground up.
His newest addition is a dedicated Healing garden, filled with an
assortment of herbs that work in the healing of Lyme's disease. David
shared has vision of a Sauna being built, and he has made the space
available for all to participate and help make it a reality. The first
stack of bricks have "emerged" ready for the build. The space he's
allocated is a peaceful place surrounded by a hedge of Vetiver grass on
one side and Elder berry bushes on the other side. He invites all
interested to contribute ideas and materials and labour and love, so
this plan too will come into reality.
We celebrated the winter solstice around an open fire and with an
abundance of beautiful food. David's last season's summer hat was
ritually burnt and we were "cleansed" with burning herbs that were
passed around. Good conversation and good cheer. David's winter and
summer solstice gatherings are becoming quite the tradition with us and
his other friends. Thanks David for being your loveable self and sharing
your garden and inspiration with all of us!
