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This week we are continuing to weed, as well as put some new plant starts in on Thursday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garden Work & Research<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

05\/11\/21:<\/strong> Sun in Taurus, Moon in Taurus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we finished weeding the marshmallow bed, and made more headway on the lemon balm. This week is exciting because on Thursday, instead of just weeding, we will get to finally put some plants in the ground!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hyssop will go in this bed!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This week I wanted to talk more about Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the native peoples of the Pacific Northwest who have been stewards of this land for time in memorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evergreen resides on the traditional and current lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, in particular the Nisqually and Squaxin nations. Ancestral Coast Salish lands surround Puget Sound, and extend north to the Gulf of Georgia, encompassing southeastern Vancouver Island and southern mainland British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the book Keeping it Living, author Bruce D. Smith speaks about the curious nature of the Coast Salish. They have been somewhat of an anomaly to most historians, tending to be more culturally similar to agricultural societies and yet subsisting largely off of gathered fruits and hunted game. Unlike many other hunter-gatherer societies, they live for a good part of the year in one settled place, collect material goods, and spend considerable effort and care on building houses and other shelters. The European settlers came to the Northwest with predetermined notions of domestication and farming, and how agriculture was “supposed” to look, therefore missing the widespread care and tending of perennial root crops and other stewardship practices that the Native peoples of the Northwest engaged in. These include the burning of prairies, the careful harvesting of camas and wapato, and the cultivation of berry patches near established villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many plants in this area have a rich history of medicinal and ceremonial use. The Western Red Cedar, x\u030cpay\u0294ac<\/em>, has been used as a food, material to make baskets, mats and other useful items, houses and building material, smudge bundles, even as a red colored dye. Devils Club, sx\u030cdi\u0294ac.<\/em> is used ritually as an herb of protection, as well as medicinally as a support for rheumatism and other aches and pains. Red Alder, s\u0259k\u0313\u02b7\u0259bac<\/em>, was used as a blood purifier and the buds chewed and spread over wounds and burns. These are only a few of the powerful medicine beings who inhabit the Pacific Northwest who have so kindly shared their knowledge and teachings with us. To them and to those who have always been in close communion with them, the First peoples most especially, we give our thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

05\/13\/21:<\/strong> Sun in Taurus, Moon in Gemini<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we accomplished so much! The whole cohort started out the morning in the herb garden and managed to weed the whole center bed in only a couple hours. It felt really good to clear the center bed, which made the whole garden feel so much nicer. I am really grateful to have the help of amazing students and faculty, it feels good to work as a team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n