While vacationing in Puerto Rico, we stopped at a 375-year-old kapok tree. Kapok is the cottony stuffing used in meditation cushions. The roots of the kapok trees are tall buttresses from which other sprouts develop into trees. This tree is well-rooted! These buttress roots give me an whole new image regarding the verse on theRead more about Kapok Tree[…]
New Zealand spinach isn’t really spinach, but it has arrow-shaped leaves, which taste slightly spinachy. The great thing about it is that it is slow to bolt. I’m actually harvesting enough to freeze. The Buddha offers a teaching on the 2 arrows. The first arrow is bodily (or mental / emotional) pain. We have bodies,Read more about New Zealand Spinach[…]
A gardening friend offered a bucket of bat guano to our little gardening club. Since no one else took it, i did. Guano is strong stuff, capable of burning plants, so i added it to my compost pile. I do like adding a layer of manure to my compost lasagna. However, this is the firstRead more about Guano[…]