From the Herb Gallery: Molokheya: Plant of Kings
Molokheya: considered a vegetable, known as "Jews Mallow" or "Egyptian Spinach". In Arabic: ملوخية. Much history exists on this plant which I will post forthcoming. For now, a literary reference from the 'Arabian Knights': "...kings desire my colour and all love it, rich and poor. I am pleasant, nimble, handsome, elegant, soft of body and great of price...As for thee, [O yellow girl,] thou art like unto a mallow of Bab el Louc, yellow and made all of sulphur. Perdition to thee, O pennyworth of sorrel, O rust of copper, O owl's face and food of the damned!".
Absolutely fabulous vielle playing by Shira Kammen. Highly recommend the whole album but this particular tune (Hanter Dros) is melodic - listen all the way through. And truth be told, the plants just love it! (Yes, I do have some wild theories about growing plants). You can stream this song and hear the complete play list of vielle, ambient and classical music here or download the mp3 to play on your own desktop. Complements Magnatune. Happy listening!
Sub Rosa: Interview with Graham Hancock: On Plant Teachers (.pdf download). This review is featured on page 35 in Issue 2 of the most interesting Sub Rosa Magazine. I love this particular issue both for it's inclusion of the controversial Graham Hancock, and, for the featured cover art by amazing plant shaman and artist Pablo Amaringo. His text "Ayahuasca Visions" is well worth reading both for it's interesting shamanic and cultural insights as well as for the stunning imagery. To see more issues of Sub Rosa visit: The Daily Grail. Enjoy!
A masterpiece of plant macro's - fruits, seeds, pollen. More visuals and where to obtain here.
Heirlooms and Italian seed. Marianna's.
Kitazawa. An excellent seed source for some less common varieties. FYI: their kyoto and "violet" carrots grow extraordinarily well and are highly nutritious!
ChilePlants.com. You will be amazed at the very exotic peppers from high in Peru to well, Chile. No kidding - super fabulous live plant shippers!
Complete Kitchen Gardener - By John Abercrombie and as published in 1789. The full text available online courtesy of the fabulous Victory Hort. Library.
A selection of videos from around the web. Click the thumbnails or titles below to view the videos full size. While most directly relate to plant culture and cultivation; a few are more socially conscious or of somewhat speculative (philosophical), mythic, or psychotropic bent. You can search videos by title, category or tag using the above link filters. Enjoy browsing!
06.24.2009
