My friend and brother from another mother, the Reverend Grant, did a write up on The Heather Hostel, our latest project to expand and improve the Pagan community in our home town. You can red it here:
The Heathen Hostel at The Pagan Armchair
Yesterday, I finally got around to taking my herbs I harvested and dried last year (yes, I know, its been 4 months since I brought them in) and there want one thing that I noticed: none of it looked like the stuff I buy at herb stores. There were stems in the mix, not everything was the perfect shade of green (It was thyme, parsley and basil so they would have all been green). There was some yellow and a little brown here and there.
At first, this annoyed me and I began to pick out everything that was not a leaf, but then I thought, even if I do this on a larger scale when I own some land and begin growing my own, even next summer when I grow them in planters and what land I already have, after harvesting, it will look nothing like the store bought stuff. I do not have the equipment to shift out these imperfections. I may have to look over the herbs before I add them to make sure all of the stems are removed, but that is minor compared to the flavor I get from my own herbs.
This got me to thinking, have megamarts and factory produced foods and items spoiled us? Are we so use to perfection that when we see natural, we don't recognize it?
Have any of us seen what Basil looks like when it is alive?
Have any of us seen a tree stump in the wild before it was turned into a $2,500 table?
Rev. GH
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