Eating and drinking what the land offers is more than nurturing our bodies, we develop an intimacy with the Earths body, an innate awareness of seasonal flow, the tender miracle and determination of life, how it is sustained and meets it’s needs within an eternal dance of evolving relationship.

Being online creates a very different experience, one that is not being limited by place and distance. By it’s nature it curates a more immediately independent relationship with the natural world - one for your own contemplation, discovery and sense of food and natural resource sovereignty. As well as increasing and building bridges of understanding ethical, reciprocal relationship and consideration of the sentience of nature.

Chestnut is strong, straight and true - a resilient master of self, solid standing, protective of his core values. Together they weave prosperity - one that flows from the wisdom of a full heart.

The more I become absorbed in writing this the more species are showing me their protective qualities … Gorse with the power of a coiled snake, Rowan deeply rooted within the feminine power, Hawthorn emboldening the power of the Heart, Nettles restorative warmth, Hollys ability to hold thunder and so many fungi are talking to me about theirs … and I am starting to be initiated into the knowledge of the protective qualities of nurturance that plants and animals carry to care for what is precious.