She taught me one of the cardinal rules of gathering plants:
“Never take the first plant you find, as it might be the last—and you want that first one to speak well of you to the others of her kind.”
Never exhausting a resource ensures it’s always there. Seems obvious but it is often forgotten. One of the rules of the Honorable Harvest.
Reference
- Notes
- flora, agriculture, foraging
- Braiding Sweetgrass
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