just a little smattering of today's garden haul. thinning out beets, carrots, and onions to make some room, and hitting the early taters hard. definitely a root veg kind of day
The #Sámi side of #Tromosø, #Norway.
Susan Nerberg embarks on a deeply personal tour of Tromsø, taking part in #SámiWeek as a means to better understand her own Sámi #roots and #culture.
« L'#agriculture ne peut-elle fonctionner qu’aux dépends de l’#environnement et du #climat ? Le journaliste #PierreGirard nous emmène à la rencontre de paysannes et paysans de toute l’Europe qui proposent des méthodes surprenantes, nouvelles ou très anciennes pour prendre soin de la terre, et s'attaquent aux problèmes environnementaux... à la racine. »
#Plants are often celebrated for the parts that are easy to see – #flower, leaves, #fruit – but #scientists are uncovering the secrets of their more mysterious underground networks
Sharing etymological roots in pairs is particularly true when it comes to the word for "raspberry": For example, Lithuanian avietė & Latvian avene. it comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis "sheep", because to them, raspberries resembled sheep.