The Evil Stepmother and The Father Who Would Not See

November 12, 2009

Hi Ien,

I began noticing about 10 years ago that st. johnswort was encroaching

closer to highways and sprouting up on city sidewalks. Now, it is

practically everywhere. I always attributed that to Nature providing (as

she does so well), just as the Japanese knotweed for Lymes disease. After

all, look at the stress levels and resulant anxiety, depression that has

developed in those years. Nature is not oblivious to what we need; it's

just a shame that the royal *we* don't pay much attention.

Be Well,

Marcia Elston, Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

" We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. " - Winston

Churchill

On Behalf Of Ieneke van Houten

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:41 AM

Re: The Evil Stepmother and The Father Who Would

Not See

Thanks, Anya, for posting that link. That was a deep, insightful

presentation. Will re-read frequently, and pass on.

Now I have to find out about Japanese knotweed and Lyme disease.

In the speech they are mentioned as an example of herbs appearing in an area

at the same time as a disease agent.

We have a total over-population of white tail deer here. AND Japanese

knotweed has been signalled as an invasive species.

Hmm. Perhaps we should let the knotweed be until the wolves and cougars

return in sufficient numbers, or the rednecks teach the hippies to hunt.

Ien in the Kootenays

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