Seed Swopping Saturdays ;-)

Published April 28, 2015 | By admin

Anyone interested in joining in on a Seed Swopping Saturday – please keep an eye on my facebook page called Art of Craft Interactive Gardening @ Pirates – I aim to do this from the garden at Pirates in Johannesburg, Greenside, one Saturday a month in SPRING (although, I am usually willing to trade many items from the garden when I am seen) in Greenside at The Pirates Sports Club, please send me your contact details. 072 146 9017 or come through.

In last years blog post about seedy Saturday, I posted the following, I still think it relevant for thought…

“I am learning the different perceptions many have about value and what it is based upon. Most of us do things for the financial remuneration for those we do not know. When it comes to doing things with love, we do things for family, friends, partners…. I think if the value system or perception that value is money changes, we can have community and organic non GMO food everyday no matter how much money we have. I see how we put some kind of financial value on people, whereas it is worth about R4000 a month for me to tolerate disrespect of my space or mindset or spirit. It should be a human right to grow food, to be self sustainable, yet in some countries rates and taxes go up because people grow tomatoes on their pavements. Ive also learnt that the human capacity I have far out weighs the human ability I have, which makes it virtually impossible to ever exert all my energy in an exchange that is equal to the value of what combined perceptions have given to the way of life I would like to create … it includes underfloor heating It has been a sad crossing over from doing more trading for space than paying a currency for space.

Anyway, the point is that this idea to gather people from the area to meet with people all over Johannesburg who want to eat a variety of organic veg for health and longevity, people who want exposure for their businesses to raise the value of what they do in this world, people who want to assist in rehabilitating the land and river…. I am hoping this will result in getting the composting and the garden complete, eventually having the rugby games and all events at the club flowing into a space of love where exchanges, laughter, growth and sustainability are the results.”