More gathering adventures

Update on our booty from last week's gathering trips.


Wednesday we traveled a few miles east of Birmingham to gather cane and chert.  We scavenged a drainage ditch and discovered several viable (hopefully) pieces of chert, a few fossils, and pebbles for our indoor plants among the fill.  Also gathered some dandelion greens and wild onions to toss into a salad and some a few pieces of bamboo from a nearby canebreak.  

Jake has finished another piece of locally extracted greenstone as well, this time crafting a pendant necklace with in-laid glass beads.  


Friday we went to a sinkhole in the Springville/Oneonta area and collected a couple of bucketfuls of indigenous clay, with which we hope to simultaneously craft teaching materials for a southeast Native American module and holiday tribute for kin.  

El Dia de los Muertos and Treasure Hunting

Spent the evening at the Bare Hands Gallery over on 21st avenue south celebrating the Mexican holiday that commemorates loved ones who have passed on through colorful art and dance.

Learn more here:

http://www.barehandsgallery.org/dotd-history.html

Afterwards we went dumpster diving at Window World on University. We are beginning to scavenge the city for materials for the biointensive garden we are planning. Tonight's run yielded four 2x4's, a decent piece of plywood, a 3 ft. long 4x4, and two windows. That is some serious loot gain with relatively little work.

We hope to acquire most of the materials needed for upcoming projects in a similar fashion.