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Here I be in@irishforestgarden with Claire’s sig

Here I be in@irishforestgarden with Claire’s sign. Have you made your Ark sign yet?
Photo by Claire.

There are 5000 weed seeds in every square foot of

There are 5000 weed seeds in every square foot of healthy soil. These are natures healing mechanism, to reboot any ecosystem. We just need to change our perspective. As gardeners we were told to pull weeds out constantly. As a result we were removing structure, nutrition, protection and connection from the soil. The native weed seeds, annual and perennial, are so important. They have evolved alongside our insect populations in the local food web. 90% of insects still only eat the things they have evolved to eat. they cannot keep up with our rapid enforced changes upon them. So we really need to step back and see what we can do to support insects because the relationships between plants and insects are the starting point where everything grows from. Plants have really impressive protection mechanisms and insects have only adapted to eating Specific plants. Without these plants being present in your patch of the planet, you will not be allowing insects create a new healthy generation. Native weeds are the foundation stone of all our ecosystems. The first line of nature’s defence, her first effort to restore her health. #longlivetheweedsandthewildernessyet

I offer advice for budding Arkevists all over the

I offer advice for budding Arkevists all over the world. I can do an online zoom hour with you to help support as much life as possible in your ark. It’s good fun and I love this work. 🤗🌎
If anyone is interested in this or any other service I offer you can contact me on my website. www.marymary.ie
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Broken systems. Most of humanity has ignored the c

Broken systems.
Most of humanity has ignored the consequences of our actions for too long. Our leaders are not leading, they are instead following the money.
Politicians are caught in the middle of multiple tug of wars and they are so busy trying to keep everyone happy that they have lost sight of the fact that we are in a planetary crisis. We live in a crazy system of constant expectations of economic growth in a world with finite resources.
This ship is sinking and they are all still fighting over what colour the lightbulbs should be.
But there is hope, these systems can change, but only from the ground up. The direction our world is heading is not controlled by people so much as systems of behaviour that are established and adopted over many years. If we all wake up and fight for our home, for our lives, they will too. Together we can build new systems that lead to different outcomes. Our network of Arks is one such system that will establish a life of its own, with benefits beyond what we can envision today. It is not a centralized system and hence it cannot be controlled, it will spread naturally like the wild thing it is.

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