Apples are the Energy that Weave Life Together with Farmer, Birthworker and Fiber Artist Margy Sankey
Join Samwise Raridon, Community Herbalist and Educator in conversation with Farmer, Birthworker and Fiber Artist Margy Sankey. Together we delve deep into apple magic and cultivation, the power of witnessing birth and how weaving art through all aspects of life gives it that juicy vitality that apples are so well known for. I learned so much interviewing Margy and I hope you do too!
You can find out more about Margy's fiber art and check out their exhibition One Year, One Outfit (which was just featured on NPR!) at the Praxis Fiber Studio in Cleaveland. You can find out more about the idea of a fibershed and what it means to locally produce fiber and textiles at Fibershed.org. There's also a great book called Fibershed by Rebecca Burgess and Courtney White that's a great resource.
Also, here's a link to more about Granny Smith's story of witnessing french crab apples birth a new (to us) cultivar of apple!
For more info on where to get apple and other fruit tree root stock and grafting materials, you can check out where Margy got theirs at Cummin's Nursery. The book Margy mentioned in the episode is Michael Phillip's book The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist.
Big thanks for Margy for sharing so much wisdom and experience!
And always, thank you so much to the apple tree in it's many forms. You hold so much wisdom, wildness and remembering.
Photo Credit in Episode Art: Margy Sankey
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