{"id":11673,"date":"2022-08-04T09:53:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T16:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=11673"},"modified":"2022-08-04T09:53:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T16:53:48","slug":"fiber-and-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2022\/08\/fiber-and-food\/","title":{"rendered":"fiber and food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Textiles, basketry, network, matting and cordage were most likely always developed in parallel with the cultivation of edible plants, which also implies the development of mathematical and geometrical knowledge that is (quite literally) intertwined with the practice of these crafts.<\/p><cite>Page 237, The Dawn of Everything<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This makes me happy &#8211; to literally see these things connected &#8211; food, fiber, abstract thinking. I can see these connections so clearly in my own life. These passages from The Dawn of Everything bring them even more into focus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have fiber hanging around in the house. Waiting for the making of cordage or baskets or weaving. When the mood strikes, maybe this fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5049.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5049.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5049-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Dandelion stalks, iris leaves, horseradish fibers (pale, just visible on right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5048.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5048-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>All stuffed into a pack basket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning I saw two garlic stalks I had left on the deck. I took two bulbs for cooking and was going to dispose of the stalks. But &#8211; there\u2019s fiber there &#8211; what if I made use of it? So I stripped the dried leaves off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5051.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5051.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5051-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I realized there\u2019s an inner, shiny layer that might dry nicely, so I stripped that too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5047.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5047.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5047-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a lot of garlic drying in the shed waiting to be ready for processing. Food and fiber. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5050.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5050.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_5050-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Textiles, basketry, network, matting and cordage were most likely always developed in parallel with the cultivation of edible plants, which also implies the development of mathematical and geometrical knowledge that is (quite literally) intertwined&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,383],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11673"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11679,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11673\/revisions\/11679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}