23 Jul 2010
Barefoot Adventures and Spring Fed Blackberries
Southern Utah is one of my favorite places on Planet Earth..so many options for adventure! I love it!! Nature just “sings” in this area. I’m so grateful to be able explore the local canyons in search of springs and plants…it’s an ADVENTURELAND…for the senses…on every level!!
Here’s a few clips from one of our recent runs up to get wet, in one of the local spring fed canyons!! Barefoot running and being barefoot, really is a joy, and has amazing health benefits. If you haven’t read Christopher Mcdougall’s book, “Born to Run” yet…pick up a copy ASAP, gripping…from beginning to end!! Also, YouTube…David Wolfe and Barefoot Technology. Great info..coming out of the barefoot world. My shoes hardly come on anymore..I LOVE IT. Gardening barefoot is a..MUST!!
In this first video..check out the size and growth of these berries. They grow right up the side of the cliff, slurping up cold spring water under neath them. Gotta love that spring water!!
Hard for me to believe, this is the desert. The Native American people and other early immigrants to this area grew strong in these parts, thanks to the water, volcanic soils and climate. In these last two videos you can see and hear the power of a true spring. Smiles just leap onto your face when standing in places like these.
So grateful to be able to play in this area of the world!! This is in one of the canyons not far from Zion National Park.
Thanks for coming a long on the adventure.
More updates coming from the garden and growing dome…next week, lots of changes!!
I LOVE Summertime!!!!
You must be getting some thick skin on the bottom of your feet. Aren't you worried about sharp rocks or glass? Do you ever give your plants spring water?
Liking the vid's…pretty intresting. Definatley better looking scenery then where I am.
Drew
swimbikerun
July 29th, 2010 at 3:57 pmpermalink
I am…they're sort of sand paper smooth with a nice baseball mit worn in look. They've actually never felt better. I garden barefoot..and as I have, I've started to get sensitized to the little things on the ground like glass, stickers, rocks etc…and evade them with cat like speed. It's like having cat whiskers on your feet that are allowed to sense for you again…. no longer covered in rubber. It feels like my feet are growing stronger everyday.
If I do get a sticker or something…I just pull it out and keep going.
I do give the plants spring water…through foliar spray…and…I sprout with it. The cats and dogs, all get spring water.
Where are you Drew?? Wherever you are..hope you're having a beautiful day!!!
Jake
July 31st, 2010 at 12:24 pmpermalink
I'm a 20 minute drive from Niagara Falls on the Canadian side. We had a civic holiday yesterday so I started the process of germinating some goji's like you did over the winter. Hopefully I can get a couple to sprout…fingers crossed.
swimbikerun
August 3rd, 2010 at 1:57 pmpermalink
Sweet!! That is some of the MOST…beautiful land on the continent!! I love it there. I'd be very curious to know how your goji experiment goes…fingers crossed here too.
Jake
August 11th, 2010 at 3:00 pmpermalink