Passover Ride
On April 1st, we set out from the firepit garden on a Passover bike ride to several farming locations. It was a lovely sunny day, and the group harvested edibles for their seder plates, including maror (bitter herbs), such as horseradish root and parsley. One of us filled a bucket with miscellaneous greens and flowers, with the intention of creating an inspired salad for the Passover feast she was to attend that evening. She explained the joy in watching friends experience all the various sensations involved in such a diverse bowl of wild greens, lovingly gathered and prepared. Her friends were in for a treat that evening – bursts of the peppery richness of arugula blending with the bitterness of chicory, all interspliced with the mild taste of the bright yellow flowers from the Brassica family.
Passover is a time to celebrate freedom from bondage, and harvesting urban edibles by bicycle while basking in the lovely sunshine was such a wonderful way to celebrate! Maror is eaten traditionally as a reminder of the bitterness of bondage. Traveling by human-powered vehicle from one garden space to another represented freedom from enslavement to the modern petroleum-based Big Ag system. And, it was joyous!
Rebekah took amazing pictures of the whole experience:
