permaculture

["Arina Pittman" <arina@ecoversity.org>]

The sea buckthorn in Belarus is also found in every year, and even
kindergarden plantings. As kids, we would help collecting it. Our local
medical clinic would encourage folks to bring their own sea buckthorn oil to
be used for treatment of certain maladies - 
The varieties we had are significantly more tasty than the ones I
encountered in the US so far. The berries very larger, more flavor, less
acid -

We call it "ablipicha" which mean a berry that clings to the branch, as it
does cover the entire branches very tightly indeed.


Arina M.Pittman
Managing Director
505-424-9797
www.ecoversity.org
EcoVersity - Training Sustainability Practitioners


-----Original Message-----
From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill McDorman
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 6:17 PM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Sea-buckthorn


I surprised to find Sea Buckthorn in every yard when I visited the Siberian
area of the Soviet Union in 1989.

The Russians called it "aplipika" and made it part of a national
self-reliance program.  As I understood it, everyone in Siberia was given a
cutting and told to plant it in their "dacha" garden.  If all else failed,
Siberians were told to juice the berries to make a survival drink which
contained all the protein and vitamins they would need until food systems
could be repaired.


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Bill W.  McDorman
Seeds Trust, High Altitude Gardens
PO Box 596
Cornville, AZ 86325
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