Bizimodua zor
Oxalis latifolia, Lekeitio-bedarraren herriko Luisek idatzi dit. Zori onen peskizan brasildarrek jartzen dituzten zazpi landareen berri izan bezain pronto euskaldunok zein zazpi gurtu beharko ote genituzkeen galdetu dit. Nire erantzuna, zazpi ez baizik eta gutxienez hamahiru beharko genituzkeela goratu. Zein landarek ahalbidetu dute gure kulturak irautetik bizitzerako koxka gainditu dezan?
Lehena eta garrantzitsuena hurritza, Corylus avellana. Milaka urtetan jaki. Nahikoa hur izanez gero etor dadila glaziazio beltzeneko negu gorriena. Era berean makila, parda, itxitura, eraikuntzan hormagai... Zertan ez dugu hurritza lagun izan? Etengabeko omena merezi du bai, eta poztu naiz Urretxuko Udalak bere armarri berrian sartu duela ikustean.
Hurrena maspila edo basagurbea, Sorbus torminalis. Hori ere zenbat urtetan bilatu izan ote dugu... Eskuarterako zur bikaina izateaz gain fruitu koxkor gutizia eskaini digu milaka udazkenetan.
Hagina, Taxus baccata, baita ere. Auzokoak pozoitzeko, dugun zurik onena eta milaka urte biziz gure odolaren antzinatasuna eta etorkizun oparoaren adierazle.
Fraxinus excelsior, lizarra ere bai. Zur ona, baina batez ere hosto bikaina, belardiak gorritzen dituen udan eta azala ospelduz gorritzen duen neguan aziendarentzat jatena. Eta gure gurtzen lotura nagusia, zeruak eta lurrak elkartzen dituen zuhaitz nagusia, tximistak etxetik urruntzen eta atariak babesten dituena.
Mihura, Viscum album. Sagarrondo, ezki, astigar... egunerokoan beharrezko ditugun zuhaitzen gainean garatzen duen bizimodu bizkarroi ulertezinak, naturari diogun etengabeko zorra bere bidez irudikatzera eraman gaitu.
Sagarrondoa, Malus x domestica. Ahosabaiaren gailurrerako bidea erakusten milaka urte egin ditu gurekin. Fruitu guztien ordezkari, eta aldaera batean ez bada bestean haien denen kolore, usain eta dasta guztiak biltzen dituen espeziea. Eta, gure kulturaren garapen sozioekonomikoan nahitaezkoa izan den sagardoaren iturri.
Haritza, Quercus robur, Quercustar guztien izenean: ametza, abaritza, artea, artelatza, erkametza... Herrigintza bere itzalpean babestu eta sustatu du. Ezkurra jaki eta okintzarako iringai. Hostoa, etxeko animalia guztiontzat azpitarako orbel. Eta zura. Ummmm zura! Ikazkintzarako, upeletarako eta eraikuntzarako. Etxegintzarako ezin hobea: gurdi, arre, etxebizitza eta tankerako egituretarako, alegia. Baita ontzitarako ere. Sagarrondoari eta haritzari zor diegu gure bizimoduaren maila.
The day exceeds the night with the spring equinox. This year it happened on 20 March, at 22:59 hours, opening the door of the spring. The Eki prefix means the same thing. Until then the night had been longer. The day and night were twelve hours. Since then, the day is extended... [+]
Time has been on our line for a long time, but the climate is relatively recent. There is no need to clarify too much what climate change is. Explaining what the landscape is is a redder necessity. Conferences, round tables or international conferences on climate change are... [+]
It's time to pick up the fruits and get them on the way to the lagar. Pear (Pyrus communis), apple (Malus x domestica), grape (Vitis vinifera)... It seems a short and quick road, but you have to work a lot of rodeos and their variants until the fruit becomes must and must become... [+]
In the Basque Country, agriculture is the history of permanent colonization. Like everywhere. Before, the land was not cultivated; before, the harvest was not sown; you enjoyed what was not eaten before. They had brought it all from elsewhere. Many of these stories have been... [+]
Returning to the wines that are made with the crops, the left madreselva (Humulus lupulus) is conservative and bitter tasting aggregator. The union of crops and madreselvas produces many dirty jets, especially in beer countries. A friend has just explained to me the stories of... [+]
In our house we met him with the name of madreselva (Humulus lupulus). In fact, we have worked hard and sinister on the banks of the river in our country, coinciding with the expansion of beer. We've learned that it's also called lobster, beer, beer, wart and grass on the left... [+]
Spring has brought the issue to my nose. C. worked at various research centers in New York. Bushdid, M. Oh! Magnasco, L.B. Vosshall and A. An article published by scientists Keller in March 2014 in the prestigious “Science Magazine” produced a great stir. The title says it... [+]
The curious interannual days end, those who eat and drink from the emanations of the earth. I'll eat from the best to the best. Supposedly. Heavy champagne and cava bottles are easy to dance. Even though they are of all kinds today, they were once the cider of the other barrel... [+]
