Automatically translated from Basque, translation may contain errors. More information here. Elhuyarren itzultzaile automatikoaren logoa

Wedge and Getaria

 Portulaca oleracea, getozka.
Portulaca oleracea, getozka.

Go to Lekeitio and learn in depth. Learn from plants! The land lovers came from Bizkaia to celebrate the anniversary of the popular vegetable garden of Usotegi. Iker of the farmhouse Oromiñoko Txarroa of Iurreta taught me that the son-in-law, the people of grass of the genus Juncus, are called “wedge.” The name of our house has some juncture, and I asked. And then, in one place and another, resume the research.

According to Wikipedia, Juan José Arbelaiz received what Luis Mitxelena said: “junco” is said earlier “inia”. I, zañero, will wager on Iker’s “deceit”. The Latin name Juncus comes from the word jungere, that is, it means getting together, joining together. And I remember the fun game of children tied: take a straw and put in it as a wedge the margaritas (Bellis perennis) that we piled to make cuffs or collars. It has been used as a candle to connect and complete roofs, fences, baskets, etc. : chaff has been wet in grease and allowed to cool. It would get wet, it would get wet, it would form a candle. Here's the juice, the juice of a lamp or a candle!

In the Usotegia de Lekeitio we talk about the vegetable garden, so most of the people who approached were women. There were also men, but they looked a little further, except for the bite...

There was a group of women talking about a special plant. They used the name in Spanish: verdolaga, that is, getozka (Portulaca oleracea). Each of them was becoming famous, for some the medicinal herb and for others the food. With omega 3, I don't know what wound is miraculous to heal, it adds to the salad an extraordinary grace... I had no idea. I don't even know the plant. Curiosity. Asking here and there, I've found what is an option for Lekeitio: Getozka is an auxiliary of other plants. Veins spread through the floor and the weakest neighbor can extend their veins beyond him... Beautiful image of popular construction. To see if by the time I come back, in the garden of Usotegi they have given a corner to the getaria...


You are interested in the channel: Landareak
2024-12-27 | Leire Ibar
The success of the champagne industry is based on exploited labour
The Guardian newspaper analysed the situation of migrants working in the champan industry in Épernay, France. The study reveals the precarious and illegal conditions of those working in vineyards of luxury mushroom brands.

2024-12-23 | Irati Diez Virto
I'm not a mouse, I'm not a topo; I'm a mousetrap.
When you hear the word mammal, often the first representatives that come to mind are the biggest ones: the bear, the wolf, the deer… Sometimes the first ones to appear are the domesticated cat or the dog, or distant lions and elephants. Spectacularity usually gains competition... [+]

At Christmas, consume local and seasonal and, by the way, boycott Israeli products
Hunger is one of the main weapons used by Israel for the genocide of the Palestinians. On the one hand, the ban on food entering Gaza and, on the other, the abolition of Palestinian food sovereignty.

2024-12-23 | Jakoba Errekondo
Pea hearing
We will soon have delicious pea tears all year round (Pisum sativum). But it is still winter and spring, the season of fresh peas almost entirely; now begins the planting of the last peas we will eat in spring. And now we're going to eat those who sowed towards October.

2024-12-23 | Garazi Zabaleta
Ekin Dulantzi
Agri-food test area in Dulantzi
We have more and more agricultural test points, that is to say, training spaces in agriculture and livestock before we start your project. The Zunbeltz space of Navarre and the Trebatu de Gipuzkoa and Ipar Euskal Herria are some of the examples that have been launched. Since... [+]

2024-12-16 | Jon Torner Zabala
Sidra Vasca
North and South, centuries-old tradition under the same hat
The Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin has been challenged: Collection of apples and sidreros from all over the Basque Country. “The cider culture is all over the territory and apples have been kept for cider throughout the territory,” says Unai Agirre, coordinator of the... [+]

2024-12-16 | Garazi Zabaleta
Production of Ozaeta apple juice (barrundia)
8,000 litres of apple juice produced in 900 inhabitants
“Will I take out an apple juice?” With this question begins an interview with the members of the Economate of Barrundia Koldo López Borobia, Susana López de Ullibarri and Santi Txintxurreta. We've gathered around the apple bridge and in the garden surrounded by apples. This... [+]

2024-12-16 | Garazi Zabaleta
Group of Zuberoa
Collective garden in Maule to sow social relations
One of the lines of work of Xiberoko Kolektiboa is to promote the network between citizenship and spaces for social life. On this road, in 2020 they were presented with the opportunity to create a collective garden in Maule and, no doubt, decided to undertake the project. “It... [+]

2024-12-16 | Jakoba Errekondo
Business chocolate addiction
Chocolate is born from cocoa. Cacao is called Theobroma cacao; Theobroma means “food of the gods.” It's been a long time since the cult of chocolate; what was of the gods we did quickly. In the Basque Country, it is one of the largest in food imports along with sugar and... [+]

Gold in the head, most in aquaculture
There are several species that seem forced to always remain in the fishmongers. A fish among them has a special glow, because it looks at us with a golden crown: golden (also in Spanish, obeying the same characteristic, golden). Along with them there is a lot that look like... [+]

Where is the people?
The boundary between micro and macro concepts is diffuse, and although interaction is diffuse, it also influences. Also in us. The problem comes when in the fog blindness we don't get right where we are, where the people are.

2024-12-09 | Jakoba Errekondo
Bread of Errasti
Lenteja navarra in peas
Holy heaven, holy heaven! The sky, the magic, the maginxeta, the tongue, the magin, but, the eagle of the peas, the stain, the teak or, the best known, the sheath. Is there something as beautiful as the legume, the grain of legumes, the legume or the sheath that it carries... [+]

2024-12-09 | Garazi Zabaleta
Bread of Errasti
Bread created with the knowledge of the above and macrobiotics
The Errastiko Ogia project, powered by Xabi Abasolo Etxabe and Naiara Uriarte Remedios, is located in the Beroña district of Arrasate. Everyone came to the bakery world on their own, but in the ecological model and in the production of mother dough they have very well combined... [+]

Forest hunter
It's at night. The moonlight passes through the few leaves left in the trees. Silence is absolute. Birds sleep between weeds, protected, asleep. But suddenly something hit his stomach. Most birds have been frightened, but they've been freezing, silently. The fool, terrified, flies... [+]

2024-12-02 | Jakoba Errekondo
Gintonika wedding
It was last night. The Sorbía Gintonic family. I've been divorced from gynecology for a long time. I really like peas, very wet teeth, but I can't drink tonic, too sweet and too many rude pompas.

Eguneraketa berriak daude