Zalate – the desert native Baja Banyan
Ficus palmeri. One of many varieties of Banyan who’s seeds settle on another tree (strangler fig) or a rock and send out descending aerial roots to thicken, store water and form buttresses for it’s immense canopy. This one, palmeri, a native of the Sonora desert. “Banyan” comes from the Bengali…
Sugar cane and Piloncillo
Sugar cane - full spectrum hot climate electrolytic medicine! Rich in soluble fibre and high levels of bio-available calcium, magnesium, manganese, potassium, phosphorus, zinc and iron vitamin B complex (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid - all the good stuff!) antioxidant vitamins A and C fatty acids, flavonoids, glucosides... you know,…