The greatest part of them is not the skill itself but the culture that surrounds it. Those blackberries and damsons like to be asked first before they’re pulled from their branch. That’s how you’ll know when they’re ripe. You take only what you need, transform it into something good, and give away a portion of what you’ve made. You have, after all, received it as a gift. It would be selfish not to pass it on.
