Dear readers,

 

Know your oceans well earthlings?

 

Ever since the dawn of history, humans have been earthly beings, approaching the sea for food and resources, a passage for travel and transport, or enjoying some sun-lit beaches for afternoons of leisure...

 

As for a coastal Hong Kong, approaching the shore is always handy — from anywhere accessibly through maximum a one-hour vehicle ride. Some centuries ago people had relied on the sea for their ample diet, while today aside from demanding sea-view apartments, life fish to place on dinner plates, and commuting day by day through the cross harbour tunnels, township dwellers are more insulated from their surrounding seas.

 

“From blue seas to mulberry fields.” An old Chinese proverb telling the spectacular change of lands and views, and perhaps circumstances. In our case, perhaps more precisely, from hills and valleys, to now screens after screens of high-rise. One traveller from the other end of the planet came by some 150 years ago, and briefly portrayed his brief stay. During that burrowed time on some borrowed land, what did Hong Kong appear like back then?

 

In this issue of Cascade we tell plants being so calculated in dispersing every of their seeds or offspring, and roselle tea can be enjoyed “one stone-two bird”. Experience sharing in planting according to the 24-Solar Terms, a system representing seasonal changes in weather conditions, is shared by P-farmland, a local organic farm, whom we herein thank for their contributions.

 

Best wishes for an autumn after an ever-hottest summer of 2016!

 

Editors,

Kingsley Wong, Skylar Cheung, Tin-Lun Wong

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