Changing the World, One Herb at a Time

We all talk about the problems of the world, but some people actually do something about them. Here is Grandma Joy (doesn't look much like a Grandma, does she?) in front of Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa. Whatever you may think about Oprah's TV show, she is taking her cash and walking the walk with it. Joy, can't wait to hear your description and your news.

Meanwhile, back in the Peruvian Herb section of the Vast Holdings, the huacatay which looked like this last month...



...looks like this now.



In the Japanese Herb Division (next pot over), the shiso sprouts, which looked like this in June...



...look like this in July.



The problem is that The Great Herbalist has absolutely no idea what to do with huacatay or shiso. They are both mints, sort of. Plottie has found recipes, but...to make the huacatay condiment he needs ocopa. What is ocopa? Now he's got to go out and plant ocopa. To use the shiso he needs to make sushi. So he needs tuna. Perhaps they are in the pond. What pond? Now he has to dig a pond and plant tuna. THIS must be why Plotnik is not changing the world like Oprah Winfrey. He's busy. Just like the rest of us.