[Daily OM]: Growing a garden of food at home is
an experience anyone can enjoy. Even a hanging basket of rosemary or a
cherry tomato plant in a pot on the windowsill can enhance your
connection with the cycle of life. If you have space outdoors, the green
and blooming colors of the edible delights you are growing will
decorate any view while tempting you to enjoy the outdoors. The edible
plants we nurture allow us to literally taste the fruits (or vegetables
or herbs) of our labor while helping us more consciously participate in
the circulating energy of nature.
Allow yourself to begin slowly and simply, so that you can learn to
dance with nature's intricate orchestrations. There are many experienced
gardeners out there to assist you as you choose seeds or small plants
to start your garden. As you learn to heed the seasons, soil, sun,
frost, and shade, you become more than a mere spectator of life's cycle.
Instead, you step into the role of cocreator and enhance what you
nurture. No matter how large or small the size of your garden, you can
benefit from growing your own organic, fresh, and nutritious food while
also reveling in the depth of flavor and texture that comes from plants
that have been well-tended, nurtured, and loved. As we appreciate the
food we've grown, we can recognize the care that farmers put into the
produce most of us buy at the supermarket. With this new understanding,
we can acknowledge the roles other living creatures fill as participants
in cultivating the cycle of life. We may even learn to peacefully
coexist with the animals and insects that share perhaps too great an
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