Life Emerges

Our greenhouse is radiating life and our garden spot is ready. The broccoli and cauliflower starts are waiting patiently in the greenhouse to be planted as soon as Mother Earth will agree to stop the rain for a few days.

The tomatoes and peppers are slow to germinate due to the cooler temperatures. We have a few starts that are braving the cooler temperatures but most are still holding out in their beds waiting for just the right time to emerge.

We harvested our first crop of radishes from the greenhouse and they sold quickly. We feel blessed and thankful to be in this business together.

Working with Mother Earth fulfills our days and I am fortunate to be semi-retired and able to spend my days in the greenhouse and working around the farm. Diana works during the day and gets her nature injection in the late afternoons and weekends.

Strange times have come with the invasion of this virus and the need to isolate. I am blessed to have a farm to spend time on and feel for people who are home bound, but you can always sit outside and experience nature. It is wonderful to sit and listen to the birds and the hum of nature and recently the sound of the rain and wind. Life has a wonderful music to it if you listen and unplug. We may be in for many opportunities in the future to slow down and connect to ourselves and our Earth.

Right now our garden site is a blank canvas waiting for us to plant it with life and love. I can see no better gift then the opportunity to honor the Earth with new life.

A Mindful Beginning

My daughter, Diana and I started a business last year growing vegetables.

We have a deep belief that food should nurture our bodies and souls. We

feel the growing energies from our garden and have a deep respect for

nature. So what is this growing energy we feel and how can it help balance

the world?

In this world full of negativity, focusing on the magic of life around us brings

a strong sense of grounding and balance. We call our business, Mindful

Creations; because we feel the plants we grow bring balance. Mindfulness is

a word that is used often and means being connected to life moment to

moment and internal balance. When we plant the tiny seeds and watch them

grow the energies projected from them is magical and mindful. The joy of

planting a flat of seeds in our greenhouse and watching them emerge from

the soil reaching for the energy of the sun, makes us believe in a higher

power. So much in this world is magical and so much is taken for granted or

overlooked.

We play music to our plants and talk to them blessing each one when we

transplant. Together, we nurture each plant giving love and respect. We

watched together last year as each plant grew and matured into beautiful

works of art. We ask permission of Mother Earth when we pick our

vegetables and thank her for continuing to provide us with her magic.

If every human would take time to ponder what this Earth provides for us

perhaps there would start to be less hate, criticism, and judgement and

more acceptance and love. We may start to heal.