Cultivating the garden, trusting we have what we need!

Okay, just to sidetrack for one moment…oh my gosh…this is the best smoothie!
MMMMMM….the blueberry – basil smoothie recipe from and earlier post…my breakfast. The fresh picked blueberries frozen overnight, paired with deep purple basil…the scent undeniably exotic…flax seeds and vanilla add a hint of nuttiness and depth to the flavor. Every protein shake should be like this…a sensory experience.

Earlier in the week, my garden called to me...the weeds were ready to go. I left the weeds during our hot spell to shade the soil and maintain moisture. Since it was cooler and I had lots of long grass clippings to layer in their place, it was time to weed the garden.

Four five-gallon buckets of various grasses and other weeds later (compost pile feeling very abundant), I surveyed the rich, moist soil and the mulched pathways. Weeding was easy and meditative and revealing. The wild morning glories are holding up their end of our bargain to stay on the fences and off the vegetables. And sometime during June, rabbits pruned my pepper plants, which are now more fully branched and full of fruits. Thank you bunnies! And sadly only two leeks made it. They do not fare as well when weeds compete. Most everything else held its own and I have to believe is better for the shelter the weeds gave.

To my delight there are volunteer tomatillos-everywhere! Remembering trying to find tomatillo plants at the farmer’s market, I smile. It dawned on me…everything I need is right here. The weeds covered the soil during a time when I could not be in the garden, grass clippings (someone missed mowing so the grass was longer than usually requiring raking) to replace the weeds for mulch, and the tomatillos…there all along, just waiting for the conditions to be right to reveal themselves.

Just like in the garden I have everything I need right here inside of me. It takes me making time to be quiet and listen and to give things a chance to emerge when timing is right. Always moving forward with patience and faith. While there is a bit of waiting for the fruits to ripen, that is the time for cultivation and observation. What needs attention, what needs culling, what needs feeding? And like in the garden, nothing can be rushed…all is in tune with the rhythmic nature of the Earth.